3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Amber, good off-white head. Aroma is of hops of course - citrus and pineapple. The taste is actually excellent. Lots of hoppy pineapple flavors. It seems like it’s more pineapple than most IPAs I’ve had. I like this one and will buy more of it next summer.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
12 oz. Pours a nice amber, thin white head. Sweet hop aroma dominant. Starts a light sweetness and transfers to a very strong hop taste and bitterness. Medium carbonation, medium body, slick texture.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Orange, thick white head. Citrus and piney resin hop aroma without some caramel sweetness. The flavor matches up to the aroma, caramel malt with toastiness, citrus, resinous bite on the finish. Nice, sharp, bitterness. An unflawed and straightforward example of an American IPA. Pleasant without any surprises.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Amber beer with a strong head. The aroma is very well hopped, and the flavour is also deeply hopped with a very long lasting yeasty and bitter finish. Overall a very nice well hopped beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, Beers of Europe. Having sampled quite a few US IPAs recently, this was a bit different to what I had become accustomed to. Subtle, grassy aroma, with hints of pine. Soft caramel on the tongue. Light and not as hard-hitting as some IPAs can be. Orange on the back of the tongue, with accompanying bitterness and carbonation. Fine amber appearance.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Peter (Mr Pitstop brewery) Bellingers, Jet Garage, Grove Nr Wantage, many thanks to Peter for dropping these off at my work, consumed at Castleton campsite, Peak District, Derbyshire, 20.09.10 Pours amber with a clean white head, some carbonation. The aroma is hoppy but tinged with a sweetness. Some tasty steely hops start to show, clean, good bitterness, fine. A6 A5 T6 P3 Ov12 3.2
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz. bottle from a six pack purchased at Schnuck’s. Pours a semi-cloudy amber color with a finger-thick off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit citrus, piney hops, floral notes, and some sweet pale malts. Flavor of grapefruit citrus, pine resin, floral hops, caramel malts, potpourri, and pineapple. Light-medium bodied, with a resinous mouthfeel and lasting bitter finish. Moderate carbonation. Good IPA, but not my favorite kind.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Pours a golden orange, nice head. As a big fan of IPA’s and of most of Big Sky’s brews, I was quite surprised that I didn’t get along too well with this one.
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