StoutCat (82), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
May 5, 2008 Pours orange-yellow with a white lace head. Aroma of grapefruit and another sweet underlying fruity aroma. Tatses like pink grapefruit, with a good inital tart acidity which is moderated by a sweet floral sugar taste. I really liked this beer.
 AgentSteve (1374), SF Bay Area, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
May 4, 2008 Updated: Jun 3, 2008Bottle courtesy of seaoflament, who’s mainly a beeradvocate guy, but I’ll forgive him for that! Met today at the LA Cuvee de Tomme release and drank some great beers together, including this one. Incredible IPA with wonderful floral hop aroma bursting out of the glass. Outstanding balance of caramel malt and floral and pine hops. Smooth finish and an all around awesome beer.
pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
May 2, 2008 Updated: Jul 14, 20084-6-08 bottle shared at tasting and 6-22-08 bottle
Nice glowing orange with a great creamy head. Great smell if fresh flowers, grass, and heaven. Flavor is perfectly hoppy, fresh, fruity, crisp and ideal. Very nice palate. Overall, SUPERB!
GAManiac (1149), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 29, 2008 Updated: May 16, 2008Pours a bright golden amber with a dense head that shows very good retention and excellent lacing. Hops, hops, and more hops. Initial blast of resiny hops with major citrus aromas of grapefruit and lemon. This is what an IPA should smell like. Resiny, piny hop bitterness is the dominant taste with a definite lemony, grapefruit flavor. I get only the slightest bready malt flavor but enough to balance the massive hoppiness. Medium mouthfeel with a nice carbonation that shows up prickly on the tongue with the hop bitterness. Goes down smooth with the right balance of bitterness. For me, this is what all West Coast IPAs should aspire to be and is one of the most drinkable IPAs I’ve tasted. I would go well out of my way to get a hold of this one.
pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 26, 2008 Thanks to Larry for the hookup! Clear golden with an average to thinner head. Light fresh piney hops. Crisp, unmuddied. Very light malt. Hops might be a bit past prime perhaps? Still crisp! Average sort of body, on the refreshing side of the viscous/thin divide. Sharp hops in the flavor. Very light malt again. Dry for the style! Straw. Pine. Not as fruity as the nose suggested. Some slightly garlic past prime hop flavors. A long lingering bitterness. I’d like to try this a bit fresher... maybe I should have left this in the fridge, oh well!
JorisPPattyn (5163), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 23, 2008 Dark orange beer with a yellowish-tinted head. Very fruity grapey, some "bittered" malts. Very dry-hoppy, again grapey, grapefruit, warm malts underneath all the hops. Well-bodied, rather fiery MF. Nice, if a bit cliché W.C. IPA.
Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 20, 2008 Pours copper with a rocky white head. Smells of perfume, citrus, pine. Tastes of sweet malt with lots of brilliant pine elements. Mouthfeel is full with a sage like finish. Excellent!
Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 19, 2008 Pour is clear orangey amber with a thin off white head...smell is super piney....super piney....taste is not nearly such a hop bomb...a sweet toasty caramel flavor with a solid hoppy backbone....not bitter, but definitely flavorful...resin...
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