3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by mtjoseph. As of today this will complete the top 10 ipas for me. Thanks bud! Slightly hazy copper in color, maybe some golden highlights, and a small white collar of foam. Nice fruity aroma with some pineapple and orange. A good dose of sweet caramel is present too. Taste is a bit more malt forward. Caramel, pine, and grapefruit. Balanced to say the least. Small snap of bitterness right at the finish, but it fades almost as fast as it comes leaving a fairly short finish. Nice, medium body and very easy to drink for an ipa. I would have liked a little longer of a finish, and maybe a bit more citrus character coming forward both the aroma and taste of this.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
En perfekt välbanserad IPA. Fantastiska humlearomer. Grape, gräs, tallbarr, tropisk frukt, liten sötma, mycket humlesmak, och precis så mycket beska som behövs. Alltihop i total harmoni. Provad en månad senare idag, redan lite mer fadd, mer jäst och massor av skum som knappt vill lägga sig. Ska drickas så färsk som möjligt.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
22 ounce bottle. Pours hazy amber color with a nice 2 finger white head with very good retention that reduces to a lacing cap that leaves nice lacing. Aromas of caramel, citrus, grapefruit, floral, and pine. Taste of strong grapefruit, with caramel, spice, and pine. Finishes off with a nice clean bitterness and lingering citrus and fruit flavor. Definitely one of the best balanced IPA’s I have come across. Very smooth drinking. A little bit of alcohol warming on the finish. Medium body and carbonation. This is phenomenal, will definitely buy again.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle.
Deep amber color with a good amount of white head that left lots of lacing on the glass. Smells like citrus and pine hops with some honey sweetness and caramel. Flavor is a hop head dream with sticky, resiny hops and a killer malt backbone. Dynamite west coast IPA.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 65 cl, Skjold Burne Århus. Pours cloudy light amber with a nice off white head. Aroma is vey fruity, piny, sweet, grapefruit and spicy. Flavor is very hoppy,s weet...all tat American IPAs are expected to be. Finishes with a longlived fruity sweet and very bitter aftertaste. Really good, indeed.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
I’ve had this beer a few times and was surprised to see I’d still never gotten round to rating it! Pours out a most attractive deep golden colour with just a tiny hint of haze, but all in all it’s pretty clear. Aroma is tropical sweet and delicious. Loads of honey and cereal, light toffee and caramel. Behind that you have touches of ripe mango, pineapple, pine, resin and a slight hop-glue effect which I love. Flavour is very well balanced, hits you up front with good bitterness, fresh citrus and herbs with a refreshing lightness, but this belies the subtle richness and creamy body of the beer. Lovely caramel and runny honey, good sweetness that balances the awesome hoppiness, but yet the hops never get too much. Mids show slight graininess with citrus. Finish is not massively long but is nicely drying and you get a slight return to sweetness with a kiss of pungent tropical hops. All in all this brew truly deserves its accolades as being one of the best IPAs around.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Looks fantastic. A pale copper with (initially) a huge white head. Quickly dies down to become a firm, fluffy one finger width white head. Loads of lacing left around the glass. A little let down by the aroma although it isn’t to shabby. Tangy orange and lemon are the main protagonists. Not a great deal else. Loads of citrus in the taste. Slight grapefruit and pine coming through. Not enough there for me. Light in body but lingers for a decent amount of time. Solid but didn’t live up to the hype
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Pannuhuone, Kuopio. Originally rated on 19.2.2010. Excellent IPA with almost a perfect balance. Fruity hop bomb with a nice aroma.
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