3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Date: September 10, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Malt & Vine, Redmond, WA
Appearance: hazy orange, fine beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, lots of citrus hops, balancing earthyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, robust blend of hops, nice balancing bitterness leads to a pleasant bitter finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cloudy grapefruit colour, generous off-white head. Thick Lace lines. Tad above Average mouthfeel. Big IBU felt, hops are almost astringent, as hop heads will appreciate this delivery system.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
In short: A very basic citrusy/piney IPA. Ordinary good.
How: Tap at Montreal Mondial de la Bière 2010
The look: Cloudy dark blonde body topped by a small off-white head
In long: The light nose has a little citrus and pine-needles. Taste has a basic malt backbone. Sweetness is half honey, half caramel. Not much aromatic hops but a decent amount bittering hops. Typical old-school C-like hopping. Medium bitterness. The type of IPA that was a lot of fun 10 years ago but feels very ordinary nowadays. A very basic IPA from Big Al. I used to have a neighbour and I called him Big Al all the time. A skinny little dude by name of Ron. We never became friends.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at Pine Bar. Medium amber. Moderate metallic hoppiness and full body. Decent. (#4084, 2/26/2011)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUL 18, 2010 Fruity aroma, medium citrus, and floral hops, lightly sweet pale malts as well as some light crystal notes. A little tropical smelling to me. Pours golden, lightly hazy with a nice head, solid retention etc. Medium hop bitterness up front folowed by pale malt sweetness, light caramel, fruity citrus and floral hops round out the finish. Well balanced and very drinkable.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Naked City. Very solid IPA. Pours a hazy medium amber with a loose tan film for a head. Mild nose, probably too much on the subdued side for me. A little bit of citrus there and that’s about it. Creamy medium body with plenty of assertive carb, hits just right--leaves some woolly air bubbles in the mouth. Lovely big citrus notes abound on the mid palate, nice peach and apricot touches with the dryish caramel notes underneath. Long resiny finish. Very dry and refreshing. If this beer had a head and a nose it would be something serious to contend with.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draft) Sampled at GCBF 2009 in Victoria on September 10, 2009. Melon with cascade hops. Pretty good as a cleanser for the Cream Ale disaster. 7/3/7/3/14
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a clear copper with a medium beige head. Aroma of English hops, toasted malts, nutmeg and other spices. Flavour is quite spicy for an IPA - with nutmeg and cinnamon, mild hops (English), balanced by caramel malts. Doesn’t taste like an IPA - decent.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
growler. doughy biscuit nose, some lime peel. golden amber, thin white head. grows in piney bite with each sip, toasty foundation, great mouthfeel, dry finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
burnt orange pour, aroma of piney hops, and some sweet malts. This was a pretty underwhelming IPA. The hops are there, but they are pretty muted, and dull. Being a west coast IPA, i was dissapointed.
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