 kkearn (652), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 30, 2008
341mL bottle. Pours reddish amber, with a moderate sized tan head. Aroma of intense cascade hops, but there’s some malt in the background to balance things out. Flavor is big on the citric hops, again with caramel malt in the background, and a bit of metallic character. Ends with long lasting, grapefruity hops.
jjpm74 (2947), Connecticut, USA
Sep 7, 2008 Bottle courtesy of glouglouburp. Pours copper/brown with a thin white head. Smells of citrus, tea, caramel. Tastes citrussy with some sweet malty hints. Decent.
robinvboyer (1004), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
Aug 17, 2008 A very nice dark amber pour,with a small diminishing head. Great floral, citrus hop aroma, with some nice pine notes. Very nice citrucy flavour, loads of hops in here. Wow, this is excellent, an absolute abundance of hops! Great bitter finish, wow EXCELLENT IPA!
henrikb (1094), Aarhus, Denmark
Aug 1, 2008 2007 bottle - Red dark amber body, fine bubbled beige head; Pleasant straightforward nose with a balanced mix of dry hop and malt; Fresh quite malty body and actually more malt then hop bitter; Long finish, malt fill with a bitter hop part growing. Not really complex but very very drinkable.
dmac (849), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Jul 20, 2008 341 ml bottle from glouglouburp, thanks Dany. Aroma has a strong malt backbone for an IPA with notes of chcolate, syrupy caramel and there was some hop body as well with floral and citrus hops. Poured a deep dark amber with a small light tan foamy head. Flavor just wasn’t typical IPA at all and was dominated by the malts. Notes of chocolate, grainy bread, orange, and finished withy typical IPA bitternress but just didn’t have much hop flavor. I guess this beer was hoppier when it was young and just goes to show that not all good things come to those who wait.
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