3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Nikki’s Liquor in Providence, RI. Pours golden with a nice bubbly look and a big 2 finger puffy off white head. The nose is light, hoppy and full of citrus. Bitter on the Front and tart on the back end. Not really my favorite kind of IPA. So far I’d have to say my fav BrewDog is the Physics.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: FEB 23, 2010 Bottle: Poured a ligth ditry yellow color ale with a thin bubbly head with minimal retention and not much lacing. Aroma of bitter hops are dominating but not as much as your usual American IPA. Taste is also dominated by some US bitter hops with a light dry malt backbone. Full body with low carbonation. Lacking some character and almost closer to an APA then anything else - original rating 2.8
Re-rate February 2010: Loads of citrus notes with a nice Weast Coast feel tot hsi beer. A lor more enjoyable then the first time I tried this. Rating 3.8
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle consumed the day after it hit the Orlando market, so I’m assuming it’s as fresh as we can get it. The pour yields a hazy to cloudy, glowing, golden-orange-amber colored body. A frothy head resembles whipped, bubbly egg whites, holding pretty strong as it leaves thick cobwebs of lacing all over the glass. The aroma is sweeter than I’d like, showing heavy on biscuit and toffee, with hints of golden raisin in the malt base. Orange blossoms and bright lemon add ample hop aromatics, though it certainly smells as though it will be malt dominant. Flavors are a little better than expected, with a nice, citrusy, grassy hop bite countering the doughy, biscuity, sweet toffee malt. Sweetness fades on the finish as sticky, bitter resins emerge and linger. The palate is medium bodied, with a good deal of that stemming from residual sugar. Moderate, fine carbonation ushers in a drying, bitter finish. Solid brew. Definitely good for a Euro style IPA.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
330 ml bottle brought over by my Aberdeen friend, Bjorn! Batch 009 BB 01/01/09; Nose is floral hops with a hint of diacetyl; translucent gold with a medium white head; looks like an American macro pale lager; flavor is hop bitterness with a hint of sweetness, spoiled by a weak diacetyl note. Diacetyl is weaker in the flavor than the nose. Would be very good without that knocking it down to average.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a pilsner like light yellow. Floral hop, lightly fruity aroma. Taste is floral, sweet malts, light hops. lighter bodied, ok
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma is malt, heavy citrus and grapefruit. Flavour is malt, high bitter and heavy grapefruit hop.
3.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
660mL bottle, Best Before: 07/07/09.
Light orange color, white foamy head. Aroma of fruit, sweet malts, and citrus. Flavor is a has a complex tropical fruit character, some barley malt sugars, followed by an earthy hop. A touch of toast and pine bark woodiness. An odd earth bitterness lingers on the palate. The most unique of American styled IPAs I’ve tastes so far. Finishes with a touch of chocolate.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had a half glass sample at the Petrol station when Brewdog visited .. . Pours a golden dark yellow, medium foam, lacing is exceptional .. light whiffs of resin, pine, and fresh shaved wood .. very nice down the gullet .. a better than average IPA, but i ain’t no punk! ..or am i?
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