tjthresh (1321), Greenfield, Indiana, USA Jul 11, 2008 Snifter from the brewpub. Gack. The aroma is all jacked up with bad fermentation character. The flavor was all screwed up too. Hardly any hops. It felt like it was sticking to my teeth when I drank it. I left all but two drinks on the table.
jcwattsrugger (4045), Florida and, New Jersey, USA Sep 2, 2008 on tap-pours a light tan head and dark amber color. Aroma is lots of sweet caramel, apple. Taste is lots of sweet caramel, apple, back bone is hops. Slick mouth feel. MIBRomeo (1889), Wisconsin, USA Aug 10, 2008 On cask. Copper colored pour lightly visable carbonation w/ a whispy head. Sweet caramle aroma lots of cereal and a piece of fruit that almost thinks mango, but is hard to place. Full well coated palate, lightly creamy. Nice flavor lots of fruitty hops, passion fruit and orange rind, cereal, good sweetness. I like it. BBB63 (3810), La Porte, Indiana, USA Jul 27, 2008 Indiana Microbrewers Festival: Amber hued with a creamy small head. The aroma has notes of pineapple, mango, biscuity malts, and a hint of salt and minerals. The taste starts with acidic fruit and moderate bitterness. Light malt background leads to a metallic finish. Balanced true enough but also lacks the hop punch I expected. The mouth feel is sticky and lively, actually pretty refreshing for the size and nature of the beer. By the end I still was left wanting more from this beer but it appears that the keg at the fest is better that some people have had lately. GMCC2181 (422), Bear, Delaware, USA May 19, 2008 Growler from STFUN....I hate to do this but I have to bash this beer....Aroma was ok, hops smelled a little different for an DIPA. Taste was a thin syrup like medice taste. Just plain bad...I wasnt the only one who thought that. I shared it with four other people and they all said the same thing. Low carbonation. Over all a drain pour.... Which kind of upsets me since Josh worked so hard to get me this beer. Maybe it was a bad growler. I will have to re-rate if I ever go visit Indiana...Thanks Josh for going beyond the call of duty to get this beer for me!
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