3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a dark amber color with a two finger white head. Left plenty of lacing on the side of the glass. Aroma was grass, pine, spruce, and citrus. Flavor was bitter then sweet. Pine, floral hops, and a bitter sweet aftertaste. A very good ipa.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
courtesy of wasatch
pours cloudy orange, thin off white head.
Aroma of grassy hops, citrus, pine.
Flavor, light bitter hops, fruity; citrus/grapefruit, some faint malts. Tasty bordering a dipa with a tasty malty/pine finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A pretty nice IPA. If this were local I would reach for this a lot. Nice clear coopper color. Pine and slight sweetness in the aroma. Good caramel malt back bone with a sticky resin pine flavor and finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: OCT 12, 2009 Amber with a medium off-white head. It has a predominantly pine hop aroma. The taste begins sweet and ends very bitter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle - Amber with a foamy head. Hoppy aroma with caramel, grapefruit and a hint of chocolate. Hoppy and bitter taste with grapefruit, toffee, raisins and chocolate. The finish is bitter, hoppy and fruity. Nicely balanced and enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Deep amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with orange peel, grapefruit, caramel and a touch of pine needles. Malty, fruity taste with notes of caramel, grapefruit, pine needles and fresh hops in the finish. Well balanced, tasty and solid IPA with a fresh, hoppy bitterness. Medium body, fairly dry. Nice beer.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled at 2009 WIU Performing Arts Society Beerfest. Red amber with small off-white head, totally diminishing. Very nice resinous pine and sweet malt aroma with brown sugar and toffee and underlying peach. Nicely balanced sweet/bitter flavor, the caramel malts really pop. Finish is quickly waning, just a touch thin towards the end. My favorite of the IPAs I sampled at the festival.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Aroma is amazing. Huge hop aroma. Taste is a bit tart with a lot of hop flavor. Not a ton of bitterness. I wish it had a bit more malt backbone. Great beer. I have liked just about anything Big Sky brews.
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