4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small lacing white head. Aroma is solid peachy hops. Smooth mouthfeel with a nice grapes note. Bitter and mellow tangerine flavoured finish. Very smooth and elegant.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Canned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear deep golden, faint head. Rich lychee aroma. Sweet and marmelady with near full body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Hugely hoppy with tangerine, lychee and seville orange. Really bitter finish. Hugely citric, but the oak is not noticed - which is probably good as oak and citric hops is a match made in hell.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Name: Hop Crisis
Date: September 21, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: clear copper, creamy beige head, lots of lace
Aroma: spicy hop aroma, lots of citrus, hint of pine
Flavor: sweet and spicy flavor, touch of crystal sweetness, light bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
on tap-pours a white head and slightly hazy gold color. Aroma is grapefruit, sweet grapefruit/resin. Taste is grapefruit, sweet grapefruit/resin hops bite, backbone of medium malt. Drying finish with slickness. Good effervescence. Sipping.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Can from Half Time. Pours hazy light amber with a slight off-white head. Floral/citrus for aroma. Med body. Flavor is citrus, perfumey floral over nice light caramel backbone. Very floral. Incredibly hoppy without harshness or super bitterness. It’s just very hoppy and very bitter. Incredible amounts of hop. Excellent.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Medium to heavy citrus and earthy hop aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy smooth bitter flavor with a medium to heavy bitter finish of moderate to long duration.This is a solid beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Capones. Poured a deep golden color with a small sized white head. Aromas of citrus, floral, pine, and caramel. Tastes of citrus (oranges and grapefruit), some lighter woodiness, vanilla, caramel, and floral.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A golden amber IPA with a thick frothy off white head. In aroma, nice pungeant floral c-hops, resinous, light peppery notes. In mouth, an intense hoppy ale with loads of c-hops, citrus pulp. lightly sweet, subdued alcohol, overall, quite nice. On tap at ChurchKey DC, Sept. 18 2010.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at RNH. Deep amber pour with a tight lacy head. The nose is quite sweet and malty while topped by fresh spicy/fruity US hops. Bright and zesty with a lot of fresh cascade and lightly sweet chewy crystal malt. No iced tea character but it’s definitely assertively hopped. Quite fresh and piny actually. There is a lot of lingering bitterness on the back actually. A little bit fruity.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Frisco Grille in Columbia, MD: Pours a transparent golden bronze with a thin ring of white bubbles. Has a fresh resiny grapefruity hop nose with a touch of light malty sweetness underneath. Starts with pretty good fullness and a lightly sugary sweetness which quickly gives way to a more bitter, slightly astringent resiny finish. Has a pretty good hop profile, but seems to be lacking the right amount of malt balance. It’s a little too sweet at first and then not sweet enough. Nonetheless, a pretty good effort.
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