3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours a clear dark gold/light amber with a one finger off-white head that leaves spotty lacing. The nose is malt and really faint floral hops. The taste is malt, earthy hops in the middle followed by a decent bitter pine finish. Lighter mouthfeel. Decent taste. A better aroma and better balance would make this a much better IPA.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured from 12oz bottle into an English pint glass. This 6 pack has the ABV listed as 6.4%. Color is medium amber with cream colored head. Aroma is caramel malt and some earthy hops. Flavor starts with cloyingly sweet caramel malt and leads into spicy, earthy hop notes. Medium bodied with a sticky mouthfeel. Overall this just wasn’t very balanced - too much sweetness up front for any amount of hops to try to counter.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not much to this IPA. Very drinkable and smooth, but seems to be missing some of the characteristic IPA notes.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Another crappy IPA. hazy orange with a small white lace. Nose is striaght grain, smells like a brewery when you first walk in. No hops to be found. Lots of cardboard and grain. Ugh.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured this from a bottle. Golden orange color with a small white head. Aroma of some malts, light hops, but not very complex. Completely missing the floral and citrus. The taste was light all the way around. This was a weak IPA for me (first sampled 3/12/2012).
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle pours a clear copper with a thick white head. Scent is caramel. Taste is the same with earthy bitterness.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a clear copper - orange. The aroma is subdued, some citrussy hops and a bit of caramel. The body is light, with a thin and lean mouthfeel. There is a solid malty sweetness with a lot of ripe juicy orange flavor. The finish is well balanced with a very pleasant hop bitterness. Not bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a cloudy pumpkin like orange with little bits of yeast floating around. Smell is hoppy, typical of an IPA. Taste is made mostly of hop bitterness with citrus fruit undertones. There are better IPAs out there but this one is worth a try.
3.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a clear copper with a small frothy white head. The aroma is fruity pebbles cereal. Thin mouthfeel with a fruity hop and clean finish. Easy to drink a very good IPA from Butte Creek
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Clear amber-copper color with a moderate off-white head. Decent lacing. Aroma of resin, earth, caramel malt, and pine. The taste is mild maltiness and substantially, though not heavily, bitter, with a long bitter and dry finish.The body is medium with somewhat mild carbonation. Not a very good IPA, but I’d say not bad as far as the average beer goes.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market, Charlottesville, VA, on 6/2/11. Pours a clear copper-amber color with a medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of earthy and citrus hops with caramela and toffee notes. The taste is leafy and citrus hops. Malty finish. Medium bodied.
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