Cracking the can open results in a shower of beer - and I didn't shake this at all. The beer I managed to save is a brass-colored beverage of haziness with a very attractive rocky island of bubbles floating in the middle and lacing galore on the sides. The aroma is stunningly good - with oranges, grapefruit, pine, and a sweet grainy malt.First sip is more prickly and unbalanced than the aroma. The citrus is more muddled and undefined while the pine rises to the carbonation and the citrus presents acid to join the aggressive assault that is the back half of this sip, and the first half just isn't good enough to justify the attack. Gulps are nature's way of sorting this stuff out.
Tip-in is sweet oranges and tangerines with a grapefruit behind and grains underneath. The middle asserts a sweet and well-balanced citrus, bread, grain, and very light carbonation burn. The finish is dry bitterness that twists into tart-bitter with heavy grains.
Bottom Line: Even drunk properly, this isn't going to get many recommendations because of that finish.
2.0/5
