It's a slightly lackluster pour out of the bottle, but settled with a good light hue and quite a delicious complex smell despite the lack of head. It's certainly an APA from the nose, but one with a bit of added fairy floss and spice notes going on there also. Things are looking good.
Things remain pretty pleasing when you have a sip too - this is up there with the best APAs on record as it is both true to style, and compelling throughout. Malt, hops and spice are working here in concert to produce a lovely rounded mouthful that smacks of depth and complexity in a class where sometimes it can be a bit lacking. 5.8% is a good mark for a beer like this too. It's a beer that wants to be your friend and make you happy.
This smacks of being an excellent sessionable yet interesting beer, and that in itself leads me to my only regret - a carton of this stuff would set you back far too much in this country to be practicable. Perhaps Italy is nice this time of year? 8.0
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