4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle opened with a pop and the aroma poured out long before the brew hit the glass. Oh, the fragrance...perhaps this beers most defining quality. Breathing in this one is a combination of a day at the orchard surrounded by tangerines, orange, and grapefruit and a night camping surrounded by douglas fir. The beer pours the color of the bottle with 1/2 inch eggshell head. Flavor is big and juicy. Amazing balance of hop bite and caramel malt. The alcohol is invisible. Amazing brew!!!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle shared by Timbo, thanks man
Appearance: Clear golden with a white head and some lacing
Aroma: Fruity, citrus and sweet malts
Taste: Flowery, malts and some hop bitterness in the finish. The alcohol is very well masked.
Very nice DIPA, not too sweet. Well balanced, crisp and clean.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle sampled with Mad Indian. Pours amber with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of floral hops, citrus, and caramel. The flavor is a full bodied caramel treat, with some non-over the top hoppy bitterness. Great body, excellent brew.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Festival tap: The crowds around Bells booth were enormous and eager to try everything. Luckily I caught almost all of the specials, like this overhopped, syrupy IIPA. What malts tried to balance the onslaught of hops where sweet and somewhat toasty, the hops were massively rindy and bitter. I liked the huge grapefruit aftertaste and obvious alcohol kick at the finish!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 9, 2007 Bottle from Chris (styles) Thanks! Ive wanted to try this for a pretty long time since most Bells beers are awesome. Pours out a light yellow color (surprising..) with some orange hints. Not much of a head at all. Smell is pretty much hops, grass, grapefruits, some other citrus elements. Taste is bold and bitter with some very strong notes of hops. There isnt a whole lot of sugars from the malts going on here to balance out this monster hop beer. It is good, but I think I’ll stick with Two Hearted. However, I am glad to have multiple bottles of this left back because now when I want to get a brutal double IPA, I have one. Reminds me alot of Hair of the Dog Blue Dot in more ways than just appearance.
drank another one today, and its much better a little warmer than i originally had it. bumping up the ratings a bit, this was good ass beer.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Simply the best beer I’ve had in some time. Gorgeous copper color with a tall soapy head. Clingy lacing with an aroma of hops and grapefruit. Taste is fabulously well-balanced-hops, citrus, and a touch of alcohol.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Pours a cloudy golden amber with a foamy off white head. Aroma is dominated by citrus and floral hops with a nice touch of maltiness, grapefruit and pine. Flavor once again dominated by citrus hops. Nice malt backbone with hint of citrusy grapefruit and lemon. Alcohol very well hidden. Sweet bitter dry hop finish. Perfection!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled a few different batches thusfar. Lovely hints of grapefruit and lemon on the palate. My only complaint is its a bit medicinal and herbal and I just don’t like Double IPAs with that character. But, it has a lovely malt character. Wish it was a tad bit brighter, but its a lovely DIPA. It’s no dreadnaught, but it’s a dawn good brew.
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