3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Bruiser of an IPA, very aggressive palate with heavy piney resinous hops. Sticky finish. Loses a little on balance in my mind, hops get almost sticky and a little heavy, not as refreshing as I would like. Overall very good beer, but not near the best amongst it’s peers in style.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at the tasting room. Hazy golden body, small fluffy white head. Aroma of fruits, raisins and herbs. Taste very weak for the percentage. However, it’s very balanced and has a silky body. Even more fruit in the taste and with a delayed bitterness that grows in the finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Clear orange with a white head.
Aroma is very nice. Floral, mild bitterness, sweet tropical fruits. Very nice aroma. There is actually a pretty intense caramel, sugar thing going on too.
Taste starts nicely bitter and slides into a more balanced sweet malty flavor. It ends with a nice lasting bitter aftertaste that stays for a while (hey, Get Your Gun).
Overall, a great beer! Nicely balanced between the bitter hop profile and an interesting sweet, sugary, malt presence.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from mane liquor. Pours a bright orange colour with a nice white head. Aroma is all fruity hops of tropical and citrus. Tropical smell dominates with mango. Taste is more grapefruit with a nice bitterness. Solid dipa.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Crown Wine and Spirits in Port St. Lucie. Pours a golden yellow with a white head leaving a bit of lacing. Aroma has pine floral hops and some herbs. Taste is of pine, resin, oniony presence. some malt back. Fairly light and smooth. A bit alcoholly. Finishes sweetly bitter and a bit tangy.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Iron Abbey in Horsham, PA. I may be biased since my girlfriend was born and raised in Coronado, but they are pumping out a solid product here. Great blend of hops and on the more drinkable side of beers this big.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 ounce bottle from Total Wine Sacramento, thin disappearing head, nicely bitter, no citrus or pine. Good effervescence.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Light Amber/Gold thin off white head. Aroma is fruity and floral, with dried apricot, bubblebath, and background hoppiness. Taste is floral, with a mild pine to it, nice firm hoppiness.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Liquor Store Las Vegas. Nose is very tropical, grapefruit, pineapple, mangos, and a hint of ivy. Clear orange tinged yellow with a medium yellow tinged head. Flavor is moderated bitter with lsomef background fruity sweetness. Quite delicious.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours an orange color with a nice foam head.Smells of grapefruit. Taste hoppy bitter with a smooth after taste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
650ml bottle. Pours a clear medium gold, with a large off-white head, which lasts fairly well and leaves decent lacing. Fruity hops notes of grapefruit, mango and pineapple mix with pine needles and caramel and white bread malt in the aroma. Powerful grapefruit hops up front segue into fruitier tropical flavours of pineapple and mango, with a touch of kiwifruit leading into the mid-palate. Supple salted caramel malt in the mid-palate provides some backing to the hops. Melon and mango hops come in at the finish, leaving a lingering mango aftertaste. The range and depth of tropical hops flavours in this beer is very enjoyable, and there is just enough malt backing to sustain them, making for a classy imperial IPA.
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