Another gift from my Texas sibling, and this is not one I would have picked out of a lineup. This puts dank front and center. Now, Deschutes has had three excellent beers so far, and I think they should overshadow the two average and one not great beer they've had.
The beer isn't hazy, even though I expected it. The golden beer looks picturesque with the sticky white head that leaves tons of lacing on its way down. Maybe the dank won't be so intrusive as to cause issues. The aroma tells me that it might not. Yes, there is dank, but there is sweetness from oranges, tangerines, and pine trees. It doesn't smell great, but it has given me hope.
Fist sip is actually pretty bright at first with tropical over citrus and then pine comes in with dank following up behind. The issue is the taste left in the mouth - it's less of a taste and more of a sensation that the tongue has somehow been coated with dank. It's not the worst sip I've had, but it's not going to win any awards.
Tip-in is slight dank and pine with tropical fruits buried deeper than the carbonation which sizzles moderately. The middle becomes a horror of dank with carbonation absolutely assaulting the roof of the mouth and everything but the pine and dank disappearing completely. The finish is a sharp bitterness with dank all slobbering on it.
Bottom Line: Not good.
1.0/5