Zion
Arvon Brewing Co.

Undated can poured into a Bearded Iris Willi Becher glass.

Pure mango-pineapple juice body -- muddy orange, fully opaque, moderately murky, barely resembling beer (and even then only in the modern hazy-craze sense). Almost not head (further supporting the fruit juice appearance), though swirls of the glass produce a thing layer of creamy, compact bubbles, and there is significant sticky lacing down the glass.

The aroma profile is off the charts. Fresh-squeezed pineapple, mango, and nectarine, to the point where your saliva glands are on puckered overdrive before a drop of liquid has hit your lips. Muddled "everything else" fruit notes behind the primary players, with juicy orange, stone fruits, berries, grapes, passion fruit, guava, and kiwi leaving placeable marks. There's certainly bready and caramel malts at play, but this thing is all about fruit sweetness. Moderately dank and quite grassy, which in another beer might be a primary note. But not here. Holy hell. Pretty good amount of booze on the nose, as well, though some of that may be overripe fruit notes.

Taste follows pretty much to a nose, though as is often the case, the effect on the tongue is much more muddled and in your face than the nose. An absolute blast of potent fruit salad, leaning towards ripe but thankfully and expertly not hitting overripe territory. This thing is sweet, with a nice mix of fruit, malt, and lactose-esque influences. It borders on cloying, but doesn't cross the line. And to be honest, the fruit juiciness is so big and consistent, it would be strange if there wasn't meaningful residual sweetness. A touch oniony (which for me is a good thing) and slight twang of green, but the sweetness easily keeps the starches and bite in check. And those green notes actually help keep the sweetness slightly in check. The size of the flavors makes you aware of the ABV, but there's surprisingly little booze or heat. It would be the death of me, but I could flow through multiple of these in short order, it's so tasty.

Incredibly creamy and soft, as you would expect. The amount of teeth and tongue coating is remarkable -- you can't escape the fruit flavors, greenery, and wonderful semi-sweet pithy finish if you tried -- but somehow the feel isn't overly sticky. This thing comes off much smoother than it probably should.

All in, this beer is bonkers. If there aren't any fruit or sugar adjuncts involved, it is truly remarkable the wild variety of fruit aromas and flavors they've pulled out of the involved hops. You would be forgiven for mistaking this as some type of Naked Juice tropical juice medley, which I guess raises the question of whether this "beer" is too far removed from beer in the first place. But as a drinking experience in a world keen on pushing envelopes, it's an eye opener, almost all in a positive way.

A - Pours a cloudy orange with a thin creamy white head. Good amount of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is pineapple, peach and coconut.

T - The taste is pineapple, mango, peach, coconut, bready malts and big bitting hops.

M - Full body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a nice soft finish.

O - This is awesome. Huge tropical fruits.