3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled from the tap at EBF. Poured a near clear clear gold with a slight amber hue and an off-white head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma had a nice pine hop note with some citrus and a bit of a bread backbone. Flavor started with pine and grapefruit, not much other citrus, and just a hint of a bread bone.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 30, 2012 A golden amber ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, a nice musty caramel malt with floral hops, musty notes, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet nutty malt with floral hops, citrus notes, alcohol warmth, nice and smooth. On tap at the brewpub, March 17, 2012.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Reviewed from notes.
Pours a gold color with a good white head and some nice lacing on the way down. The nose brings forward a fair amount of piney hops along with a bit of a citrus presence. Some bready malt in the background. The flavor has a bit of malt as the base but then goes into citrus and pine hops. Nothing too strong, but noticeable. Not quite what I expect from a double IPA. Mouthfeel is medium with a bit of alcohol and a modest bitterness in the finish. Not bad, though not something I would go out of my way for again.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at EBF. Pours a hazy honey golden body with a white head. Very aggressively hopped pine, grassy and bitter hop resins. Bone dry and super bitter. Resinous oily finish, almost like a hop butter liquidized in a glass. Not so much any fruit tones, just so dam bitter and drying. I prefer a fruitier combination of hops but if this is your type of IPA you’d be nose over tail for it.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear orange/red with a small white head. Aroma of floral hops, citrus, and lots of caramel malt, a small touch of alcohol. Flavor of lots of sweet hoppy notes upfront with a sweet finish and sharp bitterness. Definitely a sweet IIPA, slightly overwhelming.
7/4/6/3/13 [3.3/5]
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pouring at the Saturday sessions of EBF. Pours a lightly hazed golden amber with a thin beige head. Large citrus notes, hops and toast. Nice and bright, quite hoppy. Citrus and clean pine. Long grapefruit finish that lingers with quinine.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Bobcat. I noted 9.8% abv.
Appearance : Shiny golden amber with no head.
Aroma : Fresh hops with nice refined sugars. Some caramel. Light passion fruits. A bit muted overall.
Taste : Fresh hops with sugar, caramel and passion fruits. Finish sugary with light caramel. A little bit astringent though. A bit warm.
Overall : Nice beer. Nice hops and sugar. Nose is a bit too shy and finish is a bit too bitter/astringent. Not bad.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at brewpub. Pours a cloudy golden/orange with a small off-white head. Aroma of pine, citrus and some notes of grap[efruit. Hoppy flavor of piney resin, grapefruit, citrus and a bit of caramel. A decent dipa
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
on tap-pours an off white head that laces and cloudy gold color. Aroma is sweet citrus-grapefruit/pine. Taste is sweet citrus-grapefruit/pine, hops bite, medium malt.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at the brewpub - Poured a pretty orange-amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma, as you might expect, was quite hoppy... citrus/grapefruit, pine resin... with just a hint of caramel malts in the background. Flavor was HOPPY... plenty of ctrus/grapefruit and pine. Some caramel malt understructure to provide some reasonable balance to this hop monster. One of my two favorites this night... a really good effort!
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