4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
[To Celebrate my 1500th rating - thanks for providing me with this Papsoe!] Hazy orange with huge off white long lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with notes of melon, grapefruit and hops. Sweet flavor with loads of hops and notes of melon, grapefruit and carame. Soft mouthfeel and a very bitter end. Lovely!
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm
Golden color; big solid head, leaving a nice lace behind. The aroma is original, like fresh cream, then the hops of course, extremely fruity, grapefruit overall. It has a strong toffee flavor, with just some required sweetness; the most interesting side here is an original cookie flavor; as in the aroma, the hop shows a very good grapefruit presence. Strong final, well balanced, still with some residual sweetness to complement the fruity hops; there is also a light cheese character.
This beer has many interesting sides, more original than the average Double IPA. Excellent.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2011
Date: January 12, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: hazy golden, wispy white head
Aroma: slightly sweet citrus aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: good hop flavor with nice sweetness, mellow bitter finish, touch of pine sap
Date: March 09, 2007
Mode: bottle
Score: 3.3 to 3.5
picking up more pine sweetness in the aroma but it quickly fades or saturates, adding a bit of sedement adds a nice bready yeast character the balances the sweetness and improves the overall complexity, I still don’t love this beer like a lot of people but it is starting to grow on me
Date: June 07, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Score: 3.5 to 3.9
picking up a ton of fruity orange and tangerine, still nice balancing hops but the fruity malt has taken over making this a great beer, a year of age is the key on this one
Date: January 22, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: sherlocks
Aroma: big sweet honeyed grapefruit aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, citrus hops, plenty of bitterness
Overall: too much bitterness for the sweet aroma
Date: January 28, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: hop city
a bit more balanced with the honey sweetness balancing the bitterness, still plenty of citrus but not over the top,
Date: February 05, 2011
Mode: firkin
Source: bsp
Appearance: muddy orange, creamy beige head, solid lace
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet flavor, honey and malt, lots of hops, touch of citrus, light peppery spicyness
Overall: the creamy body of the cask combined with the subdued hops make this way to dangerous
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+ /4
Date: February 09, 2008
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2008
Score: 3.9 to 4.0
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma with nice fruity hops
Flavor: strong orange and tangerine flavor from the first bottle of the batch, bitterness is just enough to add balance but stay out of the way
Overall: now this is the vintage worth raving about
Date: April 25, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: bruisin ales
Vintage: 2008
the honey sweetness in the aroma balances and complements the citrus hops,
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Original rate: Big hazy amber. Aroma is minty, highly orangey with some ganja. Bitter body, with lots of great herbal hop notes. Well-balanced. 8-4-8-4-17 = 4.1
Subsequent rate: Hazy golden-amber and what looks like low carbonation. Aroma is minty, slightly herbal, with hints of wood and caramel. Soft body with a slight bit of stickiness. Bitterness is moderate but tempered by a honeyish sweetness. Chewy crystal malts, a hint of herbalness and mandarin. Decent, but there’s a lot of these in the PNW. 7-4-8-4-14 = 3.7
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit, orange, and pineapple. Good malt and floraly hops balance with a dry, bitter finish.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle thanks hugely to Reakt. Thanks Ang you are a star. I missed out on this when miketd opened a bottle at ZBF 2008 and it has been one of my most wanted beers ever since. Drunk to celebrate Manchester United reaching the European Cup Final 2011. Orange gold colour with slight haze and thin lasting white head. Big huge hop aroma with lychee and stunning yellow grapefruit. Some sweetness on the aroma. Some sweet pink grapefruit as well. Touch of honey toffee. And a touch of hot pepper. Lovely aroma. Its even better in the mouth with a touch of biscuit as well. Unbelievably smooth in the mouth thanks to the honey I guess. Not overly bitter on finish more sweet grapefruit honey and toffee. No real alcohol heat just a touch of burn on the finish. With these top beers you say "go on then, impress me" and this one does. I have just burped pink grapefruit. Brilliant really. Just a tad sweet on the swallow I guess. Loved it. Thanks Ang so much.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Sweet malty hoppy bitter grapefruit aroma. Sweet malty hoppy and burning bitter flavor with hints of grapefruit. Very bitter and burning hoppy finish with a long bitter aftertaste.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ RBESG, Rome. Pours unclear golden with a creamy white head on top. Lots of resiny hops. Pine and grape. Floral, stikcy, dry and crips. Lasting bitter end. Nice
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