4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy blonde. Thin head. Massive dank aroma. Bitter, herbal, weedy with light pale malt. Very, very nice IPA, clean and richly hopped.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours light amber gold with a creamy off-white head. Cat piss aroma with floral and pine. Med+ body. Flavor is lots and lots of citrus pine and floral. Finish is kind of floral and pine. How did they make a beer without malt?
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Blue Palms. Pours with a resiliant off-white head over a hazed golden amber. Aroma of citrus hops, alcohol and a bit of caramel. Taste is caramel and alcohol up front with a bit of herbal and citrus. Light bubbles. Seems like a iipa similar in vain to Port 3rd..
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma Coma
Tasted on tap at the Bistro 12th Annual IPA Festival on 8/8/09. This IPA poured an orange gold color from the tap. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is orange and citrus and a touch floral. A medium sized IP. Malts are fruity and sweet. Lots of orange and citrus. Hops are citrusy and floral. Lots of bitterness. Nice balance. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth, Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Rich amber beer with a whitish head. Sumemr fruit and light pine aroma. Tangerine and grapefruit flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Orange, tangerine, and grapefruit lingers with light pine.
Earlier Rating: 5/8/2009 Total Score: 3.6
Draft. Rich amber beer with a cream colored head. Huge summer fruit/grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and summer fruit flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Grapefruit and summer fruit lingers with light malt.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared by bhensonb. Pours clear yellow with a rich off-white head and a marvelous piney aroma. There is a mild caramel malt flavor with some seriously bitter hopping. It’s not balanced, but it a hophead’s delight.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A: The beer pours a slightly cloudy golden amber color with a small white head.
S: Seems this beer is very aptly named. It has a very intense aroma with lots of citrus, tropical fruits, and pine. There are some floral hop notes to it as well. A light bread character on the back end.
T: There is just a light bread sweetness, but otherwise there are tons of floral hops and citrus peel flavors. A moderate pine note and bitterness, but not quite the same variety of hops that the aroma had.
M: Medium bodied with medium carbonation.
O: One of the more fragrant IPAs I’ve had in awhile and a really nice beer overall.
4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I enjoyed this .. . Pours a dark gold, good foam, awesome lacing .. . if noses could show emotion, mine would be smiling . .. lots of pine, resin, flowers, citrus and stupid scooter .. . nice stuff, and like 3 weeks old... .
Beat it Sabu!
perhaps later
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the Bistro’s IPA Fest. Lightly hazy yellow amber with a medium white head. Nose of floral, light pine, and a hint of caramel. Flavor was light bitterness with some balancing caramel.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at City Beer in SF a few months ago, then again recently at the ’09 Bistro IPA Fest in Hayward, CA. Fairly dark brown color for the style with an off-white head. Aroma is hoppy with strong citrus, a little pine, and some sweet caramel malt. Flavor is more of the same, malt largely caramel, with C-hops that lend lots of citrus and tropical fruit flavors. Really tasty. Somewhat light on the palate compared to what you’d expect.
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