leeburg (90), Wrangell, Alaska, USA
Jun 12, 2007
12 oz, poured a murky, chunky unfiltered orange amber with a small white head. Scents of orange, pine, wood, sugar... of course quite hoppy. Sweet at first, orange fading into grapefruit and hops, alcohol presence throughout (obviously). Very enjoyable IPA, and the best I’ve had from Dark Horse.
 jcwattsrugger (3942), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Sep 1, 2008 @Indiana Beerfest-12oz bottle-pours a light tan ring for a head and cloudy amber color. Aroma is herbal/pine/resin hops, secondary medium malt. Taste is spicy/herbal/pine/resin hops, secondary medium malt. Syrupy mouth feel. OK/mild carbonation.
SacSirPlato (17), New Buffalo, Michigan, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Another big beer. Excuse me for rating so much at once: Have a lot of notes. Will rate more consistently soon. Anyway, this beer was too big. Almost a hop tonic. Sweet, hoppy, thick....I love all of those aspects, but not together. Too much of everything. Still, a good beer.
thickfreakness (63), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Tasted on 5/15/08. Pours a nice dark amber color with little to no head from a slightly aggressive pour into my Sierra Nevada Pint glass. It smells really nice and sweet and also has a subtle, citrusy hop aroma. Kind of surprising that the malt stands out more than the hops on this one. The taste is excellent. Its a great balance of that sweet caramel malty taste with a pungent citrus hoppiness that makes it lean almost closer to a barleywine in my opinion. The mouthfeel is really nice and creamy on this one and man the 13.6% alcohol is hardly smelled or tasted at all meaning this one could really sneak up on you. A great beer.
BMan1113VR (800), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle thanks to mibirder. I would guess this beer has at least two years of age on it. Yellowish wax if that indicates anything. Pours with a largish, off-white, creamy head covering a murky amber-brown body. Good lacing. Aroma is of strong, sweet toffee, brown sugar and some lemon citrus hops. Wow, lots of malts in the tastes, no hops really. There is some alcohol in the taste, but considering it is 13.6 it is EXTREMELY well hidden. Very sweet overall. Oily mouthfeel with light bubbles.
AmEricanbrew (924), Swamp Shreveport, Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Clear amber with a tight tan head. Nice piney hop aroma with some sweet malt. Smooth medium body. Nice triple ipa flavors are sweet pine hops with sweet malts mixing nicely with a boozy bitterness. The 13.6% never really gets in the way, and is fairly well cloaked until the brew warms. Nice
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