What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2016

Excellent Gose. Good head retention/lacing for the style. Bright clarity. Aromas and flavors of lightly tart/tangy passion fruit, fruit skin, lemon, lime, peach, pear, melon, red/green apple, white grape, berry, and sea salt; with some wheat/crackery malt balance; light lacto funk and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness and fruit tang on the finish. Medium carbonation, light-medium body, and moderately crisp finishing. Balanced grainy wheat, lactic acid, fruit tang, and light salinity in the mouthfeel. Moderate increasing acidic/tangy fruit dryness, no pucker. Very flavorful/refreshing, 4.3%. Really spot on Gose all around. Great balance between Lacto and fruit, with a solid pale/wheat malt backbone. Never overly lactic or salty. Would not mind this hitting distribution sometime. 4


Fantastic NEIPA. Nice head retention/lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, light pepper, and pine hops; with moderate wheat, white bread dough malts; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and body; balanced bready/grainy malts and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Some resins/rinds and increasing lingering bitter dryness. No hop astringency. Very drinkable, not overly aggressive, 6.75%. A bit more drying that expected for the style; but the hops are super vibrant, juicy, dank, and earthy. Nice bready malt backbone with minimal residual sweetness. Looking forward to trying the other single hop Evolutions eventually. 4.2


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