3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
9/05/2009: Satisfaction Jackson... Aroma: Floral, red grapefruit, really nice bouquet. Appearance: Nice amber color; frothy light beige-colored head. Flavor: The red grapefruit hoppiness jumps out, also accompanied by some nice pine and floral notes; mild to moderate level of bitterness; just enough caramel maltiness to hold everything together and stay nicely tucked away in the background. Palate: Good, but average mouthfeel. Overall: Nicely done, but I could have done with a little more of everything!
Draught at Ale Asylum in Madison, Wisconsin. Rating #7 for this beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a slightly hazey amber colour with a huge frothy head. Aroma is an instantaneous blast of pine and fresh floral hops. Firm, powerful and astringent hop character barreling through with grapefruit and zesty notes. Sturdy, stinky yet well balanced. Waayyy better then the Ballistic in my opinion.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Growler from Ale Asylum
Thanks go out to noncaloric for zipping a growler my way. I managed to miss this at the Great Taste somehow and regret it. In fact were I any closer I would making a trip to get more soon. Maybe some day soon this will be bottled so more people can give it a try.
Aroma / Appearance - The ruby red body was carbonated with a nice stark white head. Sharp and crisp it blends grapefruit with resin and caramel to form a hoppy bite.
Flavor / Palate - Hoppy at the beginning it does not mellow much but does balance out as the malt begins to settle on the palate. Resin and caramel are key aspects along with a mellow aftertaste. Not quite a hop bomb like many West Coast IIPAs it still has a whallop that challenges the palate.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draught at both GTMW 09 and the brewpub in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a semi-clear coper amber colored brew with a thin off-white head that has some nice retention and sticky lacing. Aroma of just plain hops! Grapefruit, tangerine, a hint of caramel and some apple cider. Taste is medium to full bodied, some carbonation with flavors of grapefruit, tangerine and some caramel. Finish is slightly dry, tart with a lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Overall, it’s a solid double IPA.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
$5 pint draft at the brewery. A hop head delight! Wow, the hops jump out in the aroma and the taste. The bitterness lingers well after it has gone down. Similar to Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours red-amber with a dense, creamy tan head, good retention, good lace as long as the head lasts. Strong hops aroma, citric, mandarin orange. Flavor similarly hops dominated. Slightly sweet, but the subtleties of the sweetness are completely blown away by the hops intensity. Hops and alcohol combine to make a very warm, lively mouthfeel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the GTMW. Amber with a medium tan head. Aroma is very floral - perhaps a double version of hopalicious - with some citrus, bready malt and caramel mixed in. Taste pretty much mimics the flavor with the floral and citrus hops pretty evident along with a decent amount of caramel malt. Mildly bitter and slightly abrasive, a decent but not otherworldly DIPA.
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