3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUL 1, 2011 Went in not expecting much but this was decent. It had a decent piney bitterness to it that wasn’t overpowering and was overall easy to drink and not too skewed to the hops over the malts.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours an amber body with an off white head and light lacing, slight retention. Hoppy with plenty of malt as well. Piney hop tones up front, lighter grass and a hint of fruit, citrus like. Malty backbone with a medium body and a light malt sweetness. Decent.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gift from SJ. This is good example of a solid IPA.
Nice orange pourwith a stong hop, pine and grapefruit aroma.
Nice grassy hop and orange peel taste. Perfect balance between alcohol\ mat and hop. WELL DONE.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
5 sept 2010, bottle. floral, grassy hops (with some yellow grapefruit). med body, fizzy but kind of thin. only okay. i’m looking for some depth and body in an ipa. especially when it’s over 6%
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a beautiful deep copper color with moderate off-white head with good retention. Nose is dominated by piney hops, with just a touch of malty sweetness in there as well. Taste is citrus hops with just a touch of sweetness to balance it out. Not an overly hoppy or bitter IPA, but a pretty decent brew.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear ruby-orange color. Moderate white head with good retention and lacing. Moderate aroma of tropical fruit and pine resin. Slightly musty flavor with mild caramel malt and earthy hops. Slightly dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
from a 12 oz bottle pours a see through orange color with a whife head I actaully smell the malt first and then the floral hops with some citrus. The taste is hops first off set by a sweet finish. Great balanced beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Let’s get this straight: this is NOT Blatz. It is the best IPA I had today, however. and that’s how I roll. Keep the Blatz for your bad self, and every now and than throw one of these into your system to confuse it, and let it know the true glory of Val’s finest.
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