carruthm (89), USA
May 3, 2008 cloudy pale orange with sickish yellow head thats small but clingy. smell of pine and floral hops. taste very much of an IPA.
 sstackho (176), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 2, 2008 22oz purchased from LCBO in Grimsby. Nice, but slightly restrained hoppy aroma. First taste is rich, with nice fruity hops. Very nicely balanced. Pretty much exactly what I was hoping for. More fruitiness in the hops than most IPAs, but not lacking in overall hop bitterness. Interesting to read that the only hop used is Crystal from Oregon.
jjuf1853 (113), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
Apr 29, 2008 Bottle pours a hazy amber with a foamy tan head. Aroma is bitter, hoppy, sweet, and slightly floral. Good balance in the flavor between the hops and malts.
jeffwilliams11 (152), hooterville, Michigan, USA
Apr 26, 2008 pours slightly hazy copper in color. aroma is refreshingly floral hoppy. malt and hops are well balanced, i wouldn’t say its ’brutally’ bitter, but very tasty.
csbosox (866), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Apr 21, 2008 22oz bottle. Aroma is floral and citrus hops combined with rich, nutty, toffee-like malt. Very delicate, but very nice. Orange/copper colored with a smallish head. Good clarity. Initial flavor is very malty with nuttiness, light caramel, light toffee, and a subtle toastiness all present and a spicy, floral, light citrus finish. Bitterness nicely balances the malt, though the bitterness might be a little more pronounced. The malt bill is very nice, it really does highlight the flavor of a good English malt and the Crystal is a nice choice to compliment the malt, with it’s great flavor profile and somewhat subdued nature. The mouthfeel is very nice. The maltiness is there, but the beer is well attenuated. The carbonation level seems lower than usual, which is to style and certainly helps the drinkability. This would be a fine session beer, though at 6.2%, it might be an abbreviated session.
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