Garde Dog
Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a tulip. A: Gentle pour creates a 1 finger powdery white head with moderate retention. Beer is a clear, orangy-peach. There's a ring at the top where the head initially forms to serve as the lacing, otherwise, nothing. S: Barnyard skunk, peat, moss, earth, and dirt. Peppercorn and clove spices invade the nose. Slight citrus somewhere in there also. Very subtle T: Rust, caramel, brown sugar, ethanol, with a clove spice in the back of the tongue. Floral and citrusy. There's a lot going on here but I can barely pick out anything, the flavors are real foreign to me. All I can say for certain is, very low to non existant hop presence with a strong malt backbone. Enjoyable with a very wet finish and no aftertaste. M: Light to medium bodied, highly carbonated, and very coarse. Watery in the mouth and lively as it goes down. Think lots and lots of bubbles. Finish is clean and wet. Almost no aftertaste. D: I'm not too certain what to think of this beer. Enjoyable and very refreshing for certain but not something that I'd automatically reach for as a session beer. Complexity is definitely present and much appreciated but I'm not crazy about what's going on in this one. An intriguing beer to say the least, this one'll make you think for sure.