3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From bottle into beautifully beer-clean English pint glass. Deep gold with superb clarity. Thinnish white head, good retention, some lacing. Aroma is strong grapefruit with some underlying medicinal notes. Flavor is fruity. Nicely bitter--gets the gums stinging a bit. Malts actually hit more in the finish. Palate is silky; overall a smoother IPA than many of the dry, more bitingly bitter West Coast IPAs I’m accustomed to. Pretty solid IPA.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden with white head - good hop aroma - taste is of bittering hops, with some hints of citrus - long dry hop finish - very nice
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma is grapefruit with earthy hops. Appearance is a moderate dark gold with a fat foam head. Taste is a great balance of fruitiness and hops. Mostly fruity and hoppy without actually being very bitter. Finish is a very subtle bitter spice. Overall, Avery Brewing has brought me another satisfying, crisp beer with a nice fruity hopppy flavor. I’d give this a B rating.
3.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice floral and citrus aromas. Hazy orange appearance with nice light lacing. Taste very well balance do, light citrus not too sweet lingering nice bitter finish. Overall, very good IPA on post with a Stone IPA.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Can. Pours slightly hazy, bright orange, with a medium frothy off-white head that leaves foamy lacing. Aromas of sweet citrus (orange and a little lemon), light pine, sweet dough, and caramel. The flavor is slight bitter orange and grapefruit citrus, floral hops, lightly tart citrus, and some sweet malt in the finish. A slightly earthy aftertaste. Medium body and carbonation with a dry finish. Pretty good. [880]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sharp aroma with floral notes. Pale golden copper color. Taste is sharp and bitter but with a hot zing of alcohol. It comes together a bit rough at the end but is a nice IPA.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice full aroma of hops, malt and vague alcohol. Pours a hazy pine resin color with half inch head that quickly goes away. The taste is well rounded with bitter hops and enough malt to give it balance but doesn’t overshadow the hops. My kind of ipa. Just a hair of alcohol is detectable, but I actually think it adds a nice element to the flavor. Bitter, dry finish that doesn’t hang around too long.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice amber/gold color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of pine hops, citrus, & floral; Flavor of malt, pine hops, citrus (notably grapefruit), and some caramel; Finish is bitter; Nicely balanced; Overall, classic IPA.
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