kramer (1888), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA Dec 16, 2005 Updated: Sep 7, 2006 22 oz bottle, July 05 release, via fordest. Dark copper pour, slightly cloudy with a firm craggy off white head. Generous amounts of fine carbonation yields one of the best heads I’ve ever seen. Huge resiny hop aroma over a sweet toffee and caramel malt base. Nice resiny hop bite against a sweet and spicy malty background. Very deep and complex malt profile. Well balanced with a slight alcohol warmth on the finish. Medium bodied with a very creamy mouthfeel, great bottle conditioned carbonation. Just an all around great beer, well balanced with great complexity. Nowhere near as harsh as some of the IIPA’s (Herculese) and way more drinkable than Dreadnaught in my opinion. Best IIPA out there (at least in America).
ironchefscott (246), long beach, California, USA Oct 5, 2008 great quenching dipa...great grapefruit hop flavor and light mouth feel for the style....wish it was year around brewed KimJohansen (4294), Copenhagen V, Denmark Oct 3, 2008 Hazy amber with huge beige head. Sweet aroma with loads of hops and notes of pine, grapefruit and caramel. Powerfull hops in the flavour with notes of grapefruit, caramel and pine needles. Solid bitter finish. nqualls (422), Tennessee, USA Oct 2, 2008 Bottle. Love this beer. Poured a hazy orange/gold with a two finger white head. Aroma of caramel malt, citrus and floral hops. Flavor is well balanced and not too sweet. Citrus hops finish the taste. Great beer! daknole (852), Plantation, Florida, USA Oct 1, 2008 Bottle graciously sent to me by alexsdad06. Thank you so much. This one is a damn fine beer. Wow. Pours a hazy orangish color wtih a very nice whte head. Aroma is a delicious mix of caramel, malts, fruit and spicy and floral hops. Flavor is just a perfect union of big hops and smooth malt. I get citrus, caramel, vanilla, and man I just loved this beer. masonjer (452), Holt, Michigan, USA Sep 26, 2008 thanks to weeheavysd for the chance. This beer kept eluding me. Pours cloudy orange with a nice white head. Aroma is tropical, citrus, pine and mango. Taste is citrus as well, but not as juicy as the aroma promised. Huge pine with a dry resinous finish. Really nice.
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