4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours orange/copper with a 2 finger white head. Big citrus/resin hop aroma. Nicely balanced. Very drinkable. Well done norcal DIPA.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ Tap 25 during SF Beer Week. Clear, orange, off white head. Good aroma and taste with citrus, pine, resin - very good taste and what you’d expect from a NoCal DIPA. Nothing at all wrong with it, just nothing special/different from other CA DIPAs that really stands out. Would be very happy to buy this on a regular basis as a stronger version on the great Racer 5 IPA.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Light amber color. Massive notes of Crystal Malts and pine. The pine is very distinctive. Hidden below is some tropical fruit notes. Superbly balanced, with a touch of caramel notes under the crystal malts and pine. Very drinkable, alcohol well hidden superbly executed.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very drinkable Double IPA. Tastes of grapefruit and pine. The bitterness is well balanced with the malt.
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4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours copper, transparent with a small white head. Nose is big grapefruit, pine, leather and caramel. Taste is perfect balanced sweet and bitter. The mouthfeel is crisp and sticky, heavy body and a huge finish.
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4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber purchased at the Escondido BevMo ($7.99). Pours a sunset orange hue with one finger of hazy eggshell-colored foam. Aroma of salty ocean air, citric hops, herbal hops, fresh-cut flowers, wet pine forest, and a bit of caramel. Flavor has lots of fruit with notes of citric zest, peach, and mango along with some caramel and honey sweetness. A very smooth DIPA with well-concealed alcohol. It retains a decent amount of bitterness but the just-right sweetness level really carries this. It reminds me of Hopslam, at least in flavor (which is a very good thing). (453, 770)
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tasty chewy citrusy dipa with that sweet malty backbone which has some biscuit and caramel which accentuate the hop blast. I love the perfumey aroma. Solid brew.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Aroma is of piney hops. The appearance is a dark copper with a good light head. The taste starts sweet then rolls into a piny hoppiness. Not too much, though. The palate is good for this strong of an ipa. Overall, a really good ipa. Would buy whenever i could.
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4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours gold with a white head. Smells a bit flowery, lots of hops, but balanced. Tastes so crisp, sweet on the back of the tongue with grassy and piney resiny hops. So fresh and clean.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at thirdeye11’s birthday party.
The beer pours an orange color with a white head. The aroma has some floral notes to it, as well as some orange citrus and pine. The flavor is very fruity. I get a lot of pineapple, apricot and mango, as well as some biscuit malt. The bitterness is about medium. A very nice double IPA.
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