3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20Appearance is a bit pale for an IPA, but nice head. Aroma is sweet and hopped, but not overwhelming. Taste is sweet, minor hop. Palate is a bit watery.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Hop loaded. Lively head is kept. Lemon and grapefruit with spice. Lengthy aftertaste which warms. Stonking beer!!!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Racer 5 pours a nice golden color with a white cap. Smells like lemon and a little herbal. Flavor is citrusy (lemon rind) and hoppy.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A - clear (top of bottle) becoming hazy (bottom of bottle) golden with creamy white head that, as is typical for IPAs, has limited retention.
S - strong aroma of hops; fresh, piney/sprucy, floral and nicely complex. There’s probably some roasted malt lurking in the aroma too, but the hops just jump out.
T - Frankly, the strong piney hop aroma, while very pleasant, is a bit forbidding as it suggests an intensely bitter and piney taste. Such is not the case. This is a refreshing, easy-to-drink IPA that has moderately strong hop flavor together with a quite strong aroma. Moderately bitter grapefruit/pine finish and aftertaste.
M - good body and carbonation
O - an outstanding Amer. IPA, particularly suitable for those who prefer a strong aromatic contribution from hops more than a strong flavor or pronounced bitterness. Quite different than, but overall about on par with, the local Sweetwater IPA I had (for about the 20th time) earlier this week.
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3.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours hazy yellow with nice bit of head. Big hits of grapefruit and lemmon on the nose. Lots going on here taste is grapefruit up front, with a bitter clean finish, great smell. Great IPA
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Citrus notes with a hoppy kick. Grapefruity after taste left on palate. Great beer and now easily accessible across the east coast US.
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle clear golden. Nose with pine and floral hop. Grapefruit and pine hop initial taste, mid palate sweetness, and nice bitter finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a hazy golden with white head and little lacing. Aroma of big floral hops, grapefruits, piney. Taste is very hoppy, grapefruits, piney, a bit of tropical fruits, little sweetness. Medium body and medium carbonation. Very good!
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This beer tastes like I’d imagine Natalie Portman’s vagina tastes. Pliny Lite? Fair assessment. Legitimately awesome beer. Really stoked on this.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 355ml.
Pours blond with hgh white head. Lots of carb. Good lacing. Aroma is of pine, citrus, tropical fruits, mango. Taste is of pine, citrus, tropical fruits, bitterness. Palate: Ligth body. Overall: Very good fruits. Refreshing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
In tap at Ridgewood (Raleigh)
Ye basic hoppy IPA. Nothing too great, nothing too horrid.
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