3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
One of the first IPA’s I’ve had and one of the best so far. It’s everything an IPA should be. Great nose and great color. Tried this as a 6 oz. sample at a small bar in Boise, Idaho. You get to choose 8 samples to get on a tray and this is the one the really made me smile. I kept going back to it and it really stood out. I could drink it any time.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Five hops is at least two kinds of hops too many. Some Cascade and Chinook, providing some citrus / orange / grapefruit and hint of pine. Other hops provide a hint of floral and some bitter finish. Some malt, some this, some that ... no clear focus, no clear mental image after a few seconds. Enjoyable, sure, worked better with barbecue than lone star, but simply nothing special as an IPA.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clean, crisp, captures the IPA style quite well. Heavy on the floral flavors, a bit light on body, but enough malt that it’s not astringent. I like it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle) hazy orange with generous off white head. Citrus hops aroma. Flavor of citrus hops. Middle of the road IPA
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Hazy sunset orange pour. Aroma of hops is big, though tasted is a bit more muted than I would have expected. Good solid IPA.
3.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Cloudy honey color, small white head. Smell: remeniscent of hot, homemade apple pie. Yet still smells like a beer. Very spicey aroma. Taste: a different sensation on every part of the palate. Well-rounded, with nice, biting hops at the end. A little more body on the front of the palate would make add a point to this beer, but overall, very enjoyable.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Maybe I got a bad batch of Bridgeport, but I tried three bottles of this stuff, and it seemed that either everyone of them was tainted, or I just cant agree with the previous raters. There was almost no aroma to this beer, there was very little body to the beer and it must have a very low IBU because this tasted more like a pale ale than an IPA. Definitely not the "great" beer others had described.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at Bridgeport, Portland. You can’t always choose milestone beers, but I am pleased that this is 2500. I love the beers from the PNW so a solid exponent of the IPAs from that part of the world is perfect. Hazy gold with a lasting off white head. Enjoyable hop aroma. Grapefruit aroma, slightly sticky hop, some sherbert. Good malt hop balance. Still a huge hop finish, but more manageable than some. Really rather drinkable.
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