4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAY 18, 2007 12 oz bottle thanks to my Secret Santa. Lots of fresh hop aromas. citrus and fruit. Flavor was very similar with a nice fresh hop finish. Very very citrusy. Nice bitter hop character. Very Yummy.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
murky, with a thin white head.aroma is floral with a strong grass, and a tad of pine. taste is lemon fried pie, without the fried part. marmalade and orange peel finish
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Orange-brown. Nose very fruity, not just tart citric, some apple/berry to it, still loads of hops. Flavor is liquidized hops, juicy and explosive. Again fruity, some bready malts as well, but a mite under-malted. Good palate, very creamy and thick. Could use a bit more citric character for top-end bite and some malty sweetness, but still a good IIPA.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle shared by my friend Chris. Pours a slightly hazed orange with a generous foamy cap that laces the glass well. This beer smells great. The zest of oranges, lemons, grapefruit, quite perfumey, with a very fresh piney hop presence. Add that to fresh mango juice and some peach. Very inviting. The flavour profile matches the aroma in every aspect. Lots of fresh bitter pine, zest of citrus, bubblegum, and fruity malts that taste of fresh tropical fruit. The is very well balanced, and the ABV is not seemingly present. Finish is a bitter battle between pine and grapefruit pith. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Really worth seeking out. Thanks for sharing this Chris!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle. Hazy gold with a small off white head. Big grapefruit nose, bitter rind notes. Snappy orange citrus flavors, plus a mellow caramel. Very good!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
0,355 l bottle, shared with Balazs, thanks!
Poured hayz-cloudy orange with a superb foamy white head. Hop-bomb in the aroma with a mild caramel-malt background. Grapefruit, citrusses, resiny but fresh floral hop. Allury one! And what a balanced body! Not so heavy, not a very thick body but well rounded malt base with some honey like sweetness and strong fruity hop character. Citrusses, resin and grapefruit., herbs. Yes, the hop is very powerful! Fine and pleasant attack of hop-cones.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sampled at the Hellbilly tasting. Thanks Sparky27! Pours a nice orange color with a medium white head. Aroma is lots of hops and notes of citrus, mostly grapefruit. Flavor is similar. Some sweetness that disappears on the finish. Very tasty!
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Semi-translucent with a white spider web stretching on top, leaving white doily lace. Truly an ambitiously green aroma: citric green centennials assault the nose with honey suckled marigolds, lemon grass, brazed pine resin and pink grapefruit plucked way too prematurely (in a good sense here, though the produce guy would likely disagree.) Lovely, balanced flavor is affirmed at first sip. Fruity apricot chews and nectarines imbed a sugary sweetness as dried fruits should (again, sorry produce guy.) Greasy, oily hop juice is in full existence in every imaginable way. Sugar-coated grapefruit gets some rock candi sweetening but the mean-green-cream machine can’t be altered from its course. Dry tongue scraping comes about after a good candle wax coating is lifted. Freshly cut spring morning grass gets kicked into shinguards, where it eventually fornicates with apricot cleats and honeyed daffodil stems. Oily palate procession walks out with sweet apricots, nectarines and ripening grapefruit.
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