With malrubius. Starts light and hits you with the hops. Pleasant Fruity smell. Would try again. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pale hazy gold with lasting head and lace. Citrus pine aroma mild apricot pineapple f ruity sweetness with assertive grapefruit rind very dry bitter finish. Soft carbo. Excellent.

22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a summer release so it should be pretty fresh. Pours fairly crystal clear orange amber color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy cream colored head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange zest, orange rind, lemon zest, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance of hop notes with a moderate malt balance; and good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange zest, orange rind, floral, grass, lemon zest, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness. Good amount of pine resin bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, citrus rind, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of hop flavors; with a moderate malt balance and minimal cloying bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly slick and very sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice DIPA. All around nice balance of hop and malt notes; and quite smooth to sip on. No complaints, a very enjoyable offering.

Why the high ratings for this one?

Pours very, very dark for an IPA, almost barleywine territory. Tan head. Huge malty aroma coupled with some pine needles. Taste is sweet and slightly bitter. Finishes sweet with a lingering bitterness of pine. No juicy tropical hops here, but I guess that’s what they were going for with this one. Not very good though.

Pours copper with great lacing. Aroma of grapefruit. Taste is citrus hops with a very sizeable malty backbone and dry finish. Great single-hopped 2IPA.

Bottle. Pours a dark clear orange with some white head. grassy hops, meh. this isn’t that good, not sure why its rated so high. 4.7

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2014 Tap at the brewpub. Clear rich orange pour with a white head. Bold grassy hop profile with bready malts. Quite bitter. Decent brew.

Bomber from Andersons in Sylvania. Orange pour with a slight head. Citrus hop aroma. Taste is sweet caramel malt, grain and then sharp grassy bitter. Light grapefruit mixed in. More malty than I like, but tasty enough.

A few bottles left at vintage Estates in Boardman Ohio. brown pour, off white head, decent lacing. nuts, citrus, roasty hops, lightly bitter, average carbonation, light to mediumbody, citrus taste throughout drink. Overall a good double ipa, well balanced, it has a good malt backbone. Slighty bitter finish.

22oz bomber bottle consumed in April 2010. Amber colour. Not much head. More hops on the palate than on the nose. Mainly grapefruit, and plenty of it. Slightly spicy aroma. Lots of bitterness. Crisp and refreshing. Decent but nothing exceptional.