3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
I wasn’t ready for this one. Medium brown in color, with a bit of fizziness in a week head. First taste is an explosion in your mouth that can be unplesant if you aren’t prepared for it. Strong hop with snappy citris, coupled with a dark maltiness. Truly a taste of it’s own.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 11, 2013 Plentiful hop resins mingling with wise and chewy caramelized and bready cereals...Leafy hop bitterness develops peppery spiciness and citrus in the aftertaste...Nourishment and balance in assertive cleanliness for an engaging India Red Ale...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 29, 2010 Finally got to try this one. Strong hops (duh), that to me were nicely balanced with the malts. Definitely worth getting another bottle or two.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very good beer...hoppy, but tolerable. Very flavourful and malty.
4.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Spicy, hoppy nose with a hint of cantaloupe. Deep caramel color. Citrus, grapefruit-like taste up front that turns real bitter and gritty towards the end. Supported by a heavy amount of malt and alcohol, which turbo injects the flavor into your mouth. Leaves a sweetness on your lips like a lollipop. Complex, long and varied profile. Certainly full bodied. This almost-barleywine is over the top, but is it balanced or good? I certainly enjoy the audacity – or better arrogance- of this beer.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This beer is a delightful onslaught of flavor. I like how ratebeer has called this an American Strong Ale, because it does transcend the traditional strong ale category. The hops in this kicked up several notches, and combined with malty sweetness of a strong ale, this is a very big beer. Outstanding!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Arrogant with good reason. Gives ya something to think about. Definately not something I could drink every day but an interesting experience.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Taste buds get reasy for asn ass KICKIN! this is a big beer with lots of flavor, worth buying just for the comentary on the bottle, strong, malty, hoppy, what else could you want in a beer, excellent!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Malty nose. Less hoppy than its brother IPA. Light barley-wine or a big brown ale. However, I do find the beer to be chockfull of complex malt, yeast, and hop flavors. Its hot in Baltimore and I do not mind this bastard.
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