4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
clove, alcohol, basement aromas, citrus, cereal, spruce. Awesome no matter how you look at it.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Clear, light copper with off-white head. Sweetness of a jolly rancher, orangish citrus. Greta malt and hop balance. A little grassy and grapefruity. Bracing, sharp finish with residual sweetness. Fuckin’ A nice.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Från denna brunorange öl strömmar det upp dofter av citrus, knäckebröd och smörkola. Den höga alkoholprocenten sticker i näsan. Smaken är frukt och russin och en jäkla massa (men i det här fallet inget negativt) bitterhet.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
16 oz draft at winking lizard bethel road
A: one of the few beers as of late, it seems, that fits the bill of an india PALE ale. so many of these should actually be called imperial amber ales
S: its a fantastic aroma, but i wasnt sure to rate it as an average DIPA or above average beer
T: the bitterness doesnt seem to wait for you to swallow it. the hope flavor hits as the penance for such excellent flavor
M: there is no chalkiness or syrupy feel. this goes down as beer should as easy as water, but not quite as thin
O: considering this is probably the most popular IPA in the US, my opinion doesnt matter
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, courtesy of Eric who shipped this baby all across the Atlantic to the Bergen Beer Geek Tasting Crew - thanks man! :-D This is my first-ever Dogfish Head beer (thanks to lack of distribution in Europe) and after seeing all the "Brewmasters" eps I’m pretty psyched up about finally popping one! :-) So here goes: pours a clear deep golden body with a small, off-white head. Aroma is surprisingly sweet, with grassy hops and syrupy notes, hints of spices, pumpkin and roasty malts in the back. Taste is smooth, clean grassy hop notes with thick syrupy malt tones as a dense backdrop. Smooth and full-bodied. Not too impressive in the ways of complexity, but that’s made up for through an amazingly clean taste; almost like a lager DIPA. I like it.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Picco . Nice deep brown , taste strong but very smooth , enjoyed it but didn’t want a second
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 5, 2012 Deep amber with a monster fluffy white head. Leaves lots of lacing.Aroma is fruity (hint of pineapple) with a hint of alcohol.Taste is much smoother than I expected. It starts off a little milder than I expected but then you get hit by the hoppy bitterness midway through which lingers long after you swallow.Good IIPA though I think I prefer Stone Ruination and Three Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. The aroma was of floral and grass hops, a grain malt and a soapy yeast with notes of caramel, citrus (grapefruit) and a mild alcohol tinge.
The taste started with a mild sweetness and a slight bitterness with a note of caramel and then finished quite a bit hoppier with an excellent bitter citrus taste and a slight alcohol presence at the end. The flavor lasted a really nice long time with the smooth hoppy citrus taste fading very slowly.
Mouthfeel was just a tad over light in body with the texture being a bit dry and having a slight oiliness to it with a nice strong carbonation.
Overall a nice strong hoppy brew that had such a good balance of a bitter citrus and caramel sweetness that the high ABV was hardly noticeable.
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