4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is one GABF Gold Medal Winner that deserves the recognition. Smooth without excessive hop bite, fragrant with notes of tobacco and cedar, this is a wonderful session beer that would go fabulously with all kinds of foods. Lace follows your swig all the way down.My suggestion: A Humidor IPA and an Ashton Churchill, EMS, 54 ring gauge,
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at Varga, fairly clear orange pour, little head retention, piney scent not very hoppy, more like I’d expect from a standard pale ale or pilsner
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at Rattle n Hum, poured a bright orange color, small white head. Lacing was pretty darn impressive. Aromas of cedar, grass, fresh cut lime, and other tangy hop aromas. Taste was mostly the same with a nice woody complexity, pineapple and tobacco flavor. Amazing IPA. Wish they would make this more often in bottle form.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a deep, slightly cloudy orange with a moderate white head. Aroma is citrus, hops, and a touch of sweet fruit. Flavor is super smooth, big on citrus hops and has a fine bitter-sweet finish. Excellent stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Citrus and corn-sweet aroma. Golden in color with white head. A mild IPA with a nice citrus edge.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shared by turdferguson. Pretty interesting beer. Nice nose and all, fruit definitely in there with a nice hop element. Flavor gets kind of weird, fruit kind of muddles things and the fermented papaya gets to be off.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from the Brewdog online store. Cloudy orange pour with an off white head. Tangerine and mango dominate the nose. There’s certainly a tropical fruit air about it. Pineapple and citrus flavours. Bitter fruit infusion. Smooth and nicely balanced. Dry, bitter finish. Nice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Woah. Poured a orange color with a small thin but solid white head. Aroma was, well, like a humidor. It was really like a cigar. The flavor was more like a herbal tea with a load of hops that had been aged in a wooden barrel. A unique beer to be sure.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
75cl bottle. Lots of cedar in aroma and flavor, and hops take a back seat. Modest sweetness and a medium fruitiness. Seems slightly oxidized, but was purchased only a month ago. Nice amber hue. The wood adds a little tannic bite, but goes down pretty smooth overall. Nice beer, but not my favorite IPA.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled at the Cigar City smokes Rattle n Hum event. Awesome addition to the humidor series. Has a peppery tang from the cedar which is cut by the guava. Amazing brew.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bought a 6 pack, first one was relatively warm (hotel room in the Keys sans refrigerator). Very tasty, pleasant strong bitterness. Other reviews cover it well - piney, citrus, hoppy, strong. Only flaw: sometimes has a metallic taste. Very good when it does not.
Malt: caramel, nuts
Hops: herbs, pine, resin, citrus, lemon, grapefruit
Other: cherry, ginger, peach
Color: amber, orange
Liquid: clear
Head: white, frothy, minimal
Initial: heavy bitterness
Finish: heavy bitterness
Finish Duration: long
Body: medium
Texture: creamy, slick
Carbonation: soft
Finish: bitter
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