4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Rating 2000. Says 4.25 abv on cbc menu and beer board. In any event, this was good. Aroma of bright herbal green tea, crisp fresh cut grass, citrus juicy grapefruit. Strong tea leaf component. Taste is bitter, biting grapefruit, touch of resin. Juicy, yet quite dry. Super clean. Bitter hop lopsided.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught) Pours a yellow body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of citrus, weed, biscuit, pine, and grass. Flavor of citrus, dank, grain, grass, and pine with a dry, bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap. Pours with a clear golden hued body with a small white head. Aromas are herbal, tea, fruity, esters, weed, wheat/grainy, citrus, pine and a odd spicy character (curry?). Flavors are grainy, spicy and hoppy (notes of citrus, pine). A bit grassy in the finish. Medium carbonation, a bit lighter bodied.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at GABF. Pours an attractive, hop hazed gold with a nice head. The nose is really citrusy, very hop forward with some nice floral aromatics. On tasting, more of that nice citrus and florals, though it’s a touch soapy. sufficient body and nice and light. Really excellent small IPA.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, a herbaceous hops, lightly floral, orange pulp, biscuit malt, nice and smooth. In mouth, a smooth IPA with intense bitter floral hops, white grapefruits, menthol, bready malt, in your face low abv IPA. For hopheads! On tap at brewpub, Sept. 11 2011.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at CBC the Saturday night after Belgian Beer Fest up in Boston. Pours a light hazed gold with a thin to medium sized white head. Big citrus, soft fuzzy hops and grapefruit. Big citrus and earth. A touch thin, but still a nice body. Long bitterness, cereal grains and a touch of Froot Loops. Sessionable and tasty.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at CBC out on the patio. A session IPA! What a concept! This is a real IPA with up front citrus-spice hop notes and a big frothy white head. Color and body are on the light side, but don’t let that fool you - this is a very easy drinking and flavorful brew. Good grassy-pine notes, some citrus. Light bittering finish. Should have gotten a pitcher!
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Very clear golden body, thin white head. Sweet floral aroma, light grass notes. Flavor is all bitters, overly dry c-notes that are strong up front, then end dry and flat. Very little malt presence and no detectable sugars.
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
In short: A smooth, dry and grapefruity blonde IPA. Highly drinkable.
How: Tap at Deep Ellum, Boston MA
The look: Mostly clear blonde body topped by a white head
In long: (24h later, by memory rating). Crisp crackery malted body, low sweetness sensation, grapefruity hops and a twist of lemon. Medium bitterness level, dry finish. I think this beer is underrated, just like I think all other dry blonde IPAs are underrated. I really enjoy dry blonde IPAs, and you know what they say about people who love dry blonde IPAs… You know? Please tell me. Do they complain about our bad breath?
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at cbc. Poured clear bright (sunshine) yellow with a white head. Smell is flowery perfume and tropical fruits. Same taste. Sweet tropical fruits (sort of pineapple-y even) with a spicy perfume (from the grassy hops?). odd.
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