3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
[Draft at BJ’s in Boulder Colorado] A hazy dark orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is very flowery and hoppy from extensive use of aroma hops. The flavor is lovely with notes of hops, oil, and grass, leading to a dry end where the mouthwater just dries out.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Boulder
Very slightly hazy gold. The aroma is grapefruity and woody but not overly assertive. Pale malts and earth on the palate. Chewy, full-expressed bitterness. The same old same old, but slightly different.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 29/09/2005
Golden coloured and very hoppy. Crisp on the palate with a bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught. Pours copper with a small white head and creamy lacing. Floral citrus hop rind and pine aroma. Citrus bitter and huge grapefruit flavor with a caramel malt body. Medium and fizzy palate.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ BJ’s Westminster poured a cloudy orange amber with a small lingering white head. Aromas of carmel, citrus and a hint of pine. Palate was medium bodied. Flavors of carmel, earthiness, pine, orange peel and a hint of grapefruit with a lingering bitter finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught.
Body is medium yellow.
Aroma is
lightly malty (cookie),
moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin, pine).
Flavor is
moderately sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter.
Finish is
lightly sweet, moderately acidic, heavily bitter.
Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.
Now that's a puckery/sour IPA! Typical resinous PNW hop aroma. Nothing special to me, but will surely float some hophead's boat.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the Boulder brewpub, 4/14/06: Rusty yellow-orange; no head. Subtle aroma, but stark hop-oil oily oil flavor. Nees a little gas and it’d be the heat!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasted at BJ’s. Clear oranfe amber with fizzy white head. Soapy hoppy aroma. Tangy taste with a perfume hoppy finish. Slightly out of balance. Crisp hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Bakersfield; Nose nice and hoppy; gold with a large off-white head; flavor was hoppy with a very mild bitter hop finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Boulder, CO: Medium gold. Crisp up front; creamy-smooth base. Sharply citric, even a little acidic. Big grapefruit explodes throughout. Lesser notes of pine, spruce and resinous tree sap. Malts were mild, but definitely in the profile. Notes of bread dough and a very slight amount of caramel sweetness. Significant amount of bitterness in the finish. Kind of dry finish. Not too shabby, but the grapefruit was a little too dominant.
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