Patriot
Warrior Brewing Company

I was expecting something along the lines of a juicy Northeast style IPA, but instead got something odd and barely palatable. My first observation was the color, deep golden with semi-clarity. I smell honey and skunk. It tastes worse than it smells. Bitter orange smothered in a stale, cardboard like flavor and tons of syrupy sweetness. Unfortunately, this is destined for the drain.

I suspect this is not the beer as designed and has succumbed to some sort of rapid degradation, as the date code indicates relative freshness. I think this new brewery probably just needs to work out some of their initial kinks and I’ll probably revisit this beer in the future. I do like the can art though!