 AmEricanbrew (816), Left Coast, Louisiana, USA
May 13, 2008
Clear amber color with an eggshell white head. Big piney hop, spicy smell. Medium body and smooth. Taste is bready malt sweet at first then a tasty floral hop and spicy alcohol bitterness to finish. nice.
elihapa (190), Hawaii, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Deschutes Hop Henge 7/17/08 (bomber. Pours a light orange-gold with a medium cream head. Aroma of intense hops and citrus (tangerine, grapefruit). Palate was full-bodied, and flavor starts out bitter and full of robust hops and marbled malt. Good, up ‘til that point! What follows – and I assume my bottle was pretty average – left a poor impression of this beer in my mouth. The big flavors began to cross and tangle with an inescapable and not entirely welcome boozy and sweet touch. Pretty soon, the creamy hop syrup I had enjoyed earlier had been seriously tainted by the flavor of alchohol. By the time I got done with a glass of this, I could not separate the different flavors present in this beer. Strange. I might still recommend this, though, for the aroma, initial flavor, and boldness.
Schultsc (393), Henderson, Nevada, USA
Jul 16, 2008 Sampled both on top and subsequently from the bottle in Eugene, OR--rating is from the bottle. Medium-dark orange-amber color with a thin, fine, light tan head. Aroma of light lemony hops with subtle banana and spice with bottom notes of caramelized orange. Flavor consists of some grainy maltiness with dark, dense hop bitterness, and a little spiciness anlong with alcohol. Quite subdued and not at all what I was expecting froma double IPA from Deschutes. The body is slightly out of balance in terms of malt, alcohol, and hops dimensions. Somewhat underwhelming.
gunhaver (541), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Bottle. Pours a clean copper bronze, with a filmy white lacing and frothy white head. Big hops in the nose, some spices, vanilla, pine. Creamy. Big balance of hops and malts in the flavor. Spicy, vanilla flavors. Brown sugar. Definitely heavy on the malts, but still balanced. Full-bodied and very drinkable.
aplusbreaks (24), , Colorado, USA
Jul 14, 2008 I had a bomber the other night and lost my tasting notes, I do remember enjoying it but not being blown away
Gregis (848), Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Jul 13, 2008 Bomber courtesy of SuzyGreenberg. Pours a dark reddish-orange with a thin, creamy, off-white head. On the nose is sweet caramel malt behind piny and lightly citric hops. Medium to full-bodied and creamy-slick with a dry and slightly resinous finish. Effervescent caramel malt, piny and lightly citric hops (following the nose) it concludes with a dry tongue-squeezing finish. While the flavor profile doesn’t blow me away, this is an exceptionally drinkable IIPA. Thanks for sending me the bottle, Ben!
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