2.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Smelled o.k. Started off acidic and yeasty up front, finished thin. My notes read: "Never trust Jeff"
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: NOV 19, 2003 Aroma is hoppy and citrusy. Appearance is murky orange with little head. Flavor is not as hoppy as many IPA's, citurs and malt are also present in the flavor. Not as well rounded as it could be. Overall this a good IPA.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Decent hop aroma, with only a hint of malt. Definately a more English style IPA, but without as much malt as one would expect from the style. A touch astringent in the mouth.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Wonderful aroma. Hoppy goodness. Nice flavor--malty and dry with grassy aftertaste. Fruity tastes in the middle.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I enjoyed the Psychedelica labeling on this one. I like this much better than Dogwood"s Pale. The aroma and hops are overpowering at first and then begin to linger at the finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Only thing I did not like about this was the label - looks like it wants to be a malt liquor - but since I do not ding for labels like my buddy Aurelius - I still gave it a 4 for appearance as I like the orangish color and the long lasting head. Aroma is everpresent and reminiscent of walks through microbrewries out west where you can smell the freshly picked hops. Grapefruit taste is prevalent but not overpowering. Strong finish - impressed by Dogwood thus far. Need to pay them a visit.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Lousy label, however the beer appearance makes up for it. Nice hazy pumpkin orange. Dogwood still appears pretty foamy. Big, big, fresh hop aroma -- smells like the hop tea that I make for the homebrew. This stood head and shoulders over the Saranac IPA sampled immediately prior to this. Carbonation and hop sting over sweet kumquat/citrus.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Crisp, west coast aroma. Cloudy orange with particulates. In mid sip, this beer presented me with a wall of shit tasting malt...caught me off guard...ended rather dry too. What a horrible finish to a beer which started out rather promising.
3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Typical pale, clear IPA appearance. I rather liked the piney IPA aroma. However, the flavor was rather lacking. The malts and hops seemed rather off-balance and the finish was undesirable.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Microbrewed IPA, typical of the style - not much finesse, but doesn’t really call for it. Hops dominate throughout, very quenchng, very tasty.
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