Southern Tier Phin & Matts Extraordinary Ale

Bottle. Copper color. Light head. Hoppy aroma, some pine and citrus. Malt is detectable. Flavor is hoppy, citrus, caramel malt. Run of the mill.

Bottle. Pours golden/amber with thin white head. Aroma is hoppy with notes of citrus and bread malts. Flavor is grassy, with grapefruit notes and a light finish.

Bottle from Ølbutikken. Spice and pine aroma, failry light, well balanced. Fine, grass, peppermint, long lovely finish.

12-oz. Pours a fairly hazy medium coppery gold. Loose, thin white head. Has a big perfumey floral nose for a second, which fades away until it somehow goes from that to a pile of old wet grass. Not very appetizing, kind of stale-pilsner-y. Crisp, sparkling body, somewhat watery...is this really an APA? Getting serious pilsner signs here. Sour wet grass on the mid-palate, followed by a rather vomitous resiny note at the end. Not at all sure what went wrong here.

bottle. clear gold pour with a thin white ring of head and some soapy stick. aroma is tropical fruit - pineapple and grapefruit - also pine a very faint spices. taste is pretty straightforward: light malts mixed with a light citrus bitterness. thinnish texture. light and drinkable.

Strong pineapple and mango bouquet. Clear golden, thin head, nice lacing. Doughy citrus flavor. Subdued, but lasting grapefruit finish. Could be an IPA.

Bottle at beer:30. Pours hazy gold with a thick, lacy and persistent off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, bread and grass. Light body, watery texture with moderate carbonation. Taste follows what my nose told me to expect. Soft grapefruit rind and earth finish. It kinda lacks the "peachy" quality I enjoy in APAs, but that’s a quibble.