3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This Imperial IPA pours a medium orange color from a 22oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is orange, malt and caramel. Medium bodied Imperial IPA. Malts are caramel, biscuit and orange, Hops are citrus, grapefruit and piney. Touch of alcohol bite. About a medium bitterness IPA. There is a nice residual malt sweetness in this one. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
from notes: Tap. A blast of floral hops on initial sniff. The hops are good, but what is even better is the malts. More balanced than most imperial DIPA’s. Alcohol is hidden but present... well executed. Would drink again.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very cloudy, murky brown pour with a little head. Looks like muddy water, kinda weird. Aroma is faint but nice. Floral and piney, a little malt too. Taste is pretty smooth. Nice malt backbone with very floral heavy hops. A little oily too. Slight alcohol burn at the finish and a nice aftertaste. I like it.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours deep amber, a touch or opacity. The head is a off white and a good size. Aroma is caramelly sweet hops. a touch of grape fruit, a touch of pine. Good bodied beer. Not overly heavy ... and not too light. A good medium for the sharp hop and the high alcohol.
That touch of pine and grapefruit start you off before the sweetness of the hops take over.
The finish is not quick.... but not what I would call lingering either.
I like it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Amber color. Had to work to get a head that vanished quickly. Has a light caramel taste to it but still very bitter. Nice solid beer for 2.50
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4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a hazy reddish gold that eventually clears out after sitting. Aroma is high on caramel and toffee notes. The strength of this beer comes through a little in the aroma. Taste is very malty in the front followed by a peppery hop presence that, while bitter, ends up blending with the malt to leave a pleasant toffee flavor. Nicely balanced, and interesting for an IPA.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very well balanced, very drinkable, quite impressed with it overall. Would enjoy a 6’er easy.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sweet, earthy hop aroma. Golden in color with a tan-white head. Malty sweetness with great hop finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
"Bottle: 2/22/2011"
not a fan of this dipa. has a sour character from overroasted malt or something. bitter but not much fresh hop character. it was an old bottle though.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Not what I expected but not bad. Light hops for an IPA. Aroma is sweet, light brown in color. Taste is more malt than hop... wonder if the bottle was miss labeled. Overall not bad, but not like a normal IPA.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a light copper color with a healthy, thick head. Oily and oddly bittered which forces the malt taste to disappear, hard to do with a double. I won’t be having another.
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