3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Short-lived , dirty-beige head over veiled orange-amber beer. Very fruity nose with mandarine, orange, nectarine, but also melon, banana and caramel. Only hints at the real culprit: hops. Bitter, resiny flavour; hops all-omnipresent, some chewy malts, but more expressed in the MF, than in taste. Less fruity than the nose, however; hard, unripe grapes, bitter orange and bitter gourd. Rather well-bodied, and slick, to even oily and resiny; feels more carbonated than it looks. Aftertaste is however a bit dusty. It’s not really an IPA, neither an IIPA, but sits astride both. And misses something of both. Txs to Jan & Charlotte!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ Olutravintola Konttori. Rated on 01.02.2011
Aroma is sweet and fruity with american hops and some caramel. Flavour is sweet with hops, fruits, caramel and some biscuits. Rather typical American IPA and way too sweet for me.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark amber with small white head. Malty and fruity notes. Malt, fruit, caramel and hops. Medium to full body with a nice, bitter sweet finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Really hard to read notes: Malty IPA, pines, harsh, dark hops, malty caramel hoppy backbone.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Orange-brown color, slightly cloudy with a high, fine head. The smell is mildly hoppy, very citrusy and fruity, storng spicy. Starts with bombastic hop aroma, pleasantly tart, fruity citrus notes in background. The middle part shows hoppy-mild, slightly yeasty and sweet, again very spicy with citrus aromas. Goes into a very dry and bitter finish, coupled with a subtle fruitiness and a slight herbal note!
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Lightly hazy pale amber, brief coarse head. Sweaty bitter orange aroma. Mid sweetwith clean, hard mouthfeel. Crystal malt and sweaty hay. Some metal before a rather harsh bitter finish. Rough.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle, Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm) Dark amber colour with lasting, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with orange peel, caramel and dried apricots. Malty, fruity taste with notes of caramel, dried fruit, orange peel and a generous earthy, citrussy bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with balanced sweetness. Very nice and tasty.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Orange colored brew. Aroma has a good amount of hops, citrus, pine. Flavor has a moderate hoppy bitterness, nice malty backbone.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dirty blonde and hazy. Mango/melon aroma with some light chewy elements, maybe some biscuits. Thick malts and tropical fruits. Rather muted and vague, with lots of bitterness and lots of maltiness too but neither really comes together all that well.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
I was a little disappointed by this beer. It’s still good and I’d certainly drink it again when I have the opportunity, but still I had higher expectations. Nice IPA but not much more.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle 16/07-2011) Large lasting white head, amber color, medium hoppy aroma, medium bitter. Solid IPA.
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