 OldGrowth (1453), North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 20, 2005
Bottle, from Julio’s. Good nose, sweet. Piney, orange/lemon, pizza dough, tad metallic. Clean orangy red color, small head that faded to a little haze on the top. Sweet bitter flavors, same as aromas with viney, citrusy, ABV makes it a tad brash, butterscotch. Thick body, creamy mouthfeel, Bitterdry finish. Leaves a oily coating. Nice imperial.
Getbetter (80), Cucamonga, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 17, 2010 From a 22oz bottle,citrus, herbs, golden, hazy, frothy, medium bitterness, lively, great IPA.
hamrech (58), Carbondale, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 12, 2010 Bomb. Very similar to the DuganA, maybe not quite as good, but great balance and hides the outrageous booze content very well. Smell is blazing out of control. Mouth is huge and thick for an IIPA and lingers forever. Great brew.
hatchattack (67), Virginia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 12, 2010 Draught at Avery. Pours a deep copper color with a thin white head. aroma: huge hop smell, can smell the booze. taste: grapefruit, hops hops hops, explosion of flavor in beginning of hops then citrus, and finally a little booze, ends smooth clean flavor leving you with a nice refreshing aftertaste
tastybeer (211), Washington DC, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 12, 2010 Bottle. Pours orange with a nice foamy white head and lots of lacing. Dank bottle, flavor was a creamy pine and citrus. Great dipa.
ipalover5 (1), Virginia, USA
does not count  | 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 10, 2010 Bottled March 2010, Batch 11. 22oz bottle. Smooth and sip-able, like a long road with a great view but a few speed bumps. First few sips leave a lingering bitter hoppy taste on the back of your tongue. There is also a sweet citrus taste and a very subtle spicy kick. Not too malty unlike many Imperial IPAs (In my opinion.) Delicious. By the end of this bottle I doubt I’d be able to write a legible review. What a great beer!
badgerfan9501 (9), Alabama, USA
does not count | 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 5, 2010 Ehhhhhhhh. Its OK. Decent flavor, nothing offensive. Overpriced. Nothing special. I was disappointed overall.
Fred82 (531), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 5, 2010 Bomber from Julio’s
Appearance : Hazy amber with medium nice creamy off white head. Head leaves extensive lacing as it fades away. Terrific look.
Aroma : Nose is very resinous and quite floral. Some grapefruits as well. Quite a lot of malt also. Some mango or passion fruits. Quite complex. Peppery
Taste : Taste is warm and quite alcoholic. Spicy with some hops. Very malty. Quite bitter on the finish but still has lots of malt. Hops are very peppery. Very hoppy and bitter. Resinous and peppery. Finish is quite warm, peppery and resinous
Overall : Very intense brew, thick and hoppy. Too peppery for my liking. A bit too malty for me also. I think I like my IPAs less malty and more crisp and dry. I agree this is an awesome brew but it just don’t fall in my tastes...
exparte (42), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 27, 2010 22 oz. bomber bottled June 2009, Batch 10. Sweet, sweet malt aroma fills the room the second the bottle is opened. There’s some piney hops in the nose as well but you really have to concentrate to distinguish them from that huge malt aroma. Pours bright orange with a thick and sticky white head that laces beautifully if you can manage to drink that much of it. Body is medium full with significant carbonation that combines to produce quite a pleasant sensation on the palate. It’s just so cloyingly sweet. There’s a considerable hop presence but it has no chance at all of competing with the malt. Tastes a lot like fresh unfermented wort. The malt profile is really pretty complex but I just can’t get past the sweetness enough to enjoy it. The label claims an OG of 1.090 and ABV of 10.69% so, without actually breaking out the hydrometer, the FG should be about 1.007. I just don’t buy that for a second. It’s far too sweet to have finished that dry. I’ve heard really good things about this beer so I’m hoping this is just a bad batch. It’s going to take a long time before I try this one again.
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