4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Date: 11/05/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Craft Brew Challenge
opaque orange, whispy head, creamy body, sweet piney citrus aroma, big sweet carmel malt flavor, lots of grapefruit character, a dollop of sweet pine sap, nice long even bitter finish
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Orange with nice lacy light tan head. Huge piney and grapefruit aromas. Sweet caramel, malt, citrus, and alcohol in flavor. Fairly good double IPA.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2005 GCBC. Cloudy orange pour with a pretty decent sized head. Huge grapefruit rindy and pine hop aromas, and a decent backbone of sweet caramel malt. More cirtus and piney hoppy goodness in flavor, with a decent backing of sweet caramel malt. Fairly big bitter bite to finish. Alcohol was a little too upfront, but other than that, a very good iipa.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the 2005 GCBC: Pours a hazy copper bronze with a thick, long-lasting and well-lacing off-white head. Very fresh piney and grapefruity hoppy aroma has some sweet caramel malty balance. Fresh real hoppy body has a nice sweet caramel toffee presence toward a big, bitter, and lightly warming finish. A very nice double IPA. I sure wish Copper Creek were closer to Atlanta or that they would bottle their beers.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
05 GCBC. Hazy copper color with a medium sized off-white head. Huge hoppy citrus and sweet orange aroma. Hoppy citrus and pine flavors running through the the whole flavor length with some caramel on the tail and a nice bitter finish. This beer should have taken best in show. Like their barley wine should have last year
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I originally thought this was just the Double IPA I had from Copper Creek in the winter, but nope, it comes from a different base beer even. The hops are aggressive and perhaps a little on the harsh side. There’s a definite alcohol aspect to the aroma, but the bite is covered up by the tingling hops and malt in the flavor. There were some unusual parts to the aroma that I couldn’t place at the time, but the fact this came off the first running of a cream ale kind of explains it. I think the Double IPA was probably the better of the two beers.
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