3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus,spruce - pine,wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110517]
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
A hazy orange beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of grass, hops, and acid from the hops, while the mouthfeel is sticky.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(On tap) Clear, fully golden with a creamy, off-white head leaving laces. Extremely fat hop aroma with lots of astringent grapefruit and pine. Medium body with a lightly sweet maltbase and then an incredible, fruity bitterness. 230307
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From tap at Pizza Port, Solana Beach. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Smooth peachy ad grapefruity aroma, very inviting. Flavour is smooth caramel malt slight sweet and with a lovely fruity hops flavour on top yet also nicely balanced. Ends medium dry and fruity. Nice.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottled (thanks Degarth!). Hazy orange colour, huge white foamy head. Aroma is really fruity hoppy along with some hints of yeast. Flavour is quite the same, but has some really big grassyness in it. Aroma is slightly better than the aroma. Still a good one!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled, thanks marbles! Amber colour, small head. Rich grapefruit hop aroma. Sweet with clean rounded mouthfeel. Very hoppy and grapefruity, but with more malt depth than is normal in American beers. Lingering really bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Stockholm Beer and Whisky 2009.
Cloudy amber coloured with a medium sized white head.
Fruity aroma of caramel, hops, pine needles and alcohol.
Fruity flavour of caramel, hops, pine needles and alcohol with notes of grape fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, 7%. Weak teaish aroma. Muddy dark orange colour, small floaties. Very small white head. Mild rye bread flavour, a bit of tea. Slightly high bitterness, clean enough.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2009
Date: September 07, 1997
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: light amber, scant head
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma with a nice touch of hops
Body: light body
Flavor: mild hop flavor, slight bitter finish
Date: September 02, 2004
much more pronounced hop flavor, good bitterness, a different beer
Date: February 11, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: Public House Boston
Score: 2.7 to 3.6
Appearance: dark gold, fine white head,lots of intricate lace
Aroma: big sweet grapefruit aroma
Flavor: big thick sweet sugar coated grapefruit flavor
Overall: the perfect west coast cascade IPA, much better than the 1997 version at the brewpub, good to finally know why this is such a popular beer
Date: February 18, 2009
Mode: draft
Score: 3.2
Words: Hans’s Beer House - Houston
picking up a lot more bitterness in the flavor, crystal sweetness is still in the background, hop flavor has subsided, freshness matters
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
@Freakin’ Frog, Las Vegas
Hazy amber color; creamy head, nice lace. Nice fruity aroma (apricots). Malty taste, medium strength, with a good fruity aromatic hopping. One American IPA like many others, that is: I like it.
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