beer_name: YuleSmith (Summer)
text: 22oz bottle (2011) poured into a tulip glass A: Pours golden yellow, hazy, with just over a finger of foamy white head. Fairly good lacing. S: Grapefruit, pine, a little lemon zest, some floral notes as well. Pretty pungent. T: Somewhat faded hop profile, there's the remnants of grapefruit, citrus, and pine. It's definitely a shell what I imagine it was fresh. There's a little astringency/bitterness on the backend and just a little bit of alcohol (taste and warmth) in the finish. Sizable malt base with a good bit of caramel sweetness. Probably a little too sweet (has that candied fruit taste). Finish is semi-dry. M: Medium body, light carbonation. Stick and resinous, but not all that smooth and certainly not crisp. O: It's unfortunate that this bottle just hit shelves in MA, yet it's already 2+ months old and in a nose dive. I can see how this might be fantastic fresh, but right now it's just a notch above mediocre.