 Oakes (6771), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
May 26, 2008 Hazy straw colour. Deep rich citrus, wood with light tropical fruit. Such monster hops. Astringent, extreme hops on the palate. Bone dry. Unbalanced, this pushes past my limits but I’m sure there’s an audience for bitter cantaloupe juice.
kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Updated: Dec 12, 2007Date: 12/02/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Pizza Port, Carlsbad
clear light amber, whispy white head,
pleasant floral hop aroma,
big sweet piney malt flavor, great citrus character, lots of bitterness with a long bitter finish,
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Date: 12/04/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
Score: 3.2 to 3.6
hazy dark orange, frothy white head,
sweet tangerine and citrus aroma,
same big sweet pine and citrus flavor, nice fruity orange character, enough crystal sweetness to balance all of the hops and the long earthy finish,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4
Rastacouere (5189), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 29, 2005 Clearish straw yellow, huge fluffy sticky, rocky head leaves an impression on the glass and is truly spectacular. Fluffy nose, yeasty and minty, highly aromatic and spicy hops. Baby powder feel through the most original ingredient blending, sweet, resinous and cedary, which is an element I truly dig in IPAs. Very perfumey. The taste is not quite as impressive. We’re facing chewy hops that are well-flavored and still cedary/flowery, but more dominant, sappy and like an hopstick rather than a poem. Medium-full bodied, soft to moderate expanding carbonation. Possibly my favorite I2PA. Props to cquiroga once again!
CaptainCougar (4596), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Sep 11, 2005 On tap at the Liar’s Club on 7/30/05: Very clear pale copper bronze with a thin, lightly-lacing white head. Aroma is very fresh, hoppy and grassy with lots of sweet caramel maltiness. Body starts with a nice sticky sweetness turning more herbal and grassy toward the bittersweet finish. A different and unique beer that uses a different kind of hop than I am used to in imperial IPAs.
BückDich (4474), Boise, Idaho, USA
Mar 8, 2006 Draught at The Liar’s Club - San Diego: Amber color, thin head with nice lacing. Nose of sweet cherry malts, some kind of fatty insence I can’t remember. The flavor is nice and dry hopped with a lot of sweet malt, diacetyl and overall unbalanced by this sweet level. Huge body and a long tail. Good, not near as intense as most of these So Cal Double IPAs or maybe I’m getting used to them...
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