3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at Monk’s Porterhouse, Stockholm. Hazy amber, rocky head. Pleasant strong aroma of sweaty strawberry and hay. Mid sweet with well rounded mouthfeel and a bove medium body. Plenty of grapefruit andha, notes of cheries. Slowly growing bitterness. A tasty IPA.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On bottle
Amber color, good foam.
Full body & complexity.
Sweet flavours at first mouthful,- then bitterness and a rush of hops.
Mature fruits & long sweet lingering aftertaste.
Very enjoyable
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
En väldigt fruktig och välbalanserad IPA. Inte så kraftig beska. Citrus, grape och tropisk frukt.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at a Monks cafe. Deep amber with a thin head. Aroma is fruity hop. Tangy flavour with light bitter soft berries in the background. Finish is bitter sweet.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle, batch 328, amber color, with a big thick white-beige head, toasted, biscuity, caramel malt, crereal nose, with a soft leafy, grassy, floral, zesty lime peel hop aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with an earthy toasted, caramelized, biscuity malt, flowery leafy, grassy, zesty lime, lemon, grapefruit peel hop character, with some piney, cedary, minty leafiness undertones and a chicory bittering note, leading towards a yeasty, zesty lime, lemon, grapefruit peel, grassy, leafy, minty hop bitterness finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours orange/amber with a small, firm white head that stays for the duration. Leaves some spotty lacing too. Nose is all about the bitterness and mix of tropical hoppage. A huge hit of mango mingles with hints of passionfruit and grapefruit. Nice sourness and bitterness surrounds the nose. Taste showcases a heap of tropical fruits - passionfruit, mango, apricot, lychee. Slight herbal tones with resinous notes in there. Lengthy bitterness. Nice IPA
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from De Molen beer shop. Hazy dark amber color with huge rocky beige head. pines, grapefruit, coriander, peaches in aroma. Taste, pines, grapefruit, floral hops, caramel, lemon, oranges. Bitter floral hops in finish. Good.
3.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle) Poured hazy amber with excellent dense big slightly off white head. Beautiful floral hop aroma. Medium bodied and well carbonated. Flavour has a subtle light malt sweetness at the start for just a short time before it is inexorably replaced by a big hoppy bitterness that last for ages. That bitterness has some subtle pleasant floral hints but the flavour is overwhelmingly one of hop bitterness. Overall this is a nice example of a high bitterness IPA, but this style, which was once interesting and unusual, is now for me becoming tedious because whilst beer needs bitterness, this extreme level is not intrinsically pleasant and the whole effect is unbalanced.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
floral, citrus, caramel, dough, raisin, amber, hazy, minimal head, tan foam, light sweetness, very bitter, umami, full body, oily feel, creamy, slick feel, average carbonation, bitter, long finish,
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
In short: An uber-hoppy, very sharp, bitter, astringent and yeasty darker IPA. Very good
How: Bottle 500ml, consumed 5 months before expiration date (that’s as fresh as I could get it in North-America)
The look: Cloudy rust-color body, small particles, medium beige head with medium retention
In long: A hoppy from which still emanated a certain freshness despite the beer being 5 months away from expiration date. Leafy hops, citrusy hops and piney hops all blending into the yeast fruity esters that included bananas and such. Taste is very sharp and far from generic. Lots of yeast covering the shy toasted soggy chewy malts, A bit of honey. Hops are the main attraction in this beer. Very bitter hop bill dominated by grapefruits, pine-tree and green pine-needles. Some dust (dusty yeast) and the piney hops blend together to create a dry astringent sawdust sensation. Rather aggressive bitterness and astringency. Tasty beer, I liked it a lot. I love staying home on my couch and down a whole bunch of tasty beers like this one. I’m not a lazy drunk, I like to think of myself as an individual who is highly motivated not to stay sober and do stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50cl bottle - pours hazy deep orange with steady creamy light beige head. A bittersweetness in the nose - orange peel, peach, melon. Taste: sweetness immediately countered by bitterness, tangerine notes. Long finish. Average IPA.
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