Altered Perception
Ancillary* Fermentation

 

 

Hazy orange brew with an unusually large, dense head. The aroma is full of orange and blueberry with sweet malt and pine. Taste is sweet with the same flavors of citrus and berry that were in the nose. There is a good bitter finish that balances it all nicely. Lots of carb and a pretty creamy mouthfeel. Nice tasty beer.

A: Pours a fairly hazy medium golden orange in color with moderate to heavy amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising quickly along the edges of the glass and moderate burnt orange + medium golden yellow + honey + peach + apricot colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy off-white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of slightly mottled thin film covering the entire surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy tropical/mango, citrus/grapefruit, stone fruit/peach, and pine hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + wheat + oat + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + wheat + oat + caramel malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by slightly stronger than moderate flavors of juicy tropical/mango, citrus/grapefruit, stone fruit/peach, and pine hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away fairly quickly leaving lingering citrus + tropical + pine hops flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly soft/fluffy mid-body with a light to moderate amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol though the hops seem a little green in this one. Enjoyable with a really pleasant mouthfeel and hop profile. Enjoyable flavors and aromas, I could have another of these.