4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is my favorite beer of all times. I’ve been drinking hundreds of bottles of this one in the past couple of years. :)
Brownish-amber color, medium head, very hoppy and malty. The fruity bitterness and very long bitter aftertaste is really good. Full body and thick with a very long finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a wonderful hazy deep orange with a big, off-white head. Damn this beer looks nice. Nose is complex and very fruity: vanilla, strawberry, raspberry, hints of grassy licorice. Taste is equally complex, with much of the same aromas re-appearing on my palate. In addition, a very elegant twist in the taste development makes a loop in the palate towards the end, filled with molasses and hints of cinnamon. Delicious. Moderately bitter and lingering finish. Mouthfeel is filling, as a double IPA should have it, and despite the relatively light ABV the OriginAle is as satisfying taste-wise as most of its other, higher alcohol genre colleagues. This is a real American style DIPA, fruity and bitter at the same time. Very solid.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Better than I expected. Nice full body with fresh aftertaste. Enjoyable bitterness.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 0,5 l. Murky brown, big beige head, looks damn appealing. Nose has hops, pine, barnyard, malts, forest, earth, maybe some cellar. Flavor is intense, piney hops, big malty background. Very very nice, a real delight. Easy to drink despite the high alc. Smooth carb with big body.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 5, 2010 Lovely strong flavor this is a big piece of art made carefully but with a heavy brush. I love it. a piece of heaven for me.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Ølbutikken.
Glowing ruby and gold. Full flavour, long lingering finish. Lovely interplay between malt and grassy/flowery hops. Worthy of a tribute to Darwin!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear amber with a medium off white head. Hoppy aroma with pine, malt and fruity notes. Hoppy flavour with pine, grapefruits, peach and floral notes. Finished bitter.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 18, 2011 First rating
At Copenhagen Beer Festival, on May 7, 2010. On draught.
Hazy golden color, yellowish dense head. Citrus, peach sorbet, ice cream, hoppy, sweet, bitter taste. Medium to somewhat thick mouthfeel, rather high bitterness. Malty and hoppy scent, though weaker than expected.
6/3/8/3/13=3.3
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Draught at Haket, Göteborg, on November 18, 2011
Hazy golden to copper color, big lasting creamy off-white head. Sweet, malty, berry, fruity, hoppy scent. Smooth mouthfeel, fairly high bitterness, some alcohol notes. Malty, sweet, berry, almond paste scent.
7/4/8/4/16=3.9
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle - Thanks, Eric! Deep dark amber color with a hazy body, huge fluffy head. Big caramelly, malty middle that fills the mouth, but it gets quickly overpowered by a huge broad hop wallop. Bam! -- this hits you in the face with hops. Somewhat rough and even gritty mouth feel. The high alcohol intensifies all the flavors (and it warms the throat going down, too). There’s no hiding from this beer. For a hophead like me, this stuff is gold particularly in N. Europe. You’d think you were in Oregon or something. Wish I could get it more often.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (50 Cl) from Systembolaget. Clear deep amber, medium off-white head. Floral and herbal noble hop aroma, with a bready malt background. Meidum bodied, medium carbonation. Dry with high bitterness. Great stuff.
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