3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 VsXsV (466) - Linköping, SWEDEN - MAY 15, 2012
Bottle from BrewDog’s webshop. Cloudy, amber liquid with medium to big, foamy off-white head. Smells of sweet, fruity hops, cantaloupe, mango, caramel, biscuity malt, grapefruit, resin and some weird salty vegetable note. There was salt added to this beer, right? Quite malt driven for an AIPA. Taste is dry with a light to medium bitterness and a nice malty backbone and maybe some salt. Too low bitterness for an IPA for my taste, but quite balanced. Medium bodied with a good amount of carbonation and smooth mouthfeel. Good IPA, but definitely not worth the price. I prefer the Punk IPA, which costs a fifth of this.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 rosenbergh (3486) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 12, 2012
330 ml bottle. From BrewDog Bar in Glasgow. HHOKXI.
Hazy amber colour with tiny off-white head.
Piney and fruity hoppy aroma with moderate bitterness, caramel malt and some sweetness. Flavour is grainy malty with piney hoppiness and moderate bitterness. Salt in aftertaste. Good IPA but not worth the £14 price tag.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 crosamich (201) - Naples, Florida, USA - MAY 12, 2012
A nice, balanced IPA. Malt-forward. Perhaps it is a touch salty but I probably wouldn’t have noticed otherwise, besides the mermaid hairs. The label is pretty sweet but I can’t say that anything special differentiates it from the rest of their lineup.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Brandman (1067) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 12, 2012
Hazy amber body, offwhite head. Aroma hae raisins, resiny and caramel. Flavour has roasty, caramel, bit saltiness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Frovigalning (1456) - Örebro, SWEDEN - MAY 6, 2012
Bottle through BS beer shop. Fruity and hoppy beer with a nice malty base. Nice, but not really worth the high cost.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Rune (4924) - Tromsø, NORWAY - MAY 5, 2012
330ml bottle purchased at the BrewDog bar in Glasgow. Off-white head with a solid stand leaving rings of lace behind. Apricot coloured body, hazy. Smell of red oranges and citrus shells. Succulent taste profile of oranges, grapefruits and juicy malts topped by a very satisfying, dry bitter ending. Medium to full bodied. Pleasing, indeed (Tromsø, 21.04.2012).
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Hermod (1687) - Vantaa, FINLAND - MAY 3, 2012
33cl bottle from Brewdog shop. Poured hazy orange with a foamy, thin white head, lacing. Aroma is very hoppy, tropical fruity and floral, with malt quite noticeable as well. Flavor is pine, bitter hops and caramel. Finish has salty licorice and is dry and bitter. Nicely hopped, bit different IPA. Medium bodied. Felt quite fresh still.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 larsniclas (4360) - Billdal, SWEDEN - APR 28, 2012
Bottled. Thx Christoffer
Slightly hazy golden. Small white head.
Fruity aroma with grassy bitterness.
Fruity flavour; tropical fruits. Sliightly salty notes. Moussy mouthfeel and medium to high bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 worldbeertaste (616) - Lancashire, ENGLAND - APR 7, 2012
Opaque copper body with a lasting soapy white head. Smells of citrus hops, rasin and light fruit. Medium frothy body. Sortof tastes like a punk IPA. Nothing much new here. But a fun novulty. Taste of citrus hops with an earthy tone.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 maneliquor (1188) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - MAR 18, 2012
Bottle from Mane Liquor. Shared for Jared and Joel’s housewarming. This is pretty much a stock standard ipa. Not bad in anyway, just a solid all rounder. Cool label but it’s hard to justify the price tag on this one
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