Smooth Hoperator
Appears a transparent copper with a small, beige head that quickly fades out into a mild cap and hearty, velvet collar. Spotty streaks of lacing are left around the glass. Tiny amounts of CO2 bubbles slowly rise to the top. Smell is of hop blasts with consisting notes of floral, herbal, tea leaves, pine sap, grapefruit, dry grapenuts, and caramel malt. Taste is of the mentioned aromas with a doughy, fruity yeastiness really taking control of the flavor and making it more English Ale like with notes of herbal tea and sugar. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, bitter from the yeast and hop selection that carries mostly notes of herbs that collapse on the middle of the tongue in a dry fashion after starting off with a caramel sweetness.