 padrefan98 (787), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
May 31, 2007 Draft at Ritgers in Hawaii. The last of a very long walk and night that started at a brewery and ended in a black eye. Strong smell of hops, finally something with a decent start. Tastes of citrus, pine, hops and bitter endings. I was to full to finish this one, but i was enjoying it.
Linc (736), Sydney, Australia
May 31, 2007 Cloudy bronze colour. Moderately hoppy aroma, though the hops aren’t very lively, their aroma seems muted, flat and wet if that makes sense. Like the aroma, hop flavours are not well defined they tend to wallow in sweet malt and slowly peter out into a spicy hop finish. I suspect the bottle I tried was not the freshest, but it didn’t really show signs of past glory. Unlike most other Deschutes beers, this one did not really impress me.
fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
May 29, 2007 Draft at Ritger’s Hawaii. Decent hoppy aromas off this golden amber pour with a really nice head. Flavors were similar. Strong hops of citrus and grass of the finish. Not bad
drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 25, 2007 12oz bottle. best before 6/30/07. pours clear golden-amber with white head. nose isnt very hoppy, subtle spicy and grapefruit hops. flavor is spicy and leathery hops, medium bitterness, and biscuit notes with cookie finish. this tastes more like an english-style ipa and a well done one at that. enjoyed.
riversideAK (2648), Shoreline, Washington, USA
May 25, 2007 A strange aroma really, my girlfriend said it smelt like a wet dog. Orange red appearance with a small head. Flavor is bitter, but not really citrus or pine, just a regular bitter beer flavor. Got a little caramel and vanilla from the malt, but this one is still strange to me. I would rather have a Mirror Pond or Black Butte.
alafito (334), tijuana, Mexico
May 23, 2007 A strongly bitter IPA, as much as an imperial. A good dose of malts to... problem is that the bitterness is not acompanied with a nice hop flavor, there is a very slight grapefruit and orange but not enough to balance out the bitterness. The palate is lightly sweet and tangy. Overall its above average but not top 10 on my IPA list.
Braudog (3733), Dayton, Ohio, USA
May 22, 2007 Draft at Eichardt’s Sandpoint: Muddy and red. Sweet malty aroma. Likewise, a rich and malty drinker ... almost mediciney, though. Metallic. Blood orange and tangy. Almost too rindy. Fruity, but not enough of the fruit, if that makes sense. (#2910, 5/17/2007)
drawde (115), San Francisco, California, USA
May 19, 2007 Updated: Jul 30, 2007Not very fragrant, smells more of malt than hop. Nice, butterscotch-tangerine color and clear. The flavor just doesn’t cut it though, just not bold enough for IPA. Has an akward, lavernder-like smoothness on the palate (I’ve noticed this in Pyramid’s IPA too) that to me is not suitable for an IPA. I want my IPAs to sting at least a little, and this one doesn’t. Overall, a mediocre IPA. Maybe these guys have their porter recipe down cold, but I think they should change the IPA up a bit.
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