3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled@SBWF2009. Hazy amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is hops, herbs, mild earth as well as some notes of wood. Flavour is fruity hops, grass, mild notes of wood and aome mild sweetness.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle [750ml] shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, GregClow, jerc & mabel -- c/o tupalev. Massive gusher! Wow. Pours a cloudy amber with lots of tiny sediment and a large frothy off-white head. Aroma is lightly sweet with a good amount of spices along with sweet malt, yeast and fruit. Flavour’s yeasty, lightly spicy, a bit watery and fruity. Dry finish. Average bodied. Pretty good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Cloudy amber, brief head. Mango-like hops, bread and resin up front. Sweetish and soft, medium bodied with low carbonation. Resiny mango hops dominate. Soft and alive, but a bit too resiny.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2009. Orange/amber color, small head. Fruity, hoppy aroma with some berry notes. Malty fruity flavor, berries, some hops. Dry hoppy finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[2460-20090827] 750mL bottle. Lemon fruit cake aroma has some apple yeast and mild ginger hints. Murky, dark red body with a huge foaming long-lasting tan head. More lemon bitter yeast in the flavour with more apple skins and a mild cola syrup finish. Medium body has a light finish. Interesting complexity, nice yeast characteristics.
(c/o tupalev, w/ blankboy, garthicus, GregClow, HogTownHarry, jerc)
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at SB&WF. Hazy copper/amber, medium off-white head. Fruity hoppy aroma, with notes of yeast. Meidum bodied and smooth. Dry with a long bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle with thanks to Tupalev. Exploded upon opening, serious mess nicely cleaned up by GregClow. Appearance: Golden red, large off white head. Aroma: Super hoppy, vanilla, nutty, some tangerine, mango and sherbet. Flavour: Nutty, malt, spice, some dryness, mild mouth feel, light carbonation and a slight bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2009-08-27. Hazy red brown body with a massive foamy beige head that fades. Ɠ+) Aroma is mild, light fruit with a touch of dandelion like character. Ɨ+) Flavour is similar with a light bitterness, light dandelion like flora/vegetation and muted malt. Smooth average to light palate is lightly carbonated, probably spent after the gusher on opening. Simple, mild but rather pleasant. Bottle c/o Tupalev
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle from a private order. Nice orange pour, exploding white head (gushing from the bottle but not off or infected thankfully - it was expensive!). Once it settled nose of cascade hops and sweet malt - very American IPA like. Taste is excellent- lotsof hops, mix of cascade citrus and more earthy sort as well. Lots of earthy and sweet malt. Dry finish. Sweet. An excellent American IPA/APA mix, well worth it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
In short: A thick nourishing citrusy Pale Ale. Enjoyable
How: From the bottle at Montreal Mondial de la Bière 2009
The look: Partly cloudy orange-golden body with small particles and a large beige head. A gusher.
In long: Light nose of an old tree branch picked up from a wet forest floor. The chewy cake malts and citrus juice concentrate flavour make for a juicy and thick body. Resinous and citrusy hops provide a mild bitterness. This APA is more on the nourishing side than on the refreshing side of things. Lilith, a mythological female storm demon. Biblical writings say she was turned town by the X-Men because she did not wear the uniform preferring to walk around in the nude.
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