Wabasha Transcendent IPA.
6.5 % ABV, 59 IBU. Wabasha Brewing, St. Paul, MN.
Quickly told tale: Wabasha Brewing has a new owner. He came into the store last week to personally drop off samples of four beers, and I ended up with two of them. Let’s get to the first.
Murkt, Hazed, and oddly colored. Dirty orange? Off-off-off yellow? Not pleasant to see. Under a slim, milky ring. Does not suggest transcendence.
In the nose: some citrus notes, but not clean, ...cluttered. Malt is mucking it up. Or something else? It’s a mess.
In the mouth: flat and uninspired. A glimpse of fruit now and then, a splash of bitterness, and something misplaced and undefinable. Almost chocolate, caramel. Muddy, murky, messy, incoherent. Lacks spark, integrity. Serious misfire. I can’t point at what the fatal flaw was ruined this beer, but it should not have been released to market.
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