3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 15, 2008 Draft at Bel Air. Pours amber with a dissipating white head. Nice floral and fruity nose. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Toffee/ caramel like maltiness (with a hint of toastiness that fades as it warms) countered by an aggressive grapefruit rind bitterness that carries through to the finish. Some slight lingering resin as well. I swear I taste a hint of noble hops. As a guy that is picky about IPAs, this is decent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Amber bodied with a tall, foamy beige head. The hop aroma on this is very herbal and minty with lots of fruit notes. There’s a touch of caramel in the nose as well. Taste is herbal and floral hops, tropical fruit notes, light pine, and caramel. Body is medium with a soft bubbly carbonation and a lingering mint-like hoppy mouthfeel. Ends with more tropical fruit notes, herbal hops, floral notes, and caramel.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a murky peachy color with a small white head. Nose is resiny hops, light dry fruit floral, some honey biscuits. Palate is tingly with a light velvety feel and a tongue coating. Flavors of apricots and nectarines, light doughy, finishes with a nice throat bite.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
hazy gold, wispy white head with light ring. Nose is light cheese, butter, grass, and orange. flavor is sweeter, orange and burnt sugar, light paper and oxidation. Overly sweet, rich, blech.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sweet and sugary toffee nose with lots of hops. Sticky sugar, toffee, ice tea, lots of citrus. Very sweet.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
355mL thanks to beerandblues2. Clear orange with a medium, yellow head with sheets of lace. Nose is cheese and soap. Pretty muted. Taste is a bit boozy with citrus peel and resinous and sappy hope. Not bad.
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3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
This was a very hoppy beer potent at over seven percent abc nice fruit esters and not overly carbonated
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, fruit, citrus, resin, tropical fruit, rosemary, and other spices. Poured orange/amber in color with a tiny, off-white head that lasted throughout as a film on top of the beer, as well as around the edges. Clear. Sparkling. Good lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and medium to heavily bitter. Tastes of malt, tropical fruit, resin, Earth, light plastic, spices, and some wood. Medium body. Tingly, than dry texture. Average carbonation. Slightly sweet, medium to heavily bitter, malt, hop, spice, finish is lightly dry. 7.5%ABV is completely hidden throughout.
3.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice sweet high alcohol IPA. Good sugary hop flavor and a decent amount of alcohol to warm.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Pours clear copper with frothy off-white head; good retention and lacing. Aroma is floral hops, straw, pine, and light malt. Flavor is caramel malt first quickly transitioning to fruity, citrus hoppy characters with a dry, fruity finish. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap. Pours clear amber with a medium, frothy white head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is fruity and citrus hops, caramel and cookie malt with tropical fruity esters. Flavor is malt forward with heavy hops and bitterness, moderate fruity esters and a dry finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.
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