4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
tasting at GDBTF on 10/18/08. deep golden color with a bit of white head. lots of citrus hops in the aroma. med/full body with pine/citrus notes over the palate. long bitter finish. solid IPA.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Getting notebook online. Bottle. Pours a hazy gold. Lots of pine aromas. Lots of hop flavors but slightly out of balance. Decently bitter finish. An OK IPA.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ Bridgeport Brewing. Pours a slightly hazy golden color witha small white head. Has a malty hoppy citrus aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a hoppy malty citrus finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
G.A.B.F. 2008: The aroma is estery with light banana and some citrus zest; evident cascade. Light body with estery notes. Seems like it high a high fermentation temperature. Some citrus notes come though; evident cascade spiciness/orangey notes. I’d want to try another batch.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured a murky orange with a small head. Aroma was floral hops, some mild orange peel, and malt. Taste was nice and hoppy. It’s clear they are using multiple hops to add character and variety on the tongue.
Dry finish, leaves the malt flavor on your tongue in the front, and the hops in the back.
All around a great IPA, although not as bitter as you’d expect.
4.2 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 29, 2009 12oz in mug. Hazy gold-orange with fluffy white head. Distinct lychee aroma. Flavor adds lemon to the lychee. Vanishingly malty, dry and thin. Very pleasant, but far from what I would expect from a PacNW IPA.
RE-RATE: I am nutzo for that lychee and rose aroma. This is the only beer that brings it. Purchased at Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa, but it was not on display, I had to ask for it.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle, acquired from friend visiting Seattle, poured into 4oz taster glass with a one-finger, rocky, white head. Medium gold color, hazy from bottle conditioning, with carbonation on the lighter side. However, the lighter body did not make it feel as flat if the OG were higher. Has many of the characteristics of an English IPA, so the "kick me in the nuts" hopheads will be disappointed. Different, though, in that the Cascade & Chinook give it a fruity and citrus overtone uncharacteristic of the UK IPAs. I found this to be a pleasant, flavorful session IPA.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Yeasty, very hoppy and bitter. Dark golden cloudy color, bitter aroma. Lightly carbonated, slight malt finish, decent.
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