3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours with a white, frothy head covereing a clear gold body. Ultra floral, hoppy aroma with a decent amout of yeast in the aroma. Taste isn’t too bitter, but not too much taste. It is actually a bit watery for 6%.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pale amber colour with a medium white head. Sweet floral, american hops aroma and a sweet malty, hoppy, grape taste. Medium body and a sweet bitter dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours copper with a white head. Smells of pine resin, citrus, some floral hints, peppery and some sweet malty hints. Tastes of citrus, sweet malt. Mouthfeel is tingly with a bitter finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2007 355ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki , American Week 2007).
Clear and with a thick tight head. Typical US ale bitterness, which is an unsophisticated charicature of the UK IPA style, but done to the extreme. If you can ignore the intrusive hoppiness, there is some maltiness too, but you’ll never shake noticing the sweet grapefruity bitterness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear deep golden amber colored. Mostly lasting small white foam. Direct Cascade nose, sweet and grapefruity. Easy to drink, not so agressive in terms of bitterness, floral, extremely straightforward example. A definition of an American IPA, for the better and for the worse. Mostly dry in mouth, growing a bit more citric acidity character than I usually like. Light-medium bodied, fair carbonation. Still I like Avery’s moderation on that one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the Avery tasting room. Unfiltered look, with one quarter inch of head. Very tasty, like a 1.5X IPA. IBU 69, grapefruit taste,sweet malt and slight sugar to balance it out. Chinook hops.Declicious hop aroma. Very good IPA. Good drinkability
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark straw colored, with great head and great lacing. Aromas of lemon, hops, yeast, and pronounced grapefruit. Tastes extremely hoppy (as hoppy as Tupper's and Sierra Nevada), with citrus hints. Finishes very smooth, hoppy, citrusy, and slightly dry. I'm going to do a side by side with this, Sierra Nevada, Tupper's, and Stone's. When that happens, I'll post in the forums. A hall of fame IPA.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear medium-golden pour with a very nice initial layer of white head (receded after a minute or so. Nice lacing. Bright grapefruit and piney aroma. Flavor was typical for the style.. bitter citrus and pine with a caramel malty backing. Bitter on the palate, with a medium-length piney finish. Very well-crafted, but could’ve used a bit more depth/complexity.
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