 JoeinUccle (601), Brussels, Belgium
May 11, 2008
Tasty beer, no doubt, but this is a powerful sipper where the sweetness and sticky hops make it tough to drink more than one. 12 oz pours reddish-orange with nice-looking, fairly persistent head. Nose is sweet, floral and fruity (grapefruit and oranges with fruit punch notes) with a backdrop of resinous hops. Tastes sweet, nearly cloying, and immediately carries with it a serious, sticky and lasting bitterness. Lots of flavor and virtually no subtlety. But forget that, did it taste good? Yes.
badbeer (357), Iowa, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Apricot color with a quickly dissipating white head, leaving a decent lacing. Grassy, and some floral hops, seems like to much maltiness for a DIPA. Starts out with a lemon zest, followed by a caramel taste, quite malty for the style, with a grassy finish. Medium carbonation, syrupy and full bodied. Able to finish the bottle, but glad I only got the one. Probably won’t try this one again.
chrisafari (45), Orange, California, USA
Jul 4, 2008 On Tap at Stone Brewing World Bistro and Gardens. Pours amber/orange with small white head. Aroma of sweet hops and citrus. Cloudy. Flavor begins spicy and hoppy then finishes with flavors of nice citrus and roasted nuts. Very impressive Imperial IPA! Damn this is good!
urraca (28), New Jersey, USA
Jun 29, 2008 Hazy Orange color with a smaller tan head. Instant notes of a floral-hoppy bouquet. Citrus fruity aroma and a sweet grape, hoppy taste. Very drinkable, and the hops actually don’t overpower the other flavors. But a nice crisp, hoppy finish.
belgiumtripel (3), , Indiana, USA
does not count  Jun 28, 2008 this beer was extremely smooth for a double IPA i really enjoyed it a lot of good flavors going on you can taste the subtle flavors and the intense but not biteing hops. a great beer
canoncritic (1), Seattle, Washington, USA
does not count Jun 28, 2008 This is simply a great beer. Even by Pacific NW standards. Pretty fruity, which I happen to like. But I would stop at two bottles. Taste becomes a tad too alcohol after two--IMHO.
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