1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20Single bottle. Average aroma, decent orange pour. Lousy balance; too much malt, not enough hops; lacking in bitterness. Gritty finish. Utterly forgettable. But hey, it’s organic! Yawn.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I had this a long time back and somehow it didn’t get rated. This was a pretty standard IPA for me, and just a tad on the under-hopped side.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange-amber color with a thin white head. Nose is a little bitter with a hint of citrus in there. Taste is somewhat bitter, but balanced well enough. Meh for the style.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The alcohol is actually 6.0% and it is brewed in Ukiah not Berkeley ( it was started in Berkeley) The description on this site says this is a winter seasonal but it would make a better summertime IPA. Light and easy drinking. Good for a float trip if it came in cans.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle @ Yeah Burger V. Highlands. This is a pretty generic IPA that is not worth the extra buck - unless you really need organic beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Golden, hazy, average and mostly diminishing head. Moderate malty and sweetish aroma, light caramel and light tropical fruitiness, citrus - piney hoppyness, faint alcohol. Body is medium, malty and lightly sweetish flavor, light caramel and light tropical fruitiness with citrus - piney hoppyness. Finish is average, malty and dryish, light frutiness with citrus - piney hoppynes, light alcohol. OK dryish IPA. In the finish hoppyness gets bit sharp.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Type: 12-oz. bottle
Glass: Plastic cup at a Motel 6
Price: $10.49 for the 6-pack
Misc.: Drinking out of a plastic cup in a Motel 6 might hurt the ratings Misc.: Had on Dec. 24, 2012
Caramel orange with 2-3 fingers of frothy white head. Thick white lacing on the sides with good retention on the top.
Smelled wet Cascade hops, caramel, tangerine and orange.
Tasted similar to the nose. Wet, icy Cascade hops. Also sharp citrus hops (orange and tangerine). Bitter finish.
Light body. Creamy texture. Lively (above average) carbonation. Bitter, but loner finish.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle: Poured a coppery toilet brown color with a white head. Aroma is grapefruit and hops. Taste was gritty metal and hops.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bomber from Whole Foods. Clear, orange pour with a persistent, medium white head leaving heavy lace. Nose is pine and some citrus. Medium-light body with moderate, fine carbonation. Some pine, toast, not much else going on. This reminds me of the organic IPAs of several years ago: lightweight, lacking flavor and complexity, and overall rather unexciting. Skip it and try one of the other, much better, Bison ales.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap. Pours hazy orange with a large white head and decent lacing. Aroma is pine, grass and caramel. Flavor is pine, bread, metallic notes with a light bitter metallic finish. Not a good example of the style; muddled and unbalanced.
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