3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 14, 2008 minus 1 point for style, this brew is too hoppy to be called blond. otherwise, it’s nice with with clear golden color that is topped with off white head. big carbonation and medium bodied.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared with a bunch of folks at DougShoemaker’s Decemberfest 2006 - courtesy of blankboy. Golden-orange with a medium long-lasting head. Fruity aroma - peach, lychee, orange. Crisp, sharp body. Flavour is yeasty and tart, with a hoppy finish. Interesting stuff, I quite liked it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Hazy white with a small creamy white head. Sourish aroma with some fruit (grapefruit and peaches). Hay and hop flavour with astringent sharpness. Lingering finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle (750ml). at Decemberfest 2006 - blankboy’s bottle. Poured pale cloudy yellow with a huge fluffy white head. Sharp, dry, peppery/spicy yeast aroma, with tart lemon, grapefruit and resin hops ... there really is sweet malt in the background, it’s just hard to discern. Taste - this has a BIG bitter kick to it - peppery and lemony, with a long grapefruit pith bitter finish ... there’s very mild fruity malt along for the ride, but only as a passenger. Soft, dry and almost watery body, incredibly astringent, decently carbonated, with alcoholic character emerging in the long bitter finish. I quite liked it - bitter yet fruity.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared with the gang at Decemberfest 2006 -- my bottle. Pours a cloudy orange-yellow with a huge lasting fluffy white head. Aroma is sweet and hoppy along with some fruit -- nice! Flavour’s very hoppy (lots of citrus hops), fruity and quite fresh and refreshing. Medium bodied. A nice surprise, sure it’s a little one-dimensional and you have to like lots of citrus hops but I really liked it!
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
750ml Bottle @ Decemberfest 2006; thanks to blankboy: Pours orange/yellow in colour, terrific thick head. The aroma is lemon and grapefruit. First sip will cure what’s hurtin’ ya: freakin’ hops and tons of them. Like a hop donkey punch, after which your tormentor offers you an almond and some lemon juice. More bitter than my friend when he heard I tried 31 new beers while he was at work.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle @ Doug’s. Thanks to Harry (I think?) Cloudy yellow. Nose is orange/grapefruit hop. Flavor is lemon rind, astringent hops and a little malt. Overly bitter.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Decemberfest.
Pours hazy amber gold, large fine creamy top (3+)
Soapy, strong hoppy nose. Plenty of hops here. Citric, raspberry fruits and vegetable like finish.
High carbonated with mounting hop punch. Sweeter at bottom. Citrus, green lime. One dimensional big hoppy ale.
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