Metronome
Short Throw Brewing

 

4+ month old can poured into a tulip. (The age may have played a role in the disappointing drinking experience, but I have to grade what I’m drinking.)

Solid looking hazie: pale gold coloring, fully opaque and a little over-carbonated. Solid off-white head and decent lacing for the ABV. A few swirls of the glass being forth a huge reincarnation of compact bubbles that look soapy and scoopable. The fluid looks a little thin, but at 6.4% that can easily be forgiven.

The disappointment begins with the nose. There’s a faint trace of something really, really interesting, which gives me hope that a fresher can would make for a very different experience. Candied citrus and peach, berries and mango, a pleasant greenery, and a balancing malt sweetness. But man, it’s faint, like sniffing an interesting beer through a straw. And there just isn’t much else there besides a slight yeastiness, a little grassiness, and a generic “hop water” note. I’m going to give the beer a little benefit of the doubt given the really attractive faint notes. But based on the fluid in the glass, it’s average at best and well below average if I’m being overly critical.

Unfortunately the taste experience doesn’t warrant any benefit of the doubt — it’s just bad. Not sure I’ve ever encountered a more watery and less flavorful hazie. Maybe a little bit of peach, melon, lemon-lime, and pine to go with the grassiness. But this really tastes like unfinished (though not harsh or green in any way) hop water. It’s almost seltzer-like. Really off-putting if you’re looking for flavor.

Feel is soft and highly carbonated (adding to the spritzy identity) but quite thin.

My overall grade is generous given how un-tasty and unsatisfying this beer is. Perhaps fresh is a totally different experience. But hard to believe that a few months would make enough of a difference to really bridge the gap.

 

 

Poured from a can- murky and turbid dirty lemon yellow fruit juice with fat foamy head leaving wispy foamy lacing. Nose is big citrus and a bit of pine, taste follows with a slightly briney and almost tart finish. Overall a decent hazy.

 

Solidly opaque hazy canned on Valentines Day; thick yeasty pour produces a glowing fruit-juice-like body with a medium-sized off-white head. This brew starts out fairly muted but opens up as it warms with a dose of stone fruit and tropical fruit in the nose and palate. Minor dankness as well. Medium-ish body has a big fruity yeasty component, with a minor present bitterness. Generic citrusy notes throughout as well. This beer finishes with stronger scores than it started with, as it offers solid fruity hop characteristics, but overall its pretty standard fare for a middle-of-the-road hazy. Tasty enough though.