3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 10, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, heavy hoppy, citrus, resin, hop oil. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100803]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of grapefruits, wood, peaches, hops, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, grapefruits, alcohol, malt, and a bit of wood, leading to a bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Clear golden with an off-white head leaving a discreet lacework. Thick juicy and greasy hops in the nose. Thick body with quite some fruit and again heavy and citrusy aroma hops. Bitter finish. Not the most sophisticated DIPA, but ok. 120412
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask. Pours cloudy and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is dense hoppy and slight grapefruity. Sweet, grapefruity and citrusy. Bitter, citrusy and dense grapefruity.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Hazy orange colour, not much head. Aroma is pleasantly balanced hops, very fruity and wooden, along with some sweet maltyness. Flavour is fruity and floral hops along with some bready malts and caramel malts, biscuits as well as some slight grass in the finish. Pleasant and actually for once a refreshing IIPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Clear amber coloured with a small white head.
Fruity aroma of hops, cardemomme, yeast and pine needles.
Fruity flavour of hops, grass and grape fruits with notes of pine needles.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Name: Hop Czar
Date: November 23, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Liquid Solutions
Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, fine frothy beige head, streaks of grey lace
Aroma: sweet spicy aroma, touch of fruity character, light citrus, bit of pepper
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice spicy hops, light balancing bitterness, touch of pine, growing sweet fruity citrus
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bright golden-amber. The aroma is earthy with light simcoey citrus notes. Earthy, but lacking brightness, this is a mix of stale hops and caramelly malts. Once upon a time, I liked this brewery, but these days...I don’t know.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(22oz. bottle) Pours a hazy golden orange body with a small white head. Aroma of leaves, mustiness, grass, pine, and florals. Flavor of hops (resin, pine, grapefruit) and caramel malt with a bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Brown/gold colour, bubbly head. Good hop. Got a sweetness to the hop. Then lovely dry grapefruit. Good sweet then dry DIPA. Hops eat through your teeth. Good.
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