 santos999 (318), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 15, 2008 Y’know, I like this beer. I don’t particularly like IPA’s, but this one has something special most American takes on the style don’t - balance. The aroma has a very strong ringwood sense to it, with iron, sulfur, copper, cat urine, fruitiness, and very earthy notes. The taste is quite pleasing, in that it’s balanced. Not too hoppy, with a firm, strong malt body. Very traditionally English tasting, and not an over the top hop experience. A tad light in the mouth. Overall, I dig it, about as much as I can dig an IPA.
eczematic (1198), Sydney, Australia
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 14, 2008 I was pleased to see all these Brooklyn beers turn up here at Marrickville Liquorland. looks great - fantastic layer of dense creamy suds on top of glowing rusty liquid. plenty of aroma, a nice blend of the flowery earthy goldings, bready caramelly malt, and, surprisingly, for a USIPA, genuine english YEAST CHARACTER - baked apple. Falls away in the mouth - starts sticky and caramelly, disappears completely for half a second, then reemerges with a growing but thin lemony/peppery bitterness. that familiar english combination of flabby caramel and wateriness, washed out with perfumy/peppery goldings. doesn’t taste 6.8% at all, more like a 4% swiller.
gotohelunc (473), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 9, 2008 Draft at Brixx. Copper colored with a small white head. A little grapefruity hops on the nose. Tastes like a typical IPA, but leans more towards peppery spice than bitterness. The flavor’s actually quite thin for an IPA, so I was surprised to see how high the alcohol content was. Not my favorite taste in an IPA, but it is smooth, easy drinking, and high alcohol.
cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 9, 2008 Bottle at home ... copper colour .... sweet sharp hop quite a lot of resins ... lots of hop character to this, lots and lots of juicy resins ... well balanced...slight pepperyness.
dpjuart (670), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Red with orange hues. Nice foamy off white head. Nose is caramel with a touch of citrus hops. Good balance of malt an hops. Nice caramel maltiness with a touch of citrusy hops. Not really as much hoppiness as I like in an IPA. More like a Pale to me. Good beer, just not IPA enough for me.
molsonfan9000 (59), geneva, New York, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 Pours copper with thin head. Smells very hoppy. Taste is the same with a very bitter aftertaste. Mouthfeel is crisp and dry.
TheRimmer (483), Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 Wheatgerm nose with little hop presence. Deep amber color, foamy head. Taste was rich grains, wheatgerm, some hop presence behind it. Very balanced all around.
nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 Updated: Oct 28, 200812 oz, bb May 08. Orange-amber with a creamy, three finger and lasting head. Aroma is molasses, grain, resin and citrus. Flavor is earthy tea leaf, grain, citrus and resin with some slight wood. Near medium body is pretty smooth and dry. Great session ale.
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