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Those from Louisville are known to (sometimes) be a bit persnickety about the pronunciation of their city. I know that in Pittsburgh, anyone from there would often call it Picksburgh without batting an eye. However, we did not attempt to enforce this pronunciation on newcomers or visitors. In fact, we kind of took pride in the fact that the little weirdsies were just for us, even though people put Pittsburghese on shirts and bumper stickers to sell to out of towners.
I am glad I looked at the label before drinking (I often don't) and noticed that it is a pale ale instead of an IPA. Once you stick the word "hazy" on the can, I kind of assume it's an IPA or a DIPA. Well, this pale ale also look a lot like one of them, and it has a deep gold color in the middle that is quite endearing. There aren't a lot of bubbles that spring out, and they won't leave lacing, but you can't really expect that from a pale ale, right? The aroma is a journey into the tropics with lots of fruits all mashed up together. Let's see if the flavor follows.
First sip is a whole lot of flavor in a tiny little sip. I thought I knew what the taste was at first, and it seemed pretty good, if a little underwhelming, but then all the fruits just poured themselves onto my tongue in a rush right before the beer was gone. I only had a little sip, but it was enough to tease out peaches, grapefruit, mango, passionfruit, and possibly a berry or two. This thing has legs, and it wants to run. Well, let's put it on the track and see how it does.
Tip-in is nice and gentle with a sweet malt backing just the beginning of fruits that are featuring mostly mango and peach. The middle is the meat of the beer, and this is good and solid for a "simple" pale ale. The solid malt is still the background for peaches, a little grapefruit, and mango; there may be a plum or two around, too. The finish turns bitter as the fruits become clearer to make out and send me into the trail off hoping I'm not done with the beer.
Bottom Line: That's an excellent beer.
4.25/5
