Bottle. Pours a hazy golden beer with a massive, pillowy white head on top that leaves great lacing. Aroma is citric, grapefruits, tangerine, but also some rye and grainy influences. Subttle and easy going in the aroma, but quite heavy in the taste. Loads of citric bitterness, very hoppy, bitter grapefruit and not much room for any ryemalt. Only in the very back end of the flavor does the rye come to play for a short period. Rye is in there, but more present in aroma than flavor. Very highly carbonated, a bit unbalanced but still enjoybable.

Bottle, 330 ml courtesy of Miro, shared with him and Kova. Pours orange, off white head. Citrus, fruity, bit yeasty and hoppy.

Bottle from Bradley’s, Cork [291114]
Dark amber, slight haze, frothy bubbly white head, light lacing
Aroma of tropical fruits, mango, grapefruit zest, fresh citrus hop nose, soft sweet malts
Taste of bitter citrus zest, grapefruit, tropical fruits, bitter orange, nice pithy citrus, fruity caramel malts underneath, some spicy notes, plenty of hops in this, the rye flavour is light in here which is good
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, bitter hops with a soft sweet malt background. Finish has a bitter zest linger. Well balanced,
Overall - It’s one of the best beers from this brewery. Really good stuff.

Draught at ICBF14. Dark red with a solid head. Aroma is big hop and forest. Flavour is sticky fruity hop, some biscuit mix at the back, but a big beer this.

keg at ICBCF14
fruity citrus and mango, full bodied, dry, pithy, spicey, fruity, excellent stuff

Clear russet with steady taupe carpet that webs. 4 Huge fresh dank hop leaf nose with some pine. 4.5 Crusty dark rye loaf, some clove spice, then dried tangerine rind, resin, and pine forest floor. 4 Cointreau finish and Angostura linger. Almost medium, clean, some cling. 4 -- Stupidly big nose - like a hop sack. Flavour doesn’t match, though - and it should at the 4 month mark (BBD 4.28.15). Dank like Simcoe should be, but doesn’t give passion fruit (though to be fair, it doesn’t get catty either, and fruit comes out as it warms.) Just wishing for some Cali brightness - I guess you need C hops for that. 4

Appearance: dark ruby red, medium off white head. Aroma: Sharp, hoppy, tropical fruit, some overripe strawberry, pine. Flavour: fresh hops, pine needles, tangy, sticky mouthfeel, lovely hoppy finish. Lovely.

Draught, small stable creamy head, a bit hazy deep orange colour, aroma of pomello, grapefruit and some peach with some barnyard and a hint of pine, melange of citrusy notes dominates the flavour with with piney notes, and a light biscuity maltiness in the back complementing and empathic citrusy bitterness. Excellent lively brew.

Pint at the norseman. Floral, pineapple, spice, Rye, straw, nose. Big treacle toffee sweetness, with bitter peach finish. Low carbonation. Smooth full body. Delicious.

Draught at The Norseman. Piney, fruity hop notes in the aroma. Dry, spicy flavour, bitter toward the finish. Light, low carbonation, long complex finish. Another cracker from eight degrees.