3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Poured a yellowing orange with off white head. Aroma is citrus and hops. Taste is more of the same with a citrus and hops, but also is balanced with malts.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bomber much needed after a footbalm. Bottle thanks to Craig. Pours a cloudy orange color with a very large white head. The aroma is sweet oranges and some biscuit. A very nice IPA dominated by sweet marmalade, huge oranges and lemon, very light bitterness. Extremely smooth. Light herbal tea.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 29, 2012 A: Cloudy amber-orange body. Large offwhite head. Decent retention and lacing.
S: Grapefruit bitterness is dominant. Some floral and pine notes complement it well. Slight malt backbone shines through. Slight alcohol presence as well.
T: Massive grapefruit taste. Larger than expected out of a standard IPA. Plenty of pine bitterness. Balanced some by a nice malt backbone that knows its job is to not get in the way of the hops. Nice bitter finish.
M: Smooth, medium body. Crisp, dry finish.
O: Solid, large IPA. I was impressed and was glad my friends and I were able to grab the last three bottles before they ran out.
4.2 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tangerine, pineapple, rosehip, and grapefruit bouquet. Clear amber, medium yellow lacing head. Full bodied and somewhat resinous. Overripe orange and grapefruit peel. Finishes with crackers and grapefruit peel. Hyper-hopped, but the maltiness is big as well. The multiple varieties of hops really come through more in the aroma than the flavor. Good job.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
35,5 cl bottle @ Golden Garden, Hiroshima. BBE 01.10.2011 (02/2012 on the sticker). Rated on 13.09.2011
Sweet and sugary aroma with exotic fruits and some resin. Flavour is sweet with fruits and some resin. Lots of hops. Once again too sweet DIPA, but the fruity hops are nice though.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
on draft at iron abbey. Hops hops hops. Very bitter but very good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured from a 22 oz bottle, it has a fresh pine scent. The medium head dissipates slowly and leaves light lacing on the glass. Not quite golden and not quite amber ... it’s color is somewhere in between, and very clear. Taste is medium bitter, and its texture is a bit more thick than I would expect from a DIPA. The finish is long and complex. Overall its not a "great" beer, but it’s certainly an enjoyable one.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle. Pours orange with a big fluffy head which paints the inside white with lacing. Aroma is hoppy with a zest of orange peel. Flavor taste like orange marmalade. There is a slight delay and then BAM the bitterness hits. Just like when you take a bite out of a red chili pepper and you wait those few seconds before the burn hits. Nice creamy mouthfeel. Good DIPA.
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