3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz. bottle served in shaker- poured a 30% turbid copper color with a shade of brown, light carbonation, minimal whisps of white upon the surface for a head. Aroma of pine, lemon, and some caramel. Hits the mouth with wide body, malt is minimal but it gets crushed by hops right from the start, light caramel in the middle, finish is harshly acidic. Definately not to style but I think it’s drinking pretty good at the moment...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle: The aroma consists of peach, caramel, sweet citrus, and a hint of lemon. It pours a hazy orange with a two finger off-white head that fades to a thin film. The flavor starts with caramel and light peach. The finish has some grapefruit mixed with herbal/earthy/floral hops and a touch of pepper. It’s medium bodied with mild carbonation and a somewhat creamy mouthfeel. Overall, I didn’t notice the date until after I bought it (November 2011). I’ll have to revisit a fresher bottle the next time they release this.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A cloudy, brown pour with an off-white head. The aroma is a little earthy with herbal hops and just a hint of pine. The medium body has a slick texture with average carbonation. It is bitter throughout with some alcohol taste in the finish. I was a little disappointed in this beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a cloudy golden copper color with a thin white head. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, and hops. Bitter hop ending follows grapefruit and caramel. Decent beer.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours chill hazy deep copper orangy with 2-finger creamy well-retained head. Nose is nice; orange marmalade, black pepper, tropical citrus, and caramel malt. Tastes very hoppy, resiny, piney, with a big fresh ground pepper, tangerine, and pineapple mid-palate, and a bitter hoppy finish. Perhaps a bit malt light, but the hops just kick ass in this.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a hazy lite brown color. Full head, frothy. Pretty nice and fresh floral/citrus aroma. Med bitter, lite sweet. Med body, slightly sticky texture. Grapefruit, pine, and some grass in flavor. Not bad.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sweet and floral hops with a bitter finish. Punchy and crisp with a hint of citrus zest. I nice IPA.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled on draft at the Headkeeper this beer poured a murky orange-caramel color with a medium sized creamy orange-white head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was sweet pine, resin, lemon, orange, faint tropical fruits and table sugar. The flavor was dryish table sugar with moderate notes of pine, orange, lemon and faint tropical fruits. A bit rough on the hoppiness. The finish was dry pine with a bit of alcohol coming through. Medium body. Ok.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Darker appearance than most IPAs. Lacks the typical DIPA hoppy/citrus, but I like the slight maltiness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This kind of straddles the line twixt IPA and Double IPA, really. Kind of an IPA & a half, I guess. It has a nice hop profile, but lacks the sweetness that a lot of DIPAs have. Which is actually fine with me, I think a lot of DIPAs tend to be overly sweet. This one was dry, woody, and crisp. I liked it.
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