Exquisite Drip
Sidereal Farm Brewery

Pours a very pale, fairly hazy yellow with about a half inch of soapy foam. It falls fast but there's a more than respectable cap with excellent cling.

The smell is lightly floral and the honey is pleasantly mild. It's aromatic without being over the top. There's a little clean, crackery malt in there.

The taste is similarly mild. You can tell there's honey but it's only slightly sweet. I am gathering they used the extra honey similar to priming sugar since it is can and keg conditioned. There's a nice, mild bitterness in the middle of the taste. Very floral aromatics. There's a very laid back oakiness that comes on a bit as I drink more. That peppery/phenolic tags in at the end. There's an almost white graoe must sense here as well. The flavor strengthens overall as the beer warms but it's not baking me over the head - just rounder and a little fuller.

Light feeling and fairly dry. In our conversations at the brewery these guys love dry. Nicely carbonated but not super-lively.

I think this is a deceptively simple beer. Balancing the honey to get the flavor with minimal sweetness seems to be the balancing act here. Was it a wee bit better on tap - yes but not by much. This is a very nice, thoughtfully crafted, farmhouse style ale. I'd drink this any day!