3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draft.
Clear medium gold with a bright white head that settles to a thin cap.
Big pine leads the nose, with a firm layer of crackery malt below. There’s decent complexity to the hop component with some citric, herbal notes that come out with time.
A bit thinner than expected in the mouth. Decent malt, but not enough to balance the bitterness that’s there. It’s good to see an IPA that carries a good amount of bitterness, but there needs to be more balance than this for me. Flavors are pretty simple and linear, but very clean.
Mouthfeel comes across a bit fizzy due to the lack of malt. It’s a good beer, and fine for a session, but not my favorite.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
What’s up with the people hating on this? This is a decent IPA...maybe there is a lot of bottle variation? Thick fading head tons of lacing. Nice light copper color. Aroma of floral hops and orange peel. A bit bitter but pretty balanced. Only fault is it doesn’t finish super clean...nothing nasty lingering just grapefruit pith. This beer is way better than the paltry 49 at the present. Not a hop bomb but solid and inoffensive.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 ounce got as extra. Malty and sweet. Some pine. Not a hop bomb, but sweet IPA.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
12oz bottle. Pours a light golden amber with a thin white head that quickly goes to a thin film.
The aroma is extremely subdued - some sweet corny malts.
The flavor is sweet vegetal malts and a little minty leather with a big metallic ashy bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and watery.
Overall, not a good IPA. It has decent bitterness but is a mess.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle poured a clear orange amber with a small lasting amber head. Aromas of biscuit, grassiness, earthiness, citrus and light pine. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of biscuit, earthiness, grassiness and light citrus with a smooth dry bitter lingering earthy finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle @ home. Transparent copper orange appearance with a light brown head. Toasty caramel malty, grapefruit citrusy, a touch piney aroma. Creamy, grapefruit citrusy, toasty malty flavor with notes of caramel and toffee. Bleh.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ Cortez beer fest. Amber and bright with decent head. Aroma is muddled from a disjointed array of hops but it tastes great. Balanced and good malt character, with a bright hop finish. The character of the hop is herbal, piney, and Douglas fir.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught. Golden-copper and very bright. Herbal-minty aroma is kind of light. Moderate bitterness, slightly earthy with hints of caramel. Not bad.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle/Durango Colorado. Not much else to be said here that hasn’t already been touched on. Good IPA from a great city in Colorado.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing.
Body is dark yellow.
Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers, grapefruit).
Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter.
Light to medium body, watery texture, soft/lively carbonation.
Exceptionally bland, but not terrible.
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