Avery The Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale

Pours a medium orange/amber with big white head. Aroma is of humungous amounts of grapefruit hops, medium caramel malt backbone, and a little bit of alcohol. Bitterness hits you up front, briefly subsides in the middle, and then carries through to an extremely long finish. There needs to be just a little more malt to balance out the 112 IBUs. With a little more balance, this would be one of the best IIPAs out there, but still very, very good.

Bomber shared at Xmas gathering. Pours orange/red with rimming white head. Grapefruit and resin nose with sugary caramel notes, slight almond/nutty character. Taste is alcohol hot with lots of caramel backbone and decent bitter. Nice grapefruit hop flavor and rather dry. Tasty IIPA.

Bomber. Smells strongly of Malt and pine. Color is a dirty orange/copper with a quickly disappearing head. Strong malt flavor and lots of hoppy bliss.Defintiely sicks to the palate. Finishes with notes of malt, citrus, and bread. All washed down with a good alcohol burn. All around pure unadulterated goodness.

Draught @ The Brew Kettle, Strongsville, Ohio - I had no idea the reputation behind this one when I ordered it, although the name was intriguing. Came golden orange in colour, a nice foam head. Hop punch in the aroma with citrus, some malts breaking through. I could nary wait a moment to sip, and what a sip it was. Deranged hops is right, but man is it good. Citrus, floral, all the hop dudes are there. A ton of them, balanced by plenty of biscuity malt, grass, and honey. Just awesome.. if Ontario ever imports this my new hobby will be inebriation.

Bottle, EBF 08. Slightly copper mid amber with a white declining head. Lovely hoppy, fruity nose, lots of tangy bitterness on the tongue. Good balance between malt sweetness and hop bittterness. Great finish!

Bottle, EBF 08. Hazy orange. Nose is sweet, candy, but artificial. Mouth is smooth, hoppiness, lemony. Little bit overpowering and a bit too sweet.

Aroma is sweet, floral hops and hot alcohol. Pours a beautiful copper red, very clear, with a white head that diminishes quickly. Taste is remarkably smooth for a beer of this strength. Alcohol is not prevalent in the taste, and it is not that bitter either for a DIPA. Sweet caramel, and grassy lemon hoppiness dominate the flavor. Smooth, full-bodied flavor with medium-low carbonation. Enjoyable, but not hoppy enough for the style.

Nose not as complex or refined as some similar beers, but still great. Looks great in the glass and has a powerful hoppy taste with notes of pine and fruit with some dark roasted nuances. All together a great experience.