3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Slightly cloudy olive-amber with a small beige head. Lots of floral hops in the aroma with a hint of burnt malts. Extremely bitter flavor with some backended burnt malts. Finishes nice & bitter.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Whole Foods, Durham. It’s been nice to see more IPAs pop up in NC over the past two years in particular. The usually solid Big Boss has produced a competent, fairly dry, and sessionable IPA. Dark orange pour, relatively minimal carbonation and a ripe grapefruit rind aroma. Mouthfeel is medium, a bit peppery on the palate. Flavors are fairly one-dimensional, sharp and dry throughout with not quite enough additions to make it as balanced as you’d like. Not bad, though
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Nice copper color, medium-thin tan lacing. Aroma of floral, citrus, caramel. Flavor is both sweet and bitter. Nice level of bitter and crispness in finish. Overall enjoyed, good not great IPA.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Pale color minimal head. Standard IPA. Not impressed. Only will buy if it's cheap.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 ounce bottle from Bottle Revolution Raleigh. Pours a slightly hazy dark amber color with a medium sized frothy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of nutty notes, toasted grain, herbal and earthy hops. The taste is bitter resin and earthy hops, nutty notes, toasted malts. Medium bodied. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled for the first time, I think? Pours clear, light amber and a white head with nice lacing. Hops are relatively mild. Some biscuity and sweet caramel malts. Good balanced, light IPA. I dig.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Good IPA. Nice American style IPA. The aroma was light for an IPA. The flavors were citrus with a big helping of bitterness to finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Shared with mm. Clear golden amber pour with small ring of near white head. Sweet foresty resinous hops. Some honey hops, and caramel. Pretty solid.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 17, 2012 Bottle. Cloudy peach amber pour. One finger of creamy off-white head. Nose is nice, light candy like sweetness and resinous oily hop profile. Medium bitterness and grassy character. Slightly astringent and resinous. Medium body and low carbonation.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at SAVOR. Poured a golden color, small white head. Aroma was citrus, notes of grapefruit and pine. Flavor was a good balance between the citrus notes and the malts. Pretty good.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Notes from bar last night; gold color, nice head, creamy, Nice hop flavor. Smooth tasting milder IPA. Would try again.
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