Year of New Beer: Evil Cousin, Heretic Brewing (CA

Written By: Dion on 02/12/2017

I'm usually pretty diligent about checking dates on hoppy beers, but somehow I messed up on this one...canned over 8 months ago. That said, I'm surprised at how well this seems to have held up. Big notes of candied orange peel and pineapple are held up by a ton of honey sweetness and caramel malt backbone. Decent piney hop bitterness on a warming alcohol finish. This would have undoubtedly had a bigger hop punch if fresh, but as it stands, it's still a solid beer.