 cheapdark (1516), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 5, 2008
12 oz brown bottle, not corked. Just yer everyday bottle. Atwitter fragrance of pine or grapefruit rind. Adenoidal volatility. Slight hazy orange glow. Scabrous initial flavors. Certainly not adiaphorous. Too much for this dilettante. Has a lotta nerve. This beer is videlicet IPA. Perhaps a little better than I expected. Burping spruce pine needles. Blended?
drfabulous (658), Columbia, Missouri, USA
Jul 24, 2008 Holy. I love this beer. It hits me in the face. An excellent Double IPA. I should buy more....but I don’t.
estoppel (963), Buffalo, New York, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle. Rich amber body, medium white head, fruity nose. Fruity flavor, without the ridiculous level of bitterness that any double IPAs carry. Dangerously drinkable.
Mes_and_Sim (3927), London, Greater London, England
Jul 12, 2008 A Mes rate: bottle from American Beer Distributors.
Clear amber brown with a thin white foamy head. Liquorice and dark fruit aroma with a bit of barley, decent malt and hops but spoiled a little by a strong flowery perfume note. The flavour is thankfully devoid of the perfume and is actually really good. Lovely balance of malt and hops. Big and resinous, nice sugary alcohol, good bready malt and a big finish with everything all wrapped up together at once. Lingering hop bitterness kicks ass. Good stuff that could be better without the flowers.
General_Gao (2357), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Jul 12, 2008 12oz bottle. Aroma was of molasses, dark fruits, alcohol, steeping barley, and a hint of pineapple. Poured a clear dark orange color. The head was off white and reduced over a minute or two to a thin film. Full bodied and very sweet with carbonation on the lower end of the spectrum. The flavor profile is malt and fruit dominated with the likes of molasses, toffee, caramel, and pineapple. There was also a fair amount of vanilla, light citrusy hops, and a hint of wood. I didn’t get much in the way of hop bitterness and at 10%, there was no alcohol astringency. Pretty good, but not the easiest thing to drink due to all the sugar.
jehoey (669), Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 12, 2008 a like a little more ipa with my oak than this. aroma is really woody with some vanilla, and lots of caramel. poured a rich copper color and also had a deep caramel tasted that was intensified by the okay. little in the way of hops, biscuity and caramally. medium bodied, wasn’t really my thing.
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