This better go well. The Creature Comforts multi-pack needs to get strong. The great thing about a multi-pack is that I get a bunch of different beverages to try, and I don't have to drink a lot of each one. I mean, when I get a six pack of something that I try, review, and don't like... I'm stuck with five bad beers. The problem here is that I may wind up with a case of beer that is all kind of... blah.
First sip is pretty strange. This tastes more like a DIPA than a pale ale. It has a thicker malt and heavier bitterness than I would normally find in a pale ale, but the ABV certainly does not reflect a double. It's hard to say if this is good, but it's less hard to say that it's bad, and that may be entirely stemming from the idea I had of the beer before I started to drink it. A gulp with show us the truth.
Tip-in is unsettled carbonation that mixes with bitterness for an initial sting alongside tropical fruit rinds. The middle starts to mellow before a noticeable crescendo of fruit rinds and seeds join with a resurging bitterness and carbonation. The finish is a bit of a fruit-strewn bitter mess.
Bottom Line: Not comforting.
1.75/5
