3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20Bottle received in trade. 2012 vintage. Thank you callmemickey! Pours clear deep golden with a thin frothy offwhite head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is sweet and herbal with white bread, alcohol, oily pine, freshly cut grass, moist green herbs, caramel, peppery resinous wood, orange peal, moist soil, vodka and tropical fruit hard candy. Taste is sweet and very bitter with bread, alcohol, oily pine, freshly cut grass, peppery resinous wood, citrus fruit peal and zest, caramel, liquor, tropical fruit hard candy, lemon balm and caramel. Mouthfeel is round, very boozy and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with caramel, sweet bread, alcohol, grapefruit rinds, unripe pineapple, resinous wood and oily pine. Very weird, very boozy and not really my thing...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma- heavenly - I really enjoy this been (older years)
Appearance - deep amber color little to no head
Taste - Sweet without being off-putting
Palate - super smooth despite the high ABV
Overall - this is a wonderful beer to share with close friends. Enjoy
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Golden pour. Sweet and fruity aroma. Initial big sweetness with lots of fruit, and then the hops take over providing a big bitterness. Huge contrast. Finish is lingering bitterness. Complex, interesting.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is an amazing beer that has alk the bests...but it is very very intense. That’s the only downside, soo intense you have to share it, but thats the fun!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. The pour is a hazy bright golden orange. The aroma is pretty interesting, lots of hops as expected, pine, a combustion of hops really. The taste is huge upfront. Super super boozy. The pine carries through the taste, very earthy. Everything I thought it would be.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours amber with small with head. Strong aroma of hops. Extremely hoppy taste yet has a smooth finish. You can definitely taste the alcohol! Excellent beer!
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at city beer. Pours copper with white head. Aroma is booze and hops. Taste is sweet and booze. Good hop finish.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Looks like an IPA with a golden appearance. Tastes like a Barleywine...this will put you on your ass.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Huge, hot boozy aroma. Syrupy malts, pine and citrus hops. Flavor follows. Tons of booze to this one, tons of hops. Very sweet malt profile. Mouthfeel is viscous and slick and the finish is long and packs more heat to it. Balance is hard to achieve with a beer like this, I get that - but this definitely falls short of the marks left by it’s younger siblings. There’s a lot of hype to this one, and availability definitely plays a part. Keep that in mind when you go hunting/trading for it. A 12 oz pour is particularly difficult to finish, so share or expect to re-cap and throw it back in the fridge like I did.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
WOW. Definitely a powerful beverage. Initially tastes like the 90 minute IPA, but goes down like whiskey. Very hoppy, slight citrus. But still less intense than I expected (probably a good thing)... Much easier to drink than other beers I’ve had with a lower alcohol content and IBU (Flying Dog Double Dog comes to mind). Very good, but definitely not an everyday beer.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is my favorite IPA. It has such a full interesting palate that you can really savor every sip. At over 15%ABV, you have to take your time with it and enjoy it.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
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