Dave's BrewFarm Mandarina Single Hop Lager 6.4% ABV.
Lightly hazed, with bright crimson coloring, very small head, grows to nil.
Aroma: sweet caramel malt notes, with delicate citrus notes. Nice.
Taste: Lean and clean. Crisp and malty. Just enough caramel malt flavors below, just enough tasty, citrus-y (mandarin orange, you think?) hop profile on top. Delicious. Hop character never quits, and stays just south of bitterness. Excellent balance, medium bodied, and ever so tasty. Terrifically consumable.
Mandarina is a hop I'd never heard of, and doing it in a lager all by it's lonesome shows off it's particular character. Now, I have to wonder what a beer like this would be like with, maybe, a different malt base? Is this how the mind of Farmer Dave works? Hmmmm….I wonder….
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