2.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Translucent brown color with small off-white head. Aroma is almost non-existent with a hint of malts. Flavor is mostly bitter and malty but rather bland and cardboardy. Interesting and different approach, but just didn’t taste that great.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy golden orange color with a nice 2-3 finger fairly dense khaki head with great retention that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Some good spotty lacing on the glass. Aromas of caramel, pine, biscuit, orange, honey, citrus zest, and herbal spiciness. Really malty aromas here for an IPA, with ok balance. Taste of caramel, pine, biscuit, orange, grapefruit, and big herbal spiciness. Huge spicy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of pine, pine, pine, herbal spiciness, and light caramel for a while. Quite a lot off balance with the flavors, way too much pine and herbal spiciness. Medium bodied with fairly elevated prickly carbonation; with a slightly creamy mouthfeel. Alcohol is fairly well hidden with only a warming on the finish noticed. Smooth to drink despite all of the pine. Overall this is not anywhere near what I look for in an IPA. I finished it though, so it wasn’t a complete wreck.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Pours a deep and almost reddish amber with a massive head that has me fearing infection. Aromas aren’t there... a little brown sugar and a very faint floral smell is it. Flavor is absolutely unconvincing as an IPA... it is a caramel and toffee-driven Amber Ale at best. A little bit of herbal and medicinal hops quickly brush across the palate and finish is spicy, but I wouldn’t give this to a buddy as an example of an IPA.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nice blend of hops, malt and citrus. Decent, but not overly bitter IPA. Cheers.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft sample. Poured hazy amber color with an average frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate floral hop and small sweet malt aroma. Medium body with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Moderate smooth bittersweet flavor with a moderate bitterswwet finish of medium duration.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Growler pour) Mild hop nose, with hints of flowers and grass. Pours a hazy amber, with a thin white head. Nice hop bite, with a caramel backbone. There’s a moderate bitter finish. Not bad, not quite the hop bite I look for in an IPA.
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