4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JUL 13, 2011 Bottle... Lovely hoppy smell with a orange/gold color. Lightly carbonation, with a sweet and fruity beginning and a great hop bite. The most drinkable DIPA I believe I’ve had.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
look: 4.5 smell: 4.5 taste: 5 feel: 4.5 overall: 5
A- A nice Clear Golden brown, with a 2 fingure head
S- Smeels of mango and honey with a little hint of hops
T-Hits you with tons of flavor at the first sip and then goes down smooth. Not bitter at all! wow the flavor is impecible!
M- Great carbonation, Very smooth with just alittle tingle at the end
D-Easily can drink 3-4 of these but you can lose your palate at 2..
THis is in my 5 TOp beers at the moment. Haven’t tried a ton but for an IPA this is exceptional
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
On tap at smokehouse bar and bottled. My favorite seasonal beer. Worth the price for a 6, stock up this will sell out fast. Aroma is sensational and floral, notes of grass, citrus, earthy leaves. Beautiful color complements a medium thick frothy head. First taste leaves you smacking your lips. High drinkability, alchohol is not overwhelming. Thicker and more satisfying than a Two Hearted but similar floral presence. Finishes clean with a lingering honey and bark aftertaste. A truly special beer. Tap supersedes bottle in this case.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A - Nice and bright / dark orange. Almost like an ambler color but had more of a golden tint. Also had a decent head of about roughly one finger’s worth
S - Lots of citrus and hop, maybe some pine. I pickup some sweetness even on the nose.
T - My first impression of this is how smooth it is all around. It doesn’t not have the bite of a dreadnaught and does not overpower you with sweetness. Obviously there is a lot of hop here but not as much as I was expecting. A good amount of tropical notes with a slight sweet malt finish. This years taste more sessioanlable and less hot than last year’s
M - Medium Body, Carbonation just right and overall not too sticky like some DIPAs tend to be.
D - Very drinkable such a high ABV.
Serving type: on-tap
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Fantastic effort by Bells. When fresh this beer will amaze you with a stupendous balance of hops, honey, malt and citrus that you won’t believe until you taste. If I could I would drink this beer every day. If you want to know what a perfectly balanced IIPA taste like, look no further.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: JUN 18, 2011 Finally found this one!! Pours a very crisp golden, with a thin creamy head followed by sticky lacing. Smells like grapefruit, pine, honey, and pears. For an IPA this strong, it smelled very sweet with no hint of a 10% abv. Taste is phenomenal! Notes of bitter citrus, zesty hops and alcohol are present. The hops are very tangy and bitter, but not too dry and followed by a perfectly sweet malty backbone. Warmth from the alcohol is present, and adds spiciness to the palate. The most balanced IPA I’ve ever had - and definitely a true masterpiece by Bells.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hopfiger Antrunk, der vom Alkokhol leider etwas eingedämt wird. Dazu passend, vielleicht minimal zu stark, süß. Ab dem Mittelteil zunehmend bitter, im Abgang stark bitter. Ausgeglichen, interessant ist das Bier eher im hinteren Teil. Auch hier etwas sscharf alkoholisch, was das Vergnügen mindert. 11/10/9/10/12/10
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice slightly light coloured honey glow with a light copper body and a thin off-white head with a bunch of bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of fresh pineapple, honey, apple cider, pungent bitter hops and a touch of urine. Full-bodied; Pungent honey flavour with a ton of hops, a lot of bitter resin and floral notes and the ever present sweetness which just lasts and lasts. Aftertaste has a good dose of pineapple, a lot of sweetness and obviously quite a bit of hops - the alcohol is pretty noticeable on the tail end too. Overall, a nice Imperial IPA with the flavour switched more to the honey and sweetness than just the hops with a good balance, albeit the strong alcohol shows through at the end - good that this is a twelve ounce bottle though! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 16-January-2011 for US$3.29 sampled at home in Washington on 31-May-2011.
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