Sure enough there's Bavarian wheat yeast & lactobacillus doing the hard yards here, supported by some citrus peel dry conditioning. I had wondered if it'd be a Japanese Sorachi Ace base off the nose, but it's the American all-rounder Simcoe.
My wife was part of the esteemed tasting panel for this one and immediately pronounced it to taste of, well, sausages - oddly enough after brief bemusement I can sort of see where she's coming from.
It's weird beer this (in a good way of course) .. not really as expected. I feel it smells like the beer it should be, but the taste is maybe only halfway there. Kind of doesn't quite know what it's doing - citrus peel is there yes but also wit / bready notes that hide the citric uniqueness this aims for. Can't say it's very tasty, refreshing or illuminating.. but it is interesting.
I'm not too down on this despite the score - love to try these experiments - just this one's not their best. 4.5
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