puzzl (2619), New York, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Feb 22, 2008 Bottle is probably around a year old. Pours deep gold with a very nice, firm white head. Aroma is surprisingly fruity, passionfruit and pineapple, with only the slightest hint of hop bitterness left over. Flavor is big fruit under a chewy malt shell, licorice and toffee. Quite tasty stuff, very different, and not what I expected. WeeHeavySD (2962), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Feb 10, 2008 750ml via trade a while back. Shared with Cyn, dinner of Gazapacho and grilled jerk tofu. Read the reviews and thankfully mine was not a gusher. Pours orange and bubbly with a nice 2 finger tan head. Nose has some sweet fruity yeast in it. Taste is sweet and light with some clear cut hoppiness. This is certainly another interesting interpretation of the style by Allagash, this is a hoppy belgian but not quite a belgian IPA. Pretty tasty better than the last few raters thought at least. Complex and interesting. RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 | Feb 3, 2008 Pours a clear fairly dark brown with a good sized crème head. Nose is very sugary sweet like candy or even cotton candy and a good amount of wood mixed in there as well. Flavor is mild. Slight hops, pretty big sweetness going on. Besides that? Maybe a little wood. Small amount of spices. Feel has a lot of carbonation to it, but I have to say I think the liquid is a bit too thin. Overall it is drinkable, but for the price? Hell no. This is one of the first beers I have wanted to take back and get a refund. $16.99? Are you joking? $16.99 for what?? Don’t bother. TomDecapolis (3150), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Feb 2, 2008 Gusher alert! Good thing I read some of the rating and headed the warning and opened over my sink. Pours a translucent amber with a medium bubbly off white head that left spottyg lacing all down the side of the glass. Aroma of tropical fruits, citrus notes, some American hops in there, malty sweetness, candi sugar, some grapefruit and pine, Belgian ale yeast esters. Flavor was a bit yeasty, the beer was very dry, some lingering sugary notes, but overall pretty dry. Getting some pine resin, touch of grapefruit, but really kind of covered up with all the tropical fruit/Belgian yeast esters. A little earthy and green apple. Also got a lot of peppery/spicy notes in both the flavor and aroma. Lots of tingly carbonation. I have been digging the whole Belgian ale hopped with a bunch of American flavor and aroma hops. But this one just didn’t quite showcase what I like about those beers. boto (1326), Granby, Connecticut, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Jan 20, 2008 750ml bottle: This one opened with a loud POP, but fortunately there was no spillage. It pours a cloudy, dark amber color with a bit of an off-white head to it. It leaves some lacing down the glass. There is a bready, spicy and yeasty nose to the beer, as well as some citrus (mainly grapefruit) and pine also. An interesting taste. Some breadiness and yeastiness to it, with a hint of apricots in there. There is a hint of sweetness despite the hop presence. Somewhere between medium and full bodied, yet there is still a perception of lightness to it. This definitely grows on you. hopdog (5550), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jan 15, 2008 750ml bottle. Thankfully I had the foresight to open this one up over the bathtub. Mr. Malone gushed everywhere. Poured a medium amber color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of yeast, peppery spiciness, caramel, and lightly fruity. Tastes of yeast, fruity, and lightly spicy. OK, but not worth the $15 I paid. kujo9 (1077), North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Jan 9, 2008 750 ML corked bottle 11/18/07: Amberish body w/a lasting, huge, cream colored head... Lightly hazed. Floral/piney hops, toasty malt, lightly doughy yeast... Some plum and apricot notes. Mildly peppery yeast, and some woody aromas. Dry finish in the flavor, toasted malt. Lightly sweet up front w/ floral and piney hop flavor. Low yeasty esters. Fruity in the finish and aftertaste. Woody mid palate. Lighter body, well hidden alcohol, dry finish, but lightly astringent. I liked this better than Interlude, and it’s an okay beer, but it might stand a bit of aging. glkaiser (1164), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 1/5 | 12/20 | Jan 8, 2008 Caramel color with thin head. Light citrus fruit aroma. Immediately way too carbonated. Very yeasty with deep malt taste. Finish is a sharp piney hop. This beer grew on me, but made me belch every other drink. Worth trying, but I wouldn’t buy again.
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