Tällainenkin löytyi kaapin perukoilta (BB 03/2023) 😬 Hailakan, maitomaisen ja sitruunaisen keltaista ja sameaa. Hyvin runsas ja isokuplainen vaahto. Tuoksu yllättävän raikkaan ja makean trooppisen hedelmäinen sekä kirpakan sitruksinen. Maku makean ja kepeän trooppisen hedelmäinen (ananasta, mangoa, passionhedelmää), kitkerähkön greippinen ja kirpakan sitruksinen, kepeän ja pehmeähkön vaalean maltainen ja kaurainen sekä maltillisen humalaisen katkera. Ihan hyvät ja tasapainoiset, mutta jo ajan runtelemat maut. Suutuntuma on kepeähkö ja hiilihappoinen. Edelleenkin ihan juotava ja jopa yllättävän raikkaan hedelmäinen olut. Iän toki huomaa, mutta odotin huomattavasti pahempaa kokemusta.

Todella vaahtoava,helposti juotava mutta maku jää kyllä hiukan vaisuksi. Ei huono mutta odotin enemmän.

Hiilihappoa aivan liikaa. Muuten maultaan aika perussettiä

This is a beer that I had to consider long in the shop. Pien x Brew York collaboration. Had I come across with this closer to the Haze Wave Festival in late July, I would have definitely bought it. Now it's early November, even if the best before is dated in March 2023, I don't believe that the freshness is anymore at the level it should be. Despite my scepticism, I bought it. The beer pours a ridiculous froth. It basically fills the whole glass first. An indication of age? I guess. The color is impenetrable, deep yellow. Looks pretty. As if the number of days had no impact on the color. No sign of oxidization. The scent puts forward cantaloupe, mandarin, orange peel, a bit of grapefruit zest and a wisp of strawberry. Ripe fruity, with a faint candy-like amendment. Promising. The taste is restrained. I mean RESTRAINED. Where are all the hop flavors?? It's seldom that a gustatory experience is less pronounced than the olfactory one. Now it is. Lemon and grapefruit pulp can be recognized. A bit of grass, as well. Nevertheless, nothing that resembles those ripe fruity elements of the scent. Disappointment. The body is light. The finish is citrusy and faintly grassy. Dies relatively fast. Not much to mourn about. The mouthfeel is thin to light, slightly crisp, effervescent, a bit dry and moderately drying. Zesty, as well. Has obviously lost its best flavors. Nobody can fight the time.