3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle. Thanks Moejuck! Hazy copper color with a cream colored, one finger head. Lots and lots of suspended particles. Aroma is citrus candy (amarillo?), brown sugar, some herbal & floral notes (cascade?), and some pine (centennial/simcoe). Taste is still plenty bitter, but there is a nice caramelly, malty flavor followed by a ton of citrus hops & pine. The finish is lingering piney bitterness and black pepper. A nice beer, this is a mix of hops that I enjoy, they each offer something a little different. On another note, I love fresh DIPA’s, but sometimes they gain a bit of character when aged.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This pours a cloudy brownish color with a huge white head. There were also a crapload of floaties and yeast in this. Aroma was of citrus, mostly orange, a little burning from alcohol, and I got a little breadiness. Aroma still seemed pretty hoppy for being 3 years old. Flavor was a little bitter, hoppy, and just seemed a little off. I wish I would have tried this in the prime.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Eleven? That’s one hoppier than ten, right?
Pours a hazy copper color with an 18" thick clump of frothy off-white suds. Excellent thick lacing throughout the bottle. Smell the glove to pick up a mild but complex aroma with peach, caramel, and hops both floral and piney.
Solid caramel and toffee malt up front, with licorice coming in at mid-sip and into the finish. On top of, behind, in front, and all around the malt, there’s hops, and lots of ’em. I am knocked out by their exuberance, their raw power - and their punctuality. Pine and citrus mainly, bold and bitter, then also a soft herbal flavor hops. The hops seem to grow in intensity as the bottle drains.
For such a bold beer, the mouthfeel is quite smooth. Medium-full body, and the soft but prominent carbonation spontaneously combusts. Reviewed at a bit cooler than cellar temp in a St Hubbins goblet.
So, are we doin’ Stonehenge tomorrow?
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hops and lots of sweet malts in the aroma.Pours very cloudy brown.Sweet malt stand out in the flavor.Very thick mouthfeel with a sweet finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From bomber. Pours a murky brown/orange with tan head. Nose is a spicy, syrupy, orange peel mixed with light caramel malt. Flavor follows with lots of bitter. Syrupy palate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber with gputty. Murky golden brown with an off white head. Sweet floral orange nose. Sweet malty orange, tangy at times, a tad sticky.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From 04. A citrus aroma and taste. Creamy mouthfeel. Orange taste. A hot sauce without the spice.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Deep hazy orange color with thick slighlty off-white head. Intense citrus aroma with lemons, orange and a hint of grapefruit, some malt hidden under all those hops. Flavor is very malty, carmelly with just a touch of toasty flavors. Strongly bitter and great citrus hop flavor. Great balance of malt and hops with just a touch of alcohol, mostly in the warming finish. What a great beer; ugly in appearance, but tasty as can be.
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