This was originally a hop dump, clearing out odd hops from the freezer.
Taste cold
Pours nice orange amber, cloudy, generous tan head that laces, stays intact.
Aroma - citrus orange peel, slight malt undertone, slight sweet pine tar
Mouth feel - medium body, heavily carbed, gives impression of light body. Not clingy at all.
Flavor - tar hops up front, sweet malt a little too subdued for the hops, dry impression.
Finish - Dry, clean feel, cleansing, almost mediciny. Leaves noticeable hop bitterness that is not annoying.
Overall - Not bad for a hop dump, should add more character to the malt with more amber or munich. Carb is pretty good for this one. Could use brighter hops at the end (I recall when it was younger, it was more fresh hop flavors, spice). Fairly pleasant beverage, hard to ID where the tar comes from, suspect the challenger hops used for dry hopping at pitch, although northdowns in secondary could be the culprit.
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