Another swing and a miss from Kona. Not bat-piss, but again there’s that unexplained un-beer-ish bitterness. There’s something going into Kona beers as a flavoring additive which is inconsistent with beer. Whatever, i’ll never buy a Kona beer again. In the meanwhile, light body and muddled hops in this 6% alk IPA, it would rate a 5-something, if it wasn’t for that distasteful additive, whatever it is. As it stands, this can only be rated at 2.8 for a disastrous choice of unnatural flavoring.
On the other hand, the bottles and labels are just gorgeous, and i chose this one as a keeper, now and forever proudly displayed on a perch atop my plates cupboard, right between a Sapporo Reserve can and a Fiedler’s Bock Im Stein earthenware swingtop.