Kenji Wilkinson: Pkg: 10/9/23.

Kenji Wilkinson: Aroma of herbal hops, sweet dried fruits (pear?). Maybe a touch dusty but nothing weird or funky. I guess it’s got spice on the aroma, but pretty light and kinda mixed in with the hop character. Overall: moderate herbal fruity, lightly sweet.

Kenji Wilkinson: Note on appearance: not much head to begin with (and I poured hard) and it vanished quickly. No lacing on the glass.

Kenji Wilkinson: Drinks drier than I was expecting, at least on entry. Medium body, bready. Some bitterness. Almost banana bready. Or apple bread without the pie spices. Dried fruits again, pears and apples but also maybe plums or nectarines. Kinda tangy towards…

Kenji Wilkinson: …the finish. Richer and some sweetness towards the finish as well. Not the most complex beer. Took a lot of words to try to describe but it’s mostly doing one kind of thing.

Kenji Wilkinson: Finish is herbal, lightly bitter, faint drying, lingering weird tang at the back of my throat.

Kenji Wilkinson: Touch of solvent near the end, but not enough to be a problem.

Kenji Wilkinson: From the can, the hop aroma is actually floral. Interesting. I don’t get that part of it at all from the glass.

Kenji Wilkinson: Overall, it’s fine. With the name and 8.5 abv, I kinda want to place it in the Strong Golden category, although blond makes sense from the flavors I think.