3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle. Pours a dark orange with thin white head. Aroma is grapefruit, malts. Taste is smooth with a hint of the 10.5%, grapefruit, citrus, full body. Pretty good.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap. Pours a murky brown. Nice aroma of malt and hops. The taste has some strong initial hops bitterness and a lot of sticky sweetness. OK, but a little to sweet for my tastes.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thick lasting head. Hoppy and citrusy nose. Resinous Malty and Piney with strong caramel. Medium bitterness in the finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Zeno’s. Orange gold with thin white head with good retention. Aroma is dank with pine and grapefruit. Flavor is dank, pine and some grapefruit. Very nice DIPA.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Excellent. Amber color with creamy white head. Tastes of hops with alcohol. And very bitter aftertaste. Very tasty and delicious.
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4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draft in a tulip. Pours a slightly hazy copper. One finger head with great lacing. Aroma is pine and citrus with a toffeeish touch. Flavor is citrus. Pineapple, apricot, and grapefruit with a caramel malt. Mouthfeel is syrupy and on the thick side. Really good DIPA
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Like a Oscar Blues Gubna (or Dogfish Head 90 min IPA) on the front end combined with the finish of a Dogfish Head Burton Baton ending. Or at least that is what I concluded the other night after drinking 3 Maharaja’s with a friend and then trying Burton for the first time at the bar. Essentially, the Maharaja presents a sweet, hoppy front end with a super smooth finish, that encourages a ’that’s not 10+%’ ending. There is a reason it is part of the Dictator Series.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a deep pumpkin orange with a finger of steady off-white head. Almost zero beading. The nose hosts plenty of west coast style IIPA notes plus a slew of Chinook-like herbal, almost garlic presence. Not oniony or unpleasant (like Green Flash’s Imperial... save that for another review) - it’s just a bit more earthy than a traditional west coast IIPA, it’s a nice change of pace. The taste is balanced but still aggressive. I don’t know what hops are at play here but, to me, every hop highlight has its place in this beer - herbal, spicy, floral, citrus, spruce. A part of me wishes that this beer would take a direction of its own, but most of me is enjoying the hell out of it as it is.
4.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bomber. Great Brew. Bitterness with mild alcohol throughout. Big citrus flavors and malty sweetness. Well balanced and smooth. Tasty.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: MAR 30, 2012 This IPA had just about everything I was looking for. Lots of hop flavor, with a bit of fruit and other aroma/flavor.
It pours with a nice color and reasonably clear.
No real strong aftertaste. Overall, this might be my favorite IPA to date.
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