3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle poured amber with a small off-white head and excellent lacing. Aroma is big piney resin hops, citrus zest, and caramel malt. Taste begins with floral, and notes followed by a wave of palatable hop bitterness. Nice sticky mouthfeel with bitterness and citrus flavors lingering.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap at PPG. Pours clear orange, rocky off-white head. Big lacing. Dank hops, tropical, vanilla. Taste is salty, boozy, vanilla. Clean, thick, oily, not too aggressive.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draft at alewife. Hoppy,dry,bitter,floral,citrus and o to good. If your like racer 5 then you will love 10. It’s all the things great about 5 but bigger.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap. Pours clear amber with thin, creamy off-white head; short retention and spare lacing. Aroma is citrus and floral hops, lemon, grapefruit, biscuit and cookie malt, and light spice. Flavor is balanced sweet and hops (medium bitterness), citrus esters, and light herbs; dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle, 2012 vintage but undated, from total wine in chesapeake. pours a clear, darker shade of copper capped by a thin, whispy white head that leaves long sheets of lace. aroma is great with heavy citrus notes of lemon, orange peel, and white grapefruit with hints of apricot and pineapple backed by heavy, earthy pine, vanilla, and biscuit. flavor is excellent as well with semi-sweet fruit notes of tangerine, orange peel, pink grapefruit, and peach skins backed by sweet malts, honey, and pine resins with dry, herbal hops on the finish. palate is medium bodied with light carbonation and a dry, fruity finish. overall, this is a damn nice dipa that i’d love to try when it’s truly fresh.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a clear caramel color with a thin off white head. Aroma has sweet maltiness and some fruity hops. Flavor is very sweet with fruit and caramely malts...some pine and grapefruit. Mouthfeel is full and syrupy with an earthy/piney bitter dry finish. Too sweet for me.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Amber pour with a tall, frothy tan head. Aroma is strong citrus fruit, hop resins, floral hops and light tropical fruit notes. Taste is citrus fruit, caramel, sweet malt, tropical fruit notes, floral hops and pine. Body is medium-full with a dense creamy carbonation and moderate stickiness. Ends with more caramel, sweet malt, big citrus fruit notes, pine resins and floral hops. Nice!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Pours light orange with a small off-white head. Slightly sweet bready aroma with citrus hop notes. Flavor of bread and moderate citrus. Slightly sweet but bitter citrus hop finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from wine and liquor store on Connecticutt Ave in DC. Pours bright orange with slightly off-white head. Nice lacing. Nose of citrus and sweet citrus rind. More orange and tangerine than grapefruit. Taste adds sweetness and a bitter finish. Clean and refreshing.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hoppy citrus tangerines and orange peel aromas. Clementine backed by biscuit flavors. Lingering orange pulp on the palate. Overall an awesome beer.
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