3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Growler thanks to Briank. Poured a lightly hazed orange-amber with a small off-white head. Pine and caramel with a touch or wort in the nose. Pine and citrus taste that almost covers the malt. A mild-medium sweetness and a long bitterness. medium bodied. Pretty good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Pours gold with a white head. Floral hoppy aroma with lighter fruity and piney notes. The flavor has floral and light piney hops, with lightly sweet malty notes. Not bad.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours ruby red from tap. Not a ton of aroma from tap which is disappointing because its an IP bloody A. Some hints of citrus on the tongue but they’re too fleeting. Finish is cleanish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From the brewery. Sweet aroma with a nice hops kick. Not too bitter with a bit of a cherry note. Quenching brew.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Wow! What a great IPA. I can’t drive past Woodbridge in good consciousness and not stop in and get a growler filled. Took a chance on this one, and defintely did not disappoint. Hints of toasted oak, deep and complex. Good balance in the hops. Almost reminded me of a smoked beer on the first sip.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
growler brough home by pops. pours dark amber, brown with a small head/ nose is really big piney hops, taste is tonguescraping hops, really fresh. paired with mei thai. was dying from the food and the beer was adding such a bitter bite to the heat. crazy combination. this beer is excellent on its own though. great hop character. Wish more beers was like this.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A hazed brown/orange pour with a nice creamy off white head and lace. Medium evergreen hops on the nose and flavor followed by a good full malt backbone to balance this beer out. Full/medium bodied beer with good carbonation. A very nice beer that I wish was closer to home.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A cloudy light-copper color, with decent citrus based aroma. Nice structure and hop balance for the style. There are hops here for sure, but overall, it’s pretty easy to drink for a IIPA. Nothing amazing, but surely worth a try when it’s on tap at JJ Bitting’s.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 17, 2008 Rerated - I tried this one again as I was unsure why I had such a different opinion as everyone else and I had a change of mind. Perhaps the first time I had this there was something wrong with it? Either way this is a nice IPA. Not as much hops as I would like. It smells of slight hops and malts with a bit of citrus. Taste is about the same, small alcohol taste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught at the brewpub. Copper colored leaving webby lacing. Aroma of caramel malts with a good infusion of grapefruit and pine hops. Same characteristics in the flavor--firm caramel malt body with deep grapefruit and piney hops. Zesty hop finish. A great "Big IPA." Not quite a double or Imperial in the sense of the term, but a very tasty ultra-hopped IPA product.
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