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It's different. That is pretty much the thing that set this apart from the other beers I had seen in the cooler of my local grocery store. Yes, sometimes I have to fall back to a grocery store where I really don't have a good selection, but it'll be cold, and sometimes there will be a beer that I haven't reviewed yet. This is one of those beers. I don't really know the style, beyond that it's a kind of fruit beer that is also an ale. Honestly, that doesn't narrow it much.
The hazy orange beer doesn't want to release any bubbles, but I forced it. They were gone by the time I took the glass outside for my beauty shot (with ominous cloud thanks to Tennessee). The aroma is very, very fruity. The grapefruit is overpowering the lime a bit, but the lime won't have it - it will shine right on through! I'm not really sure what to think. It smells pretty good, but it doesn't exactly smell like a regular beer. I'm hoping they don't overwhelm the deliciousness of beer by leaning too heavily into the fruits, and the aroma and label would make me believe that they might.
Well, first sip isn't exactly a fruit smoothie. There is a nice, relatively mild ale sitting behind the rather fierce grapefruit and nicely tart lime. There isn't much carbonation, but I could tell that from when I poured the beer in the first place. On the whole, it's inoffensive, and the lime really lingers on at the end. The end puts me in mind of those other beers that have tried to cover themselves with lime to be at least somewhat palatable, but this is much more than those.
Tip-in is more carbonation than I expected, and it mixes with the grapefruit and the grains from a fairly well hidden ale. The middle is boisterous with increased carbonation meeting the grapefruit in the lime mix that still sits atop everything else. The finish becomes tart with grapefruit surging over top of the lime until the lime manages to sneak out underneath and linger for the trail off.
Bottom Line: Different isn't always bad.
3.5/5
