3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Awesome character full of hops. Similar to the 60 minute but seems to be a bit sweeter actually. The malts really do a fine job of balancing out this beer. Bring on the 120 minute...
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled 05-03. Where can I begin? This ale don got no stinkin' hops! A fresh '97 Sierra Nevada Celebration or Bigfoot (ever see a golden retriever shake its head to dry off? Same thing with me, first sip of either 2!); or a (yeah this ain't no forum…) a '97 Brooklyn East India Pale Ale… now those ales had hops (What was it about '97??)! This one wasn't even as hoppy as fresh Anchor Liberty, but there was a bit of Cascade presence, followed by lovely malts (don't know malts... yet). Did I mention that the alcohol was completley hidden?
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: AUG 28, 2003 Tasted in DC from Cairo. Oh sweet mother of Jesus. I am tasting this after trying the World Wide stout. And the bottle is a 750ml. Woooooo. Absolutely beautiful massive hopped taste. Magnificant. Nasty, dirty, lovely. This is what I am looking for. My search has come to an end. I am a hop head. Orange brown colour. Big beautiful white head. Scent is one thing only - hops. Massive. Great. Hops forever.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled: Clear dark golden coloured. Off white frothy medium lasting head. Very hoppy aroma. Fruit accents. Flavour is dominated by the hops. Wellbalanced. Starts mellowed but explodes in a acrid bitterness on the palate. This bitteness grows as the beer warms up, and sit on your palate for quite a long time. Nice. Have tried several of these imperial IPA's and kind of like them, but find it hard to find distinct differences in the samples. Thanks to Raindog for this.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is the beer that led me to this site. I found the bottle with the guy nailing himself, it looked interesting, I took it home and drank it. I was impressed, so I went to the website, found a link to here, all downhill ever since. This is a rating of the 12 oz. bottle. Nice aroma, hoppy, faintly of violets. Appropriate deep gold color, nice head, good lacing, clear. Taste is hoppy, with just enough malt to balance it out. The alcohol is totally masked, well done. A highly commendable beer.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice copper/amber color with a thin off-white head. Tons of hops, but kept in balance, not too overpowering. Nice masking of the 9% abv. A great IPA.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Clear amber color with thin head.Hoppy aroma with some floral notes.Very smooth for the ABV.The best well balanced IPA I have ever had.Finishes with a solid warming feel.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Much more enjoyable than the 60! Light gold. Medium head with a nice lacing. Strong hop aroma. Perfect hop blend with an interesting malt finish. Alcohol notes are not overly strong. Clean and dry.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Lemon, citrus hoppy aroma. Soft and pleasing. Pours golden brown, thin white head. Very smooth. Pleasant sweet aftertaste. Hop bite but not as hoppy as expected. A smooth and tasty beer, much better than the 60 min.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is my first rating, I think I picked a good one to be my first.
Bottle. This is a hophead's wet dream. Intense floral hop start, then a nice bitterness that stays constant during the the sweet maltiness afterwards and a warmness at the end. Thick and sticky. Just keeps getting better and better as it warms and as you have more of them.
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