4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 Terminus (2940) - Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA - DEC 18, 2003
22 oz. bomber-pours a light orange color-nice and clear. Nice bumpy head with different bubble sizes. light carbonation, but still big bubbles. awesome citrus aroma! The Amarillo hops have a very strong and unique character. very nice palate-surupy, hoppy, piney, citrus, with some malt there too. very ruination esque. Somewhat abrupt finish when cold, but much longer when the beer became warmer. This was definately a great way to celebrate the fact that i got STRAIGHT A's in my first semester as a graduate student! Big thanks to Whaleman for hooking me up with this fine IPA.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20 Schroppfy (2353) - Łódż, Warsaw, Poland; Michigan, Ohio, USA - DEC 15, 2003
Exceptionally bitter, very fresh, very full bodied, piney - very little malty sweetness. I loved it and was utterly surprised. I thought it would pile on some sugaryness like other IPAs - I'm so glad it didn't!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 egajdzis (4949) - Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 10, 2003
Poured an orange gold color with a large bubbly white head that left nice lacing. Orange, citrus, sweet hop, and perfume aroma. Pine, resin, citrus, hop taste. This was a super hoppy brew, and that was about it. I do enjoy hops, but it left a bittering taste in my mouth.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Jokes (1453) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - NOV 29, 2003
Clear honey with a fluffy, cotton head. An intense hop aroma sprung forth from the bottle seemingly before the cap was even off. Huge citrus and pine dominate. Great big juicy grapefruits and lemons, fresh dew-drenched pine trees and pronounced bitterness dominate the nose. The flavor profile is really along the same lines. Huge hops through out. The lemon, pine and grapefruit really come alive, mostly because there isn't a whole lot of malt to balance. This is a very effervescent and gaseous brew, causing hop-induced hiccuping well before halfway through. For some reason I was in the mood for hops, and this really fit the bill. In all honesty, this could definitely use more malt to balance the hops and provide a fuller body. Tasty, but it could have been better.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 krisbierjaeger (844) - dolores, Colorado, USA - NOV 27, 2003
nice butter and apricot yellow, clear, with a big horkin' white head, frothy as an overworked ox. tangy aroma, a bit perfumy, but pleasant with orange tea, honey and oozing pine bark. sweet peaches and cream flavor, or orange zested ice cream, creamy carb and lightly sweet vanilla wafer golden malts. a good fruity bite of plump hops-- not explosively hoppy, but entertainly so. great with a meal or a cigar. at three bucks for a bomber, this is an 'everyday' beer and well worth stocking.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Frank (2189) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - NOV 21, 2003
UPDATED: MAR 28, 2005 Crystal clear golden with a hint of red. An eighth inch of creamy white head that leaves great lacing. Smells strongly of pine with a bit of an earthy hint. A quick bite up front. Soft carbonation. Slightly watery. Intensely bitter finish and not much else. A one-dimensional hop-centric brew.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Darkover (1499) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - NOV 15, 2003
Golden/copper color with a big lasting white head. Citrus and piney hop aroma. Flavor of citrus, grapefruit and hops. Finish of grapefruit bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 belgianhomebrew (646) - Acworth, Georgia, USA - NOV 3, 2003
slight malt and decen hop aroma. Nice big hop bite throughout. Not my favorite, but a good brew nonetheless.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20 bac080 (398) - Boardman, Ohio, USA - OCT 31, 2003
Whoa, huge bottle. No ABV listed but I'd guess around 7%. All hops, very little other flavor. Bah.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 gwfrankpsu (231) - McKinleyville, California, USA - OCT 27, 2003
The aroma of pine and slight citrus. Nice slightl smokey malty flavor and rounded out with a hop kiss. A really nice beer.
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