3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
08.14.04 bottle @ HW 5th anniv. Totally clear amber color with average head. Aroma of evergreen, citrus (grapefruit), not much else as the malts are hidden behind the hop front. Flavor is a barrage of hops, bitter, burning, spicey. No balance, it is what they say it is, I’ll give it that. Maybe it could stand some more time in the bottle to chill out, but that’s not the intent of this one.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
This was a great IIPA. Pours a hazy amber with a creamy head that lingers. Nose is resiny, like a forest of hops. Flavors are very bready and very hoppy. Supremely citrusy.
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasted in Colorado. Purchased at a beer store in Dillon. 22oz bottle. Tasted in a Ramada bathroom glass in Denver. Pours a rich amber colour, clear with an absolutely amazing white fluffy yet dense head that remains in the glass until completion. Aroma is of intense hop floralness. Due to the intense over-hopping, the aroma has fruit like, estery scent of apricots, with a very intense bitterness. Taste is sooooo bitter. Its like squeezing the bile out of some massive swollen liver and bottling it for consumption. Wonderful. Also, there is a hint of dirty feet, or stinky cheese in the flavour, which compliments the bile like bitterness wonderfully.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
HUGE hoppy aroma with a golden amber appearance. Big frothy two finger tan head, Nose is all hops with some sweetness, grapefruits, pine needles, mint and apricots. The lacing is absolutely amazing and just coats the glass with sticky foam. The flavor is just wonderful, biting hops on the tongue, but there is a big balancing malt backbone, though the hops definitely dominate. Sweet in the mouthfeel and bitter and dry in the finish. This is a cut and dry example of how a double IPA should taste.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dense and crisp. Flavor of pear and grapefruit. The pine sweetness that appears in the nose carries into a medium finish. Sticky on the tongue. Yum!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Clear golden, frothy head, nice hoppy aroma. The flavor is hoppy with a clean finsih. Very tasty.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Yeah yeah yeah, Ringo hates too many hops in his beer, and double IPA’s etc... True enough, but sometimes one will work for me. Avery is about the only brewery that can make a highly hopped beer that I enjoy (see Hog Heaven) and this is another winner. Avery Ten was almost a disaster in my book, this is much better. And if I like it, any hophead would have wet dreams about this one. Enjoy.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
22 oz. brown bomber bottle. No freshness date seen. Gold foil covered top. Vibrantly colored bottle label. Poured out a deep caramel color, with a sticky, resinous white head at first. It slid back to a sticky matting of lace on top of the beer itself. Clear, amber colored body. Excellent clarity.
The aromas are of earthy, piney, resinous, grapefruity hops.
Glorious hops. And more hops. The malts barely come thru in the aromas. The tastes are of resinous hops, rich, earthy, grapefruity hops. Some citrus notes, as well as definite notes of biscuit malts.
Tangerines make a brief appearance. Coats the tongue with sweet caramel flavors, until the hops take over once again. The battle never ceases, and it’s a wonderful war, for a change. Finishes sweet, with a hellacious alcohol kick. Enough alcohol to punch thru the blanket of hops coating your tongue. A kick ass double IPA from the great brewers at Avery. Good show, guys!
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