Kiss the Ring
Funguys Brewing

No canning date (released on 7/14/21, so presumably canned within a few days of that date); consumed on 7/29/21

Pours an opaque, dingy orange body topped with a finger of thick, fluffy, off-white foam; solid head retention leaves a creamy quarter-finger of cap, moderate, frothy collar, and chunky, layered webs of lacing walling the sides of the glass.

Aroma offers semi-sweet notes of key lime compote meshed with clementine and mango upfront, a strong foundation for milder, underlying grassy spice to develop; a lychee dank ties tropical overtones with a tinge of sweaty hops and resins on the back end.

Taste highlights slick resins giving in to underpinnings of cedar, a delicate foundation beneath intermittent waves of pineapple, key lime, and touches of underripe guava; hints of lychee and a mild dank quality hover in the backdrop and accent the back end of the profile with a milder, earthier quality.

Mouthfeel brings a medium-light body carrying an oily, slickly resinous texture clinging to a subdued carbonation; stability over the mid-palate eases toward a soft bitterness sneaking through on the back end, leaving a shy, juicy quality with minimal hop twang emerging past the predominant resins on the finish.

A sturdy pour of hazy IPA carried by the consistency of its slyly resinous characteristics building to flashes of saturated tropical sensations; it isn't entirely unified, and is perpetually subdued, but maintains a purposeful standard of an all-around solid quality for the style.