3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From the Bottle at the Marriott Hotel, Denver 25/09/2009
Big hop aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and smooth on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled (CK); batch 8911.
Clear amber color, small steady off-white head, some lace. Impressive aroma of passion fruit, pine and other kind of hoppy things. Medium-bodied. Very fruity, pale chewy malty, citrus, pineapple, passion fruit. Quite mellow IIPA, not as alcoholic as 10% would indicate. Aftertaste is cyrapy, hoppy, grapefruity and piney.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2007 (3/7/07, bottle) Hazy amber body topped by off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some pineapple. Taste is moderately sweet, some pineapple -- "bright" hoppiness that was missing from the previous time I tried it. Sticky medium-full body, alcohol hardly noticeable. (8/3/9/4/17)
(1/28/07, 12oz bottle, Batch 7806) Small beige head atop clear amber body, nice lacing. Very aromatic -- aroma is moderately sweet, pineapple, grapefruit -- syrup and fresh fruit at the same time. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some orange, pineapple/pine, caramel. Lots of bitterness here. Resiny medium-full body -- alcohol well-masked. Sadly, the wonderful aroma translates into something of a muddle in the flavor -- not bad, but I expected more after the inviting smell. (9/4/6/4/13)
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
12 oz bottle-pours a rich white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is great, sweet pine/resin, some medium malt. Tastes is nice sweet pine/resin hops, bitter follows, then some light/medium malt and sugar. Slightly syrupy and medium body. Thanks to emacgee for picking this out.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle - a birthday-presant for Jan (Ølbaren) from Engelsmann - thanks to both !! Unclear orange - white head. Flowery, orange, kamille, high hoppy, almost no malty taste. A clean hoppy beer - very good.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. [thank you sk8viking]. Hazy dark yellow-orange with some particulates in the liquid. A small white head. Aroma is stunningly hoppy. There are pines, apricot, dried fruits, oak and flowers. Very full mouthfeel. Flavour is stunningly well-crafted - there is a heavy caramel base that gives a fullness and a sweet edge to the preceedings. But there are plenty of hops to make it suitably bitter. Very, very good!
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 1, 2011 Bottle at home ... Thanks Tom ... Copper colour ... loose foam head ... very resiny piney hops ... intence though not as intence as expected ... quite smooth ... lime and lime peel... juicy ... very slowly building grapefruit bitter linger... Taste along side the Dogfish head 120 and its flavour come across a bit pealy wally ... 4.0
bottle at home tasting ... light amber ... huge passion fruit nose ... sweet juicy fruits ... loads of passion fruit again ... lots of orange ... lots of honey in linger ... tart grapfruit linger .. nice 4.0
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thank you linus_stick/Alan for this very nice beer. It’s dark golden with a huge, nice and creamy head. The aroma has notes of resin, grass, pine, caramel, mango and some mild cheese. The mouthfeel is oily and the flavour is delicious and full with a light sweetness and a nice bitterness, that gros during the very long finish. The notes are orange/tangerine, mango, grass, resin, a hint of apple and caramel. It’s very delicious and harmonic! 2560
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