2 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
This is the first IPA that smelled of cat pee to me. I just couldn’t get past that. The bitterness is medium with some tree type flavors. Pours orang and sparkly but overall thumbs down.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
#bbc10 - Rating this beer at the Beer bloggers conference here in beautiful Boulder Colorado. Good golden color, with a thin head and clear as a bell. Bitter hops in the nose with a light malt. Malt was nice build the hops are sharp with a light crisp finish. Interesting finish with a sharp finish from the high carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours an amber, clear color with a thin beige head. Aroma is earthy and hoppy. Has a good taste for an IPA, hoppy/grassy with a nice, bitter aftertaste. It doesn’t do much to stand out among many of the finer IPAs out there, but it falls in line with the better of the bunch. This is a very good IPA if that’s your thing, and I can easily recommend it. I’ll definitely be picking up a bottle of it again soon! 6% alcohol.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
slightly hazy orange/gold with a fluffy white head. Plenty of floral hops with light malt aroma balances out with it. lots of hop bitterness up front, spicy hop taste, and a sharp finish. Crisp
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a golder amber clear color with a little lacing and a small white head. Aroma is pine hops and grass. The taste is unusually smooth and creamy for an ipa. It has a very nice balance of piney hops and a light amount of malt. Very good and easy to drink.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 23, 2011 Bottle. Between golden and copper with an off-white head. Aroma: apricots, tropical fruits, toffee. Taste: toffee, caramel, pineapple, apricot or peach, butter, quite bitter. The finish has grapefruit and pepper. Medium-bodied, lively carbonation. Really nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A: The pour is an orange-ish color with about a finger’s worth of white head and some streaks of lacing.
S: A good citrus note to the aroma. It’s more of a rind/peel sort of smell, with some piney notes that provide sort of an oily, resinous character to the whole beer.
T: Though the nose lead me to believe this would be a very bitter IPA, it was rather controlled in this aspect. Yes, there is a solid bitter pine flavor as well as some grapefruit rind, but it’s not overpowering. A mild malt character, but it’s not really sweet at all.
M: The body is medium with a fairly lively carbonation and a bit of bitterness lingering on the tongue.
D: This was a decent IPA, but it doesn’t quite stack up with some of the offerings I’ve become accustomed to here in Southern California.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Golden. FLoral and pineaple in the aroma. Herbal hops. Flavor got mango, dried exotic fruits is hoppy and very bitter. In the good way.
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