Foreign Object "Dream of Perfect Beauty" New American Hoppy Ale

Someone was high whenever they named this beer. It was probably the same person who made the decision to put the swirling abstract nonsense as the majority of the can's artwork. The back of this beer is where I found the name, and that's where I took the picture. As far as I can tell, this is the back of the beer. I'm not really sure how this can is intended to be photographed. It has a bit of prose underneath the name of the brewery that definitely indicates that somebody was high and really enjoying themselves at the time that they put this beer together. I don't know, maybe it will turn out really well.

The bright orange beer mimics the many beers I've had that look very much like a mixture of orange and grapefruit juice. The lacing that they leave on top also looks quite a bit like pulp. The aroma wafts quite a distance away from the top of the beer and includes grapefruit, orange, tangerine, mango, and maybe a few others. Despite the can, the presentation is very good.

First sip is very good. Even though the can made me believe that this was going to be an over thought artistic expression of what someone believes a beer should be, what has actually been produced is a very simple and straightforward ale that is quite citrusy and crisp, and it has a very good balance of sweet and bitter that is the exact kind of artistic expression that I want to see whenever I get myself a beer.

Tip-in is strangely heavy with orange and tangerine on top of semi-ephemeral grains. The middle is a nice and smooth mixture of all the citrus and a few tropical fruits serenely mixing together in harmony. The finish is a wave of bitterness with a tartness that stays on the lips as the sweetness combats the bitterness into the dusty trail-off.

Bottom Line: These artsy people can keep making beer for me, if they're all like this.

3.75/5