3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught @ Brouwer’s Café: Dirty caramel, large frothy off-white head, sticky lacing. Grainy malt nose, subtle hops. Almost seems more of a Pale Ale than IPA. Grainy on the tongue, soft hop presense, minor sweetness. No real puckering. Bitter, but not in that hoppy sense. A little astringent. Body and mouthfeel are moderate. Grainy finish, light hops, a good malt base, minor citrus sweetness. Okay brew, but nothing that really captures me.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Venti’s Downtown. Grapefruit and pine balanced with a malty background. Some bitterness throughout that fades away at the finish.
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cloudy orange, slight white head dissipates quickly. Starts with anice floral hop flavor goes to nice citrus notes. Well balanced. Deep hop bitterness finsih. Sitting at Amnesia on a nice sunny day watching the people walk by.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Opaque rust colour. Decent lacing. Right off pour, cap is dense white. Smell slight floral. No time to let warm up. Sweet hoppy taste. great balance.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a luscious, somewhat hazy honey golden with a fairly thick pale orangy-tan head. Aroma is quite evergreen, promising a superior IPA. Flavor is strongly hoppy yet minimally bitter and slightly sweet, with some sour citrus hints. Texture is quite fizzy, leaving behind a nice hoppy tingle.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
To me better than the Desolation. Hop profiles wavers between citrus notes and piney resins, but no matter what the hop profile is assertive with overpowering.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy murky light brown pour. Piney, citrus hop aroma, very resiny. Taste is huge grapefruit and pine notes, really nice bitterness with a good malt balance. I really liked this one.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A grassy, orange-citrys aroma. A milky, very hazy orange color with no head. Piney, resinous hop with powerful bitterness on the finish. Carbonic bite is quite present. Light body. Ok IPA but may not try again.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Good IPA from a local portland brewery. Decent balance of hops/maltiness. Dry taste on the palate
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
draft. served too cold. heavy cloudiness. burnt orange. incredibly juicy and citrus-focused, with the heavy acidity and bitterness from chinook scraping the tongue. it’s a hop-delivery vehicle, specifically the high alpha acid chinooks, and although it first impresses with it’s freshness and juiciness, the bitterness does get excessive after a half pint. fresh-squeezed grapefruit and orange juice in the nose, a little bit of green/celery/wet-hop character. overall pretty delicious but unbalanced. I can see why it’s so popular, it tastes like pot.
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