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Surfing and skeletons. I don't know why Burial would attempt to combine the two, but they've decided to, and they can do what they want - I don't control them. What seems odd is that they didn't save their surf-themed name for a West Coast IPA instead of this straight and narrow IPA. I'm all for a good IPA - I guess I'm questioning the marketing choice.
The somewhat hazy beer has lots of small bits floating, suspended nicely, in the middle of the beer. The head is just about perfect in size and consistency, and it reduces to a relatively thin, patchy top that completely covers the beer and manages to leave lacing in its wake. The aroma is dank, and that's not what I expected or wanted. Fruits back that up with tartness, and they do not overcome the dank.
First sip is quite sweet fruit at first, but the dank comes in eventually, and bitterness is in its wake. The pomegranate seems like it would be putting up the biggest fight with the dank, but it ultimately loses, despite the grapefruit and orange pushing their buddy along. I wish I could say I liked this, as it has quite a lot of hops for only being 6.8% ABV, but it's just too dank for me to enjoy. Maybe the swig will fix everything.
Tip-in is exceptionally light carbonation with grains, wheatgrass, orange, plums and grapefruit making a very nice, sweet flavor. The middle rolls with little stings of carbonation at the back of the throat, and it is amazingly quaffable. The finish brings the dank and bitterness that almost make the middle not worth it, but the dank can't overcome the sweet center.
Bottom Line: Overcoming dank is hard, but they did it.
3.0/5
