4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20UPDATED: OCT 24, 2011 On tap at Eccentric. Clear amber. Sweet piney nose. Incredible hoppy, piney, citrus, caramely red taste. Chalk this one up in the pool of beers that tick me off b/c Bells doesn’t bottle or growler them.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tulip on tap at Lackman. Mostly clear dark red color. Thin off-white head, good lace. Bigger body. Good smooth lighter, more crisp carbonation. Good spicy hop, light tropical fruit. Moderate spicy bitterness, light sweetness. Solid imperial red ale. Kind of reminds me of G’Knight. Friends that tried a sip didn’t seem to care for it, though.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour on tap, amber orange pour with thin white head, aroma brought notes of slight rye, spice, hints of caramel, toffee, touch of orange peel, grapefruit in there, slight grass as well. Taste is a mix of grass, orange, and grapefruit hops, mixing into yeasty spice, rye, slight earth into caramel, toffee, finishing fairly bitter, slightly dry. Not bad.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear dark amber pour with no head. Very sweet citrus and floral juicy hop aroma that’s strong. Very juicy citrus hops, grapefruit flavor mixed with some perfectly blended rye, holy crap wow. Frothy mouthfeel, slightly dry finish. This rye IPA rivals two hearted as a go to bells IPA.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a dark amber with a large off-white khaki head. Aroma of big caramel malt with citrus hops. Nice drinkable resinous hops bite mellowing into caramel and rye malts. Simple really, very drinkable and enjoyable, possible favorite of the night.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft sampler @ Bells. Pours a dark amber. Taste is earthy hops, pine tree, caramel malt, bitter finish. Good brew.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Happy Gnome. Amber pour with a large foamy head. Really nice grapefruit and rye nose and taste. Not too harsh of an edge. Very tasty.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at Trion. Dark sweet rye bread, caramel, and orange hops aroma. Clear bright copper with a moderate ivory head. Spicy dark rye, sweet caramel and orange hops flavor. Medium body and carbonation. Fantastic rye beer. I love rye, and I loved that the rye flavor got to shine in this one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Date: December 22, 2012
Mode: Draft
Source: Square Pub, Decatur
Appearance: clear dark red, frothy off white head, heavy lace
Aroma: huge citrus aroma backed by sweet caramel malt
Body: sweet caramel and crystal malt, plenty of citrus hops, grapefruit, pithy bitter grapefruit rind, breadyness adds body and balance
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Comes out of the tap a semi-transparent mahogany - I didn’t get much head, but that is an artifact of the pour. Aroma is monumentally hoppy, equal parts woody and evergreen, will get any IPA fan’s mouth a-waterin’! Flavor is hoppy, hoppy and hoppy - with a hint of, is that rye? Citrus undertone is equal parts Mandarin orange and grapefruit. Texture has firm body and lots of fizz, leaving a very hoppy and tingly finish. Happy End of the World (not!) everybody!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
amber pour, off white head. Tons of resiny hops, some honeyed notes. Flavor is nice and bitter, resin, citrus, grass, bitter finish.
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