4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Earthy, grapefruit, orange, resinous pine, floral hops with ample crystal malts. Clear copper coloured body is topped by generous off white head that recedes to lasting cover and coats the glass beautifully. Orange, floral, earthy, resinous pine hop flavour with very strong bitterness that flirts with roughness without crossing the line. Plenty of caramel malt sweetness and toasted malt character. Medium full body with soft though lively effervescence. Half pint glass. Allowed to warm from fridge temp. Bottle (Peluso, Oct-05).
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle back in 2009 thanks to blutt59. Dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is of hops, caramel, and spices. Taste is mostly of caramel and citrusy hops.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Originally rated December 2005. Third in my IPA night of rockin’. Purchased at Dépanneur de la Rive in Cap-Rouge, Quebec. The label says, 104 IBU and 6% ABV. Pours the same as the Bièropholie IPA, hazy caramel-amber colour with a big creamy tanned head. Retention is awesome, so is the lacing. No caramel in this one though, just plain hop. The taste is the same, pure hop. Not too bitter though, just hoppy tasting. Dry finish mouthfeel. Also bread scent in the aroma. Well brewed, and very good if you like the hop taste and not the bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
( 341ml bottle thanks to blutt59) Pours opaque orange-brown. Nose of citrus hops, simcoe hops. Taste of oily hops, oranges with an oily and creamy body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
( 341ml bottle, courtesy of blutt59 ) Pours a clear amber body with a small white head. Aroma of pine, herbal, subtle orange, and caramel. Flavor of toasted malt, caramel, pine, florals, earth, and light citrus.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to blutt59. The smell is citrus, hops, caramel, hops, and some roasty. The look is clear, amber in color, and has an off white head. The taste is hops, bitterness, citrus, and malts.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle thanks to blutt59. red amber with a cream head. grapefruits and esters on the nose. nice palate with big grapefruity hops and a slightly bitter finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle courtesy of blutt59. Clouded orange pour. Ooh nice hoppy aroma. Mainly piney hops. Dry dry taste. The flavor is hops but dries out way too harshly.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle, thanks to glouglouburp, dark orange with foam ring, sweaty grpaefruit aroma, dry, bitter, metallic, flavor with some citrus
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with a deep brown body and a fading off-white head. Aroma of hops, syrupy and pine. Taste is hops, a bit of metallic copper and pine. High carbonation.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very dark copper pour, and a thick sticky head with good lacing. Great hoppy aroma boat loads of citrus, grapefruit, sweet orange, and lemon. There is also some floral honey notes. The flavor is big snd bold lots of hops and sweet honey. The mouth feel is thick and viscous. This is a big beer. The hops are on par with a double ups but the malt bill and alcohol make it fall short. A little one dimensional but I’m pretty sure that was the point. Outstanding beer for the hop head in all of us.
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