Super, darling

There's no particular story behind this bottle of Lagunitas's Super Cluster: it was just there in the DrinkStore fridge and I bought it. It's 8% ABV, hopped with Citra, and I was a little worried I'd left it a few weeks too long before getting around to drinking it. If it decomposed in any way then it must have been stunning beforehand because it was still very very good when I opened it.

A crystal-clear orange colour sets it in immediate contrast to current fashion. It poured quite thickly, a head only forming at the last minute. There's only the faintest trace of citrus in the aroma, presumably because of the lack of fizz. The flavour, in contrast, explodes with citric joy right from the off. There's a super-clean lemon and lime, where the emphasis is all on the flavour itself, not the bitterness or any pine or weed offshoots. It's almost like a high-end soft drink; quite sweet without being sugary, but mostly tasting of that zingy and zesty fruit.

It's rare to find a beer of this style and this strength that's actually refreshing, but we have one here. I quaffed it indecently quickly and would have been up for another straight away.