4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 14, 2006 I didn’t think that I would ever get the privilege of trying this brew since according to the Brooklyn Brewery web site, it’s "only sold here is our tasting room". Regardless, I had a couple glasses of this on draught at Dilly Deli in Cincinnati (Mariemont), Ohio today! This is good stuff and very underrated...
According to RateBeer this is an American Stong Ale. However, its characteristics remind me more of an IPA/IIPA... The color is light orange and hazey with a large ivory head and moderate visible carbonation. The aroma is slightly sweet with grapefruit hoppiness. The flavor has a nice light caramel maltiness with a great orange peel flavored bittereness. It really reminds me of eating the peel of a fresh sweet orange or tangerine, but it isn’t over done or too bitter. It’s just right and quite a unique flavor. The beer is pretty smooth on the palate. The alcohol is well integrated as well. I really enjoyed this beer and, in my opinion, is probably the best Brooklyn brew!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at Taco Mac. Clear orange pour. Caramel and honey in the nose along with piney evergreen hops. Bready malt flavor with pungent but amazingly balanced evergreen burst of hops. Crackery balanaced hoppy finish with enough residual sweetness, body, and blast of hops to give the definite "imperial" impression but with well-hidden alcohol. A really nice double IPA.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a clear amber with very little head. Nose is hopped, but I wouldn’t say overly powerful. Flavor is hopped,yes. You get the pine tones and that syrup like flavor quality to it. But is stays smooth and even and never goes over the line. Feel is thick on liquid and good on the bubble. Overall a verysmooth DIPA and well worth trying. If you want an insane hop bomb, this is not the one. If you want smooth and even and well crafted, this is more your style.
4.2 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 22, 2012 Draft at Jerry’s. Amber gold with good, creamy, white head / Bright ose of citrus and cut pine / Medium body, chewy and creamy, with fine, balanced body featuring only modestly biting hops and good, bitter, finish / Mellow flavors of orange, grapefruit, cut pine, bubblegum, and resin / Tastes like more of a regular pale than a double, with only a modest hop profile and bitterness levels. It is a very nice pale, though, with lovely flavor and balance.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap @ the Avenue Pub in New Orleans. Pours a light orange color with a small head. Aromas of citrus and pine, flavor is the same. A huge citrus hop flavor...awesome!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Golden pour with ample head. For the high alcohol content this is unbelievably smooth and easy drinking. Not overly hoppy either. Solid beer!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very nice DIPA. Clear, orange-yellow pour with very little head. Strong floral-hop aroma with a nice bit of citrus pine. Full mouthfeel, crisp finish. Very nice offering from Brooklyn.
Very good double IPA. Pours a clear golden yellow, with little head. Very strong aroma of floral hops. Flavor is a nice sweetish combination of hop-citrus and bitter, piney flavor. Mouthfeel is quite pleasant and full. Good clear finish--no bitter aftertaste.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at the brewery. I love hops, and this didn’t disappoint. Golden, slight head, full of hop and pine aromas. The hop and citrus flavor makes for a very smooth and drinkable, but not overwhelming beer. Extremely well hidden alcohol. And I’m pretty sure they mentioned it as an IIPA at the brewery.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at Rose Alley Ale House in New Bedford. Pours a clear deep golden color. Aroma is of pine, floral, hops, and citrus. Flavor is of fresh hops, grapefruit, and pine. Leaves a nice and crisp hop finish. This is one refreshing brew on this super hot day.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Blind Tiger, NYC. Pours a nice golden color with a white head. Aroma is largely hops with some fruit, malt, and yeast characteristics as well. Taste is malty in the beginning with a huge Blast (no pun intended, it really is the proper term here) of hops toward the end. The hop character is wonderful and does not take away from the beer in the least. I couldn’t tell at all that this was 8% alcohol, it was relatively well hidden. A wonderful offering.
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