 stefanje (597), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
Dec 24, 2007 Updated: Feb 22, 2008
650 ml Bottle from Holiday. Pours a cloudy, murky copper color with a small white head that recedes to 1/8 inch and holds. As the head fades it leaves plenty of lacing in the glass. The aoma is sharp citrus, pine oil and flora notes resembling Lantana on a summer day. The flavor is dominated by biter hops with a mild underlying caramel sweetness. The flavor is complex with a nutty quality of walnuts and hazelnuts, nicely complimenting the citrus, caramel and pine. The mouthfeel is robust, full, and silky smooth, the carbonation is perfect for this style. This one finishes long and satisfying with a bit of sweet grass lingering along with the biter hops. Overall: This is one great DIPA. Highly Recommended.
beerbill (1322), Laurel, New York, USA
Oct 11, 2008 22 oz. bottle. Pours a hazy orange amber with a moderate-large off-white head that lasted through two-thirds of the glass and left partial lace. Aroma is caramel, oranges and very sweet syrup. It really smells excessively sweet. The flavor is caramel, orange, intensely sweet syrup, and band-aids. Some grapefruit emerges towards the finish amid some fairly strong bitterness. I enjoy sweet things, but this was too sweet, even for me, and although I finished the first glass, I ended up pouring the remainder of the bottle down the drain. Age certainly did not agree agree with this beer, or at least this bottle.
Dorwart (1621), Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
Oct 8, 2008 Decent sized head. Frothy and off-white in color with some light carbonation. Nice hoppy aroma. Lots of pine, grapefruit and flowers. This aroma hits all of the hops typicals along with a nice caramel malts backbone. Color is a hazy dark caramel. Hmmm, wonder what this was like a bit fresher. Kind of sweet and very malty. Big helping of caramel. Very strong bitter peanut skin flavor with some herbal flavors and a noticable alcohol presence. Thick and syrupy palate. Finishes sweet and bitter and creamy smooth. A pretty darn good IIPA but probably was a bit better when it was fresher.
brewblackhole (1241), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Wonderful full pine hop aromaStrong deep, hop infused malt,body thick, almost muddy,the hops had that slight rubbery taste,that you get from aging hops. Still sn encellent brew,probaly was a gem 6 months ago. Thanks Kingpin
mirjukka (436), LOHJA, Finland
Oct 3, 2008 bottle shared at Pikkulintu EXP 070309 amber tiny white head Taste:pleasant grapefruity piney tickling hops bit sweet almost easy. Where is my limit- 150 EBU? More please...
robinvboyer (1055), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
Sep 21, 2008 amazing aroma of citrus, loads of grapefruit, lemons, oranges, and citrus you can think of. THIS IS man candy, sweet citrus, and a wicked malt balance, outstanding beer!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
