Avatar - India Pale Lager

With their Avatar beer, the brewers at Dutch brewery Oedipus are trying to create a kind of double reality: while you enjoy the fine India Pale Lager and discover the diverse nuances of flavor, you are supposed to experience another version of yourself at the same time We are not sure exactly how this is supposed to work, but the beer in question is definitely successful and works in that it simply tastes delicious

Avatar has a palatable 4.5% alcohol content and is also in a pleasant, dangerously drinkable range in terms of bitterness The brewers have chosen two hop varieties with a particularly distinctive profile and worked out every single flavor component of these The two dominant notes are juicy tangerine and sun-ripened melon, for which Mandarina Bavaria and Huell Melon are responsible A good portion of malt is supportive and formative

The result flows into the glass in rich cloudy gold, a crown of thick, grippy foam sits enthroned on the cloudy body The Avatar from Oedipus exudes a light-footed hop aroma that combines with strong malt in the nose to create an enticing bouquet The first sip follows the olfactory first impression and initially builds up a stable malt base The hops switch on in the course of the drinking pleasure and contribute harmonious notes of tangy citrus fruits and ripe melon