3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark reddish amber with a mostly receding wispy off-white head. Aroma of caramel, spice, esters, and coriander. Tastes is lightly spicy, with caramel and herbs. Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a cloudy amber with a friggin huge beige head and nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet herbs, orange zest and dough. Flavor is herbal, spicy, grass, caramel and peach. Finishes long dry and sticky. Medium body, chewy texture.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Darker brown color with a a medium head. Aroma has some big barleywine-ish sugar, spice, and lots of slightly faded floral and piney hops. Flavor has some muted floral hops, a bit of sugar, and a spicy but underwhelming profile. Must have been better fresh, but its average at best right now.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750 from Holiday Wine Cellar Shared with my girlfriend Cyn. Seems weird to have an aged ipa, but oh well. Nose is muted and somewhat hoppy. Taste is sweet and spiced. If this an IPA, I’m drinking this in outer space while sitting on the rings of saturn.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Courtesy cmillward. Cloudy brown pour, thick rocky white head. Nice floral hoppy aroma, some bubble-gum phenols present. Hops pretty mellow on the taste from sitting a bit. Sweetish taste, pretty straightforward Belgian characters. Nice slight tartness to the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Unknown vintage of my swing top bottle, but has had time to gather lots of dust. Pours with a large, rocky, white head covereing a cloudy, light orange body with some medium sized particles floating around in it. Some alcohol legs stand above the minimal lacing on the side of the glass. Aroma is rich orange zest, tangarine hops, some citric sourness (and barnyard), lightly tangy toffee malts and some muscat grapes. Taste is dry and quite tangy with a bit of sourness. Lots of lemon with some apple, earthiness, and wood. Creamy mouthfeel with soft bubblees. An odd, sour instead of bitter IPA.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, 2006 vintage. Fluffy white head tops a hazy amber body. Faint apples on nose, mild funk, grass, faded bitter hops. This was super dry, funk and strong bitter that developed very late in the taste. A touch of apples, mildly tart, some hay, yeasty, hints of spice (pepper, herbal), very slight toasted malts come through. Full mouthfeel, lush, with super drying, earthy finish. Would love to try this fresh.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This one is a style bender. Bottle pours a hazy orange body with a small beige head that has some legs. Aroma is fruity and herbal. Peach, white pepper, lemongrass, and some floral hops. Medium body with low medium carbonation and a prevailing dryness. Taste has some lemonrind, cracked pepper, and lots of herbal and floral notes. A lavender water note seems to be present. Very intriguing!
|
