 greenhorn1 (458), Mission Viejo, California, USA
Nov 24, 2006 12 oz. Pours a light amber, small head, medium to high carbonation, and tons of lacing. Strong grassy notes and citrus sting the nose. It goes done oily with a big hop hit, floral notes and of course, citrus. There is a strange bitterness burn that is left in the back of your mouth, not typical of a well balanced IPA. Overall, not bad, but definitely better NW IPA’s out there.
ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Nov 24, 2006 Hoppy, creamy, fruity aroma; nice. Beautiful, red, murky, reddish amber. Beautiful, sheet lace, frothy. Appearance doesn’t get better than this. I really like the stronghop. No harshness. A tad light. Not outstanding, but really good. A little harsh.
beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
Nov 22, 2006 Updated: Sep 3, 2008Tastes very similar to quail springs, but a crap ton more hops added. Very bitter, almost too bitter in my opinion, doesn’t balance well. Quail springs was a easily drinkable IPA, but I guess they felt the pressure of the massive hopped PNW IPA trend so this was born. Lightly sweet up front, caramel and light fruitiness. Finish has a strong bitterness with a mass of citrus hops. Very creamy body and grapefruit finish.
beervana (781), Libertyville, Illinois, USA
Nov 14, 2006 (07.26.06) 12 oz brown bottle from Liquid Solutions. 6.8% ABV. Best by 9/12/06. Lot 082EG. Hoppy malty aroma. Poured hazy amber with medium white head. No discernable carbonation. Medium bodied ale that starts with light malt sweetness and mouth blasting citrus (grapefruit) hop flavors. Hop bitterness increases in intensity in the middle. Finished with lingering hop bitterness. Somewhat unbalanced with very little malt foundation to support giant hop presence. Tastes like concentrated hop tea. Hop heads take note.
mj (4975), Colorado, USA
Nov 14, 2006 Updated: Mar 3, 2009Has a musty, leafy and grassy nop nose; even feels acidic on the nostrils while smelling this beer. Dry and musty yeast all over this beer, with the hop presence certainly there, but it doesn’t have any juiciness or sweetness, it’s just dry and caustic from the hops. Crisp up front on the lips, musty and starchy on the back of the tongue, full of metallic hops. Really not my kind of IPA.
pivnizub (4951), Bochum, Porúří, Germany
Nov 12, 2006 Bottle: Slightly hazy, copper coloured, small foamy layer; impressive herbal to "medical" dry resinous hoppy nose with traces of sweet malt in the background; very strong dry bitter flavour, light to medium bodied, extremely well hidden alcohol; crisp, strong, dry herbal hoppy, a bit citrousy finish with a never ending bitter aftertaste. Oh, hoppy day ! Herzlichen Dank, Jonas - genau mein Geschmack...!
jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Nov 9, 2006 GABF-on tap- pours an offwhite head. Taste is light/medium citrus-grapefruit hops, upfront bang/bitter.
Glouglouburp (2778), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nov 7, 2006 Cloudy orange-copper body with a small white head. My tasting sampler was too small to word a meaningful description. I can only say that its overall earthy profile, great balance and strong “rough” bitterness was just the type of IPA that does it to me. Must get bottles of that stuff. I sure had no aversion for this Inversion.
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