3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Sample Date: 2/28/2009 Source:Other) At the brewery. Grassy floral hop aroma. Some backing caramel. Clear golden with a small fine white head. Grassy floral hop flavor, clean, with a medium body and mouthfeel. Great fairly bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 27, 2010 Blind tasting on 09/26/2010. Clear golden amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Earthy/spicy hop aroma on a toasty background. Earthy hop flavor with caramel and toasty malt. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/15 - 3.5
On tap at the brewpub on 02/28/2009. Very clear golden amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet floral hop aroma with light caramel. Sweet floral and caramel flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft. Nice golden orange color with a white head. Citrus notes in the nose and not as hop forward as I thought it might be. Very mild carbonation with a richer mouthfeel that i have traditionally found in the style. A nice balance of malt and hops. Heavy grass and citrus notes on the palate. Has a lingering hop bitterness but finishes reasonably clean. Not too complex, but a decent IPA.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at the brewpub. Pours gold with small off-white head. The aroma is grapefruit hops, some pine, some floral hops, and a touch of candyish caramel. The flavor is caramel and honeyish malts with a piney hop profile. There’s a little bit of a soapy taste in there. Medium bitterness in the finish, but the hop flavor kind of disappears. Ok I guess, but a little bit hollow.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Nice dark hops, however that’s possible, slightly sweaty and musty with light citrus and a drenching in earthy caramel. Clear orange pour with a soapy beige head. Taste is strongly bitter and sharply dry, a little nettley orange rind and faint pair under the shaved-off resin. Fullish body with a sandpapery feel. Quenches the thirst, that’s for sure; as for taste, hints at what the best harvest ales achieve but ends up petering out somewhere along the way.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
ON CASK at Brewer’s Alley. Wonderful hop aroma! Smells incredibly fresh, like hops on the vine. Taste reflects this as well, and yet it’s surprisingly not bitter. The ratio of hop aroma/flavor to bitterness is very high. The perfect IPA for people who don’t like very bitter beers. Since it’s on cask, it’s fairly warm and very low in carbonation which lets the hops shine through. Malt is present, but stays in the background.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Date: 09/07/08, 12 oz. bottle
Aroma - Caramel and light stone fruits, some spicy hops
Appearance - Clear amber, medium off white head that recedes to a thin layer quickly, but leaves some good lace.
Flavor - Burnt sugar flavors and some sweet fruitiness gives way to a peppery bitterness that is kind of washed out. Flavors are subdued, but no off flavors.
Palate - Medium body and carbonation, finishes dry.
Overall - Just seems a little bland, although quite drinkable, and without glaring flaws. A decent session beer for watching sports and gobbling down junk food.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy pf beachbum25. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of caramel, some roses, citrus. Tastes of caramel with a light peppery undertone. Decent.
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