4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Poured from the bottle into a pint and snifter glass (two bottles). Appearance is a nice clear light copper penny color. Aroma is full of citrus, pine, and grass. Flavor and palate are amazing with a nice bitterness throughout that is complimented by the active carbonization. GREAT BEER!!!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 14, 2011 Bottle ordered from Cracked Kettle. Hazy yellow with a tiny white head. Very fruity aroma, but a little mild for a DIPA. Light sweetness and medium bitterness. Didn’t really deliver the expected in-your-face hoppunch (or hopslam). We were speculating if this may have suffered from bad handling or freezing on it’s way over here.
8/4/7/4/15
Rerate 2/14/2011: So I got the chance to try this again the same week as the original rating, this time with a bottle that a friend bought when he was in Florida so it shouldn’t have suffered from bad handling. Indeed it was a little better than the first bottle I tried. Don’t know if they were the same batch though.
8/4/8/4/16
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
After my second encounter with this beast of a brew I feel defeated by its sheer might. This is good stuff my taste after 8 months aged would’ve been over a 4 however this is fresh so here we go. Aroma honey, citrus, resiny hops, lemon lime candies, grapefruit and sweet caramel malt. Pour golden yellow decent white head. Taste honey, malt/mead taste, boozy citrus, grapefruit,caramel,and a great bitterness. MF very bitter with a abv warmth that is well hidden, medium body, mild carb. This is a super well balanced easy drinking beer for a 10 abv.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Insanely intense hop aroma hits as soon as you open the bottle. Pours a clear copper with a minimal white head. The overload of hops give this brew a very earthy, almost citrus smell and taste. Good carbonation and definitely a beer a hop head will love.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Mini keg from the brewery. Golden in colour, smallish white head. Big sweet floral aroma. Hints of honey, floral, and grapefruit. Nice sweet, light malt. No alcohol, considering the 10%!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a clear light copper/honey color. Aroma of pineapple, grapefruit, pine, grass. Flavor is full grapefruit and pineapple with a touch of honey up front. Middle and finish is bitter pine and grass. Quite a wonderful brew!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks Cloudskipper. Poured golden amber, smooth, citrus hops, litttle piney hops, light caramel malts, little pineapple, clean finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
smells good for an IPA - pineapple, mango, passion fruit. i hate the taste though. hop bomb like you would think it would be. so bitter and strong. ugh. pass. pair with asphalt
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