First sip is fruit up front, but it's heavy grains on the back end. The beer is bitter and tart, and the finish is inelegant and unsubtle. I know they were being sarcastic with their packaging and naming of the beer as "subtle," but it is such a wild swing the other direction that it's off-putting. They could have dialed this back a couple.
Tip-in is mangoes, oranges, grapefruit, starfruit, apricot, and other fruits with a carbonation sizzle under them. The middle is a swath of tartness with grains and earth joining the fruit which, while still there, stops yelling about how great they are and starts to talk normally. The finish is when bitterness descends from on high and takes over the whole opera. Yes, other flavors and sensations are there, but the bitterness is driven forward and is not letting backup singers take over.
Bottom Line: Like my mixed metaphors, this beer is disharmonious.
1.5/5