3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
7/21/09 on draft at the brewery. Aroma has a true black pepper spiciness and a grassy background. Appearance is light hazy gold with a well maintained white head and a touch of lacing. Flavor is an even blend of green grass, light black pepper and sweet malt. None of the flavors dominate each other, and harshness is absent. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a medium carb texture and tingling finish. Overall, a super-sessionable IPA that strives for flavor over palate punishment.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Alibi Room. Pours a translucent orange/brown. Aroma of vegetables, spices, cinnamon, nutmeg and pumpkin. Flavour reflects aroma. More like a seasonal pumpkin ale rather than an IPA. Mediocre.
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.
3.5 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)
3.7 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.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap @ Latona. Cloudy dark gold pour with a short white head leaving a coarse lace. Pine and grapefruit hops, medium body of lightly roasted malt lending some toastiness and sweetness. Pretty standard PNW IPA, better as their 5-star chile variant.
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.
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.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: OCT 27, 2010 Dégusté lors du mondial de la bière 2010 de Montréal. Dommage qu’elle ne soit pas disponible encore au Québec.
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 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap at linda’s. standard light pale NW ale. light copper color with a muted hop aroma and a mild bitter taste it’s sessionable and pleasing but not distinguishable.
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