3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had with Centennial, Columbus, Cascade and a mixture of Apollo and Amarillo (I think?). Cloudy and murky from the hop particles and suspended yeast. Fresh, vibrant and grassy, with sharp pine sap and dried citrus fruit in the nose. Assertively bitter and prickly on the tongue, but also a noted creaminess that has never existed in the bottled/draft filtered IPA. Freshness is key.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Golden pour with small head, though tons o lacing. Piney aroma and flavor is similar. Not super hoppy but solid bite. Great drinking brew.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy golden in color. Light and hoppy. Really bad notes on this one, sorry.
Notes: Brewery visit ’09 during GABF
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Taster at Avery. Pours a golden with a white head. Citrus hop nose. Med body with a big citrus and dank earthy hop presence followed by light malt baking. Lasting citrus bitter finish with orange peel notes.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours hazy orange with white head on tap at Avery. Aroma has notes of big juicy fruit (not the gum) with grapefruit, orange, tangerine, going into bitter pine and grass, some slight biscuit and caramel notes balancing fairly well, big bitter, dry, full bodied finish. Tasty stuff, how I think the regular IPA should be brewed and bottled, the unfiltered adds body and hop character.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Avery Anniversary Party 8/7/11. Color is a hazy orange gold with good carbonation and a thick tight head. Aroma is a very fresh floral hop scent with a citrus note in the back. It has a medium body with a crisp fizzy mouth feel. Flavor is a mellow malt taste with a bright citrus hops and a bold bitterness. After taste is a lingering bitterness. Overall its very good IPA.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap. Pours hazy golden orange with a large, creamy white head, long retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy hops (citrus, floral, pine), alcohol with light cereal, meal, and straw malt and fruity esters. Flavor is heavy bitterness, floral, pine, and citrus hops, light supporting malt and fruity esters. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours deep amber with white head. Nose rich with bitter hops. Medium in the mouth with notable wet and grassy hop notes to start, moving into a tangy, bitter hop with resiny finish. Nice hop explosion added to the typical delicious IPA.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Avery. Extra pound of Columbus hops per barrel. Hazy, cloudy, unfiltered orange-tan. Lots of citrus character, grapefruit, tangerine, orange. Quite excellent, soft and smooth on the palate. Some English IPA characteristics, but with a US hop overload. Well done.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the Avery tasting room. Unfultered look, with one quarer inch of head. Very tasty, like a 1.5X IPA. IBU 69 grapefruit taste, Chinook hops.Declicious hop aroma.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 10, 2011 Tasted on tap at the brewery in Boulder. Light golden yellow orange appearance with a pretty sizeable head. Aroma is quite hoppy. Flavor is pretty similar to the normal IPA with a pretty floral hoppy body but the finish is a lot more intense, bitter, and dry.
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