DeadGirl (48), New York, New York, USA
Jul 3, 2009 In a chilled bottle at Rattle ’N’ Hum: Pours a light, penny colour. The aroma gives off a flowery, jasmine feel. Tastes of flowers, cherries, banana, hops... essentially everything you could wish for in an Indian Pale Ale. Very smooth finish, bomber. I love this beer. Comparable to Elysian Avatar.
 TBone (5819), Pori, Finland
Jul 3, 2009 Bottled (PBF).
A bit hazy orange color, small steady creamy head, some lace. Grassy hoppy, a bit piney aroma. Grapefruity, fruity (mango) flavor with resiny notes. Nicely drinkable, not too hoppy. Pine, citrus...
j12601 (624), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Jul 2, 2009 Bottle. Pours a clean clear orange with a heft dense beige head. Pineapple and clean wet pine hit the nose just from taking the cap off the bomber. Gorgeous. Toasty malt behind the lovely hop aromas. Medium bodied, lightly sweet. Finishes a little bitter, with a nice long lingering grapefruit tone, and with what may be a slight metallic note, though that was only on the first sip, and didn’t show up for the rest of the bomber. Didn’t live up to the aroma, but not a problem, as I could just sit here and sniff this all night instead of drinking it. The little bit extra alcohol this has over most others goes by undetected. Well hidden, and well done. Very tasty.
Pwn3d (869), Manhattan, New York, USA
Jul 2, 2009 Bomber as imaged split with CUJO @ Rattle n Hum. Pours orange with lovely head but not much haziness. Nose of unripen green pears. Spice and herbal florals. Taste is surprisingly mellow for an IPA and not overly agressively hopped. Well balanced and medium to medium heavy with some acidity. Very glad to have tried this on the east coast. 3.95
LanceUppercut (28), Sweden
Jul 1, 2009 A faint nose of citrus and old shoes. Taste is of grape and elderflower. A solid IPA, but it’s not fantastic. I have to admit that I am a bit dissaponted. Maybe the bottle wasn’t too fresh?
NoiZe (1231), Mooi Zeist, Netherlands
Jun 29, 2009 Orange colored goodness. Very aromatic intense hoppy aroma. Flavor is very nice hopped. Different hopflavors in a well balanced way with a good afterburner. Very nice one.
FatPhil (3138), Espoo, Finland
Jun 28, 2009 660ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki) - shared by Mirjukka and Janne - thanks!
Fruity perfumed aroma. Mid orange, tiny scummy head. Very simple APA, weak watery body. Pleasant hoppy taste but absolutely no depth or complexity at all. Fortunately, its incredible boringness is its only flaw. Predictably simple sweet hoppy finish.
mjs (1141), Helsinki, Finland
Jun 28, 2009 (1 dl share from bottle - thanks Sinensis! - at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-06-25) Golden and hazy. Small white head. Fruitiness and pine in aroma. Medium bodied and dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, grass, bitterness, fruitiness, sweetness, pine and grain in taste. Malts, pine and bitterness in aftertaste.
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