Three
Transcend Beer Crafters

No canning date (released on 4/22/21, so presumably canned within a few days of that date); consumed on 5/22/21

Pours a turbid, dark sunflower-gold body capped with over two fingers of dense, fluffy, white foam; good head retention leaves ¾ of a finger of rocky cap to accompany a sizeable, creamy collar and tightly-wound rings of sticky, soapy lacing clinging to the walls of the glass.

Aroma glistens upfront with ultra-ripe pineapple saturating perfumey, floral white grape followed up with strawberry gummy as overripe banana fades through a sensory mush over the middle; a waxy dank punches creamy orange sherbet with a tinge of musky raspberry into the back end before fuzzy peach and mango skins close.

Taste offers fresh pineapple against earthy moss to open, as ripe guava greets a tropical air into a delicate white grape/wine spritz well-timed over the mid-palate; passionfruit shines into the back end into a peach and gritty mango skin finish, establishing the umami-fruited heart of hoppy bittersweetness.

Mouthfeel brings a medium body alongside a fluffy tingle of higher carbonation disguising a weighty grit falling plushly on the mid-palate and hinting at a semi-bitterness onto the back end, where a juicy peak meets a mounting, dry affront to a balanced, lightly boozy affair closing with the swallow.

An aroma of eclectic brilliance and variation sets the tone for a rangy flow of high-octane layers coursing throughout a burly hop expression surprisingly reserved in expressing sweetness; the rare TIPA reaching the height of its hop expansion while successfully maintaining residual sugars/booziness; in a word, impressive.