4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz. draft at the 4 Queens. Very tasty with good long finish. Probably would have enjoyed the taste even more had I not been smoking cigars in the casino all day. Heck of a deal too at $4.00 for 22 oz. mug
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler at KP’s Cellar. Pours medium orange with a big offwhite head. Piney hop aroma. Big grapefruit hop bitterness from start to finish. A little too much malt puts it out of balance, but not bad otherwise.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled from a growler courtesy of kp: Pours a slightly hazy dark golden with a clingy, well-lacing white head. Nice hoppy and fresh green pieny presence throughout the aroma. Good sweet light caramel malt flavor has a nice fresh, bittersweet hoppy balance. A nice IPA.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Growler @ Kp’s Cellar. Slightly hazed amber with a medium off-white head. Moderate hop aroma with citrus and lemon flesh. Sweet sugar. Flavor of sweet lemon flesh and bitter lemon rind. Long bitterness on the finish. Dry with a medium body. My favorite out of the IPas on the KP growler night.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
KP brought back a growler of this for his growler tasting. This used to be the Big IPA, but the name recently changed. Amber, almost copper. The hops are reserved in the aroma. Malty. The hops come out more in the flavor, still malty. A bit sweet. Good body. This is more balanced than the Barley’s Centennial, but the Centennial was more interesting in the aroma. Combine the hop aroma and flavor from the Centennial with the maltiness of this beer and you’ve got a great IPA.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft - Poured an orangish-amber in color with a medium whitish head. Aroma was of citrus-piney hops with not much malt mixed in. Flavor was plenty hoppy (though not too) with, again, not much malt to balance it out. Clean and medium bitter finish. This is a good beer, but not outstanding as an IPA. Quite drinkable...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I liked the name of this one "BIG IPA" but was a little disapointed when it wasn’t all that "big". overall it was a nice ipa. good bitterness. tasted a little citrusy and a little piney
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
had this at the barleys beer festival 2005:
orange tan haze, slight sudsy head. nice nose of cascade. in the mouth you got some typical citrus, light grapefruit, cascade mountain bitterness. not over the top, quite easy to drink and refreshing. unsure of the abv on this one. 5-6%?
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a light orange color. Light hoppy aroma. A little bit of a malty sweetness. Not terribly bitter. Somewhat malty with a fairly bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Copper color, beige head. Full on hop aroma, very pleasant. Quite hoppy, decent balance. Medium bodied, bitter finish. Tasty, could use a touch more body though.
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