Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale
Pour: 12 oz bottle to pint glass. Best before date: 4th week of June, 2006 - drank on 4/28/06. Pours white fluffy .5 inch head with tons of visible carbonation. Excellent retention and lacings. Shares its color with the skin of a dark apricot. Nose: I noticed apricot, vanilla, and banana aromas. This beer smells especially sweet and fruity with hardly any detectable hops or alcohol. Mouth: Not nearly as sweet as it smells (it's not juice, afterall). Actualy, the beer is kind of sour with citrus overtones and a strong, bitter swallow that mellows out upon exhaling and pleasantly lasts for minutes in the back of the mouth.