3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at the brewpub. Hazy amber, small head. Concentrated grapefruit aroma. Quite dry with above medium body. Intense flavour of sweaty grapefrut. Long resiny bitterness. A solid IPA.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 4, 2008 2008-09-08, draught at the brewpub, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Hazy amber color. It has a good hop aroma, not too strong, fruity and resiny. Medium body, with a strong toffee flavor and extreme hopping, very resiny, aggressive, a bit fruity too. Very good.
2007-10-02, draught at the brewpub, 7-4-8-5-16=40
Cloudy golden color; creamy head. Hop aroma, very grassy, wet field soil, manure. Good body strength, smooth mouthfeel, strong malt flavor (like a good Pils) overwhelmed by a powerful hopping, with a lot of hop oils and some resins. Extremely long and strong final. A bit strange but very good, midway between an American and English IPA: stronger hopping and body, but not so fruity. Fuggles touch too!
2006-03-26, draught at the brewpub, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Golden color. Fruity hoppy aroma. Good body, malty, sweet, round, and a good amount of aromatic and resiny hops. Good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2012
Name: Hardway IPA aka Big IPA
Date: December 15, 2004
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark amber, big fine white head leaving beautiful lace
Aroma: sweet grapefruit cascade aroma that arives before you even pick up the glass
Body: creamy velvet smooth body like a fine desert
Flavor: sweet carmel malt flavor with tons of grapefruit cascade nectar, great sticky pine reson that will attach to your tongue for the next week, so fine it brings a tear to my eye (either that or the happy hour tripple kicked my ass), an instant four bagger classic
Name: Hardway IPA aka Big IPA
Date: December 18, 2004
Appearance: not quite the post-triple emotion
Body: but still a mighty fine ipa with velvet body
Flavor: lots of hop flavor, and a long bitter finish
Name: Hardway IPA aka Big IPA
Date: June 23, 2005
Source: 4 Queens
Aroma: big sweet grapefruit hop aroma
Flavor: lots of hop flavor, solid carmel sweetness, great piney resion character, perfect bitter finish, the tear may be coming back to my eye, and this is my breakfast beer
Name: Hardway IPA aka Big IPA
Date: June 26, 2005
Source: brewpub
Appearance: wow again
Body: great velvet body
Flavor: huge citrus aroma and flavor, lots of hop flavor, perfect bitterness, emotion rides high especially during happy hour
Name: Hardway IPA aka Big IPA
Date: January 02, 2006
Source: 4 Queens
Score: iiii to iii
Words: renamed to Hardway IPA
Appearance: opaque orange, thin white head, layers of nice lace all the way down the mug
Aroma: fresh grassy hop aroma, touch of sweetness, touch of pine, bit of citrus that ripens into big orange character, lots of bitterness
Flavor: flavor melds well upon warming, lots of good sweet malt well balanced by lots of hop bitterness, what more could you want?
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 25, 2011 on tap-pours a retaining white head and gold/orange color. Aroma is herbal/pine hops, some medium malt-caramel. Taste is herbal/tannins/pine/some bitter citrus rinds, some medium malt. Dry. 3.2 * on tap @GABF-Aroma is orange/resin. Taste is orange/resin/dank, 2nd light/medium malt. 3.7
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap sample. Poured hazy copper color with an average fizzy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Solid smooth weastcoast hop aroma. Medium body with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable brew
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A golden amber IPA with a thin creamy white head. In aroma, a nice classy c-hops with citrus pulp, biscuit malt, nice. In mouth, a classic west coast IPA with biscuit malt with good floral C-hops, grapefruit notes, decent. On tap at 4 Queens location, August 8, 2012.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap @ Chicago poured a hazy gold with a lasting creamy head. Aromas of tangerine, orange, light pine and carmel. Palate was light bodied and dry. Flavors of tangerine, grapefruit rind and light carmel with a dry lingering bitter finish.
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.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
Caramel malts aplenty surround this IPA’s firm resinous hops, ending up in gripping bitterness.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam floats atop the cloudy dark amber.
-The aroma is not as brightly hoppy as I would have liked.
-The caramel malts are almost dominant until the hoppy finish, garnished by crumbly biscuit notes.
-The hops do promote citrusy tips once in a while.
On tap at the Four Queens location.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of caramel, resiny. Tastes lightly bitter and resiny with a chewy caramel finish.
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