Our Tastes-- DFH Rhizing Bines

As soon as I saw the collaboration series was continuing this year between DFH and Sierra Nevada, I had this beer "legged" in from Jersey. Rhizing Bines pours a color of light marmalade with a head of thick marshmallow cream. Up front the nose and taste is more citrus grapefruit as opposed to piney resinous while the lattice hangs on to the tumbler like a rainfrog. With slow warming the hop profile changes to a grassy bitterness and less citrus takes over. 8% abv is subdued and deceiving. I would have sworn this batch was hopped with a Big C somewhere but the label says Bravo (high alpha lineage like Zeus) plus Hop #644 (a varietal with no name yet)? The merger here also takes place with the Carolina-grown red fife wheat and SN estate grown caramel malt and Torpedo hopping technique. Master brewer of Yard Dog Brewing Co. and I agree we could have a pint of this a day...but just one.