Styles (1653), Taylor, Michigan, USA Oct 23, 2006 Courtesy of Pailhead. Golden copper with semi-rocky white head. Greta lacing, leaves the glass completely coated. Plenty of caramel malt backbone, except it’s up front. Faint citru zest, seems oxidized. flavor is very harsh and astringent, musty hops and oxidized malt. Just Average at best. Pailhead (2323), Allen Park, Michigan, USA Jun 3, 2006 Bottle: Courtesy of DarkElf via trade. Aroma of sweet citrus, caramel, and light grassy hops. Pours a bright transparent orange with a small soapy white head. Lots of caramel up front with a light sweet citrus. Piney hop finish is not strong enough to balance the initial malt. stoutlover72 (1336), NorCal, California, USA Feb 9, 2006 The pour is a orangish/gold color with a white head. Aroma had citrus/hop notes with minimal sweetness. Flavor was pretty much the same although it had some nice citrus hop flavor that was very appealing to me. Finish was clean with some bitterness left on the tongue. You could do alot worse, so this gets a vote of confidence. tiggmtl (4179), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Jan 19, 2006 Sweet orange, grapefruit and some caramel malts are apparent in the nose. Hazy golden orange coloured body is topped by a low, fine bubbled, white head that recedes to a lasting cover with some sudsy lacing. Somewhat vegetal, green citrus hops are sharp in the flavour with pronounced bitterness and not a lot of malt character. Medium body with moderate, fine bubbled effervescent carbonation. Bottle (trade, May-05) sampled with beerbuzzmontreal, MartinT, Oliver_MTL, Rastacouere and Yowie. Thanks, DarkElf! beerbuzzmontreal (2747), Montreal, Quebec, Canada Jan 17, 2006 Slightly cloudy orange pour with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel with citric hops. Good flavor of fruity hops with well rounded caramel malt and a bitter finish. The palate is light and creamy with soft carbonation. A good IPA but there’s nothing captivating.
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