3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Appearance: Pours a very clear amber gold with visibile rising bubbles in the body. A pin stripe of white goes around the top.
Aroma: A bouquet of piney, grassy and perfume hop oil off the bat. Sweet malt and fruitiness.
Taste: A sandwich of agressive resinous hops, sweet and biscuity malt and fruit cocktail in the middle, with a long sturdy bitter finish. Maybe some rye malt as well?
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, medium peppery carbonation.
Overall: Solid and beautifully bitter. Not my kind of IPA, but still satisfying as it is.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A decent beer. Bottle. Not too shabby though I have had better. Decent beer in nc.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to Frank for the bottle. Aroma was citrusy hops, lemon and grapefruit. Amber appearance. Flavor was the same citrus in the nose. Balanced by the malt, which came through a little. Finished extra dry. Very refreshing and easy to drink.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz Bottle. The pour was a murky burnt orange with an average (1-2 finger) white frothy head that slowly diminished, reducing to a medium puddled film and medium collar with very good sheets of lacing.
The aroma was of a grain malt, floral and grassy hops and a soapy yeast with notes of caramel, citrus (grapefruit and orange peel) and a light fruity ester (pineapple I believe).
The taste was lightly malty-sweet with a touch of caramel and a good fruity presence from the start, progressing into a slightly bitter hoppy taste with a hint of grapefruit and a seriously bitter citrus peel ending. The flavor lingered on the taste buds for a good long while, with the bitter citrus peel taste hitting you right in the back of the throat.
Mouthfeel was a few steps beyond light in body and dry in texture with a solid medium carbonation.
Overall this is a nice fruity, bitter IPA that I found to be balanced very well, making it a smooth and easy to drink brew...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Deep golden color out of the bottle with a thin off white head. Hoppy nose with lots of resin and grassy notes. The flavors continue the hop dominance with lots of grass, bitter grapefruit and resin. Enough of a malt balance the hops, but just barely. Long grassy hop finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a hazy golden color with an orange tinge, thin bubbly white head and light sticky lacing .... aroma piney and resiny hops with a light citrus grapefruity hop ... Taste is of rindy, resiny citrusy hops and light pine ... Dry and lightly bitter with some caramel malt ... Finish is dry and a light lingering bitter ... A nice session ipa with abv hidden well and a nice bitter bite
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From tap. Poured orange with a little haze. Small white head. Aroma was bready with a grapefruit hop wallop. Taste piney, fruity hops with a biscuit malt backbone. Slight stall taste, but I’ll error on the side of the keg date. Will try again to verify.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle poured a hazy orange amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of biscuit, floral notes, grapefruit, orange zest, light pine and light earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and cxrisp with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, citrus, earthiness and light pine wiuth a crisp dry moderatly bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brewgrass 2012
Slightly hazy orange body with a white head.
Nice citrus hop aroma.
The flavor is a nice smooth hop bitterness that goes all the way to the finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A solid IPA, fairly citrusy hops. Dark amber, slightly cloudy. Decent head and nice, firm palate.
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