 mreusch (714), Olathe, Kansas, USA
Nov 18, 2008 12oz. bottle, best by 11/11/08 with thanks to bitbucket for one of many, many bonus beers from our trade! Pours a cloudy orange amber with a chunky three finger foamy tan head, excellent lacing and good retention. Aroma is pine/resin, light cirtus and a minimal whiff of caramel. Flavor is more fruity and floral, with only the slightest pine pushed to the background. Moderate hops bite that lingers a bit on the palate. Clean and easy drinking; nothing outstanding, but a decent IPA. Thanks again Bob!
presario (2953), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Oct 30, 2008 Light bubbly head on amber. Aroma is very light; mellon and hops. Surprising strong nice hop flavour. LIght body with a touch of alcohol and a nice hop flavour.
17thfloor (1402), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oct 27, 2008 Pours a reddish clear orange with a small off-white froth. Super resiny/piney aroma, fresh tree-sap, pine needles, ginger, botanicals and tea leaves. Unfortunately all those aromatics don’t work as well on the tongue. Taste of green tea/tea leaves, oily, resin, piney, and light honey sweetness. Quite floral, not terrible sweet with lots of bitterness. Oiley mouthful, medium/full with very smooth light carbonation. Well made, but too hard to drink being so floral.
Lagunitasfan (432), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 21, 2008 12 oz bottle Dark amber color, with almost no head. A murky brown glass of beer. Smell is sharp, with sugar and hops. Caramel? Tingly with hoppy bitterness. Mello and crisp lingering flavor in the mouth. Not the big sweet explosion at all. Not too sticky in the back. The head on my beer seems like the previous reviewer had a completely different brew. My glass is clean. Fine beer, but not special IMO.
tarheels86 (703), Washington DC, USA
Oct 19, 2008 A nice surprise. Overall an excellent IPA and one of my favorite Oregon beers. Pours a nice amber color with a thick, off-white head. Lots of caramel and hops. Mouthfeel is very creamy and smooth. Fantastic lacing: was able to get the entire glass coated in one continuous white fluff like a perfect pint of Guinness. Hops is of course the dominating taste but this IPA is also quite sweet from the crystal malts. Orange and grapefruit...I’m missing those flavors.
caesar (3020), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
Oct 16, 2008 Bottled. Clear amber color, thick off-white head. Malty and hoppy aroma. Slight pine. Bitter taste, bit thin though.
alexsdad06 (1056), Ohio, USA
Oct 10, 2008 12 oz. bottle courtesy of riversideAK. Pours a clear copper colo with a medium sized off white head that leaves nice lacing. The aroma is moderately sweet grapefruit citrus with some light piney hops as well. The flavor has a great deal of hop presence. Grapefruit and pine dominate in the mouth. What sweetness there might be is quickly overtaken with bitterness. There is not much malt backbone to speak of. Medium bodied, on the dry side, not especially complex. Its not that this is bad, just one dimensional.
waolsen (1220), Littleton, Colorado, USA
Oct 7, 2008 bottle. copper pour with foamy head. funky and earthy aroma. large bitterness up front and rich sweet malts. hops are there but not very impressive flavor. little funky.
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