3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Blind Tiger. Amber red colour with lighter orange highlights. Aroma is very fruity and loaded with mango, peach, and passionfruit. Very tropical and fruity. A kiss of juicy fruitiness. Flavour is also great, rich sweet citrus hops, tangerine and orange. Very low cohumulones giving is a soft bitter finish. Really nicely made IIPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Pours orange with a thin off white head. Fruity hoppy aroma, with light pine and sweet caramel malts. The flavor has fruity and piney hops and a light malty sweetness. Pretty good.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From tap at the Pike brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light peachy hoppy, crisp bitter and slight citrusy. Bitter and crisp hoppy finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Another macho IPA brewed in the American Northwest. I had to force myself to drink through this one, and get to some Guinness.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sampled on tap at IIPA fest at Saraveza, pours cloudy orange / yellow with a small lasting head. Aroma of heavy caramel malts, pine and citrus. Flavour is malty and with citrus hops. Well-balanced. Beautiful.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled on tap for IIPA fest @ Saraveza, pours hazy golden orange with a white head. Aroma of resinous hops, grass and caramel. Flavour of resinous, leafy hops, an earthy tone, citrus and some caramel backing. Extremely well-made - delicious.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Subdued citrus aroma. Flavor is lots of sweetness, assertive grapefruitiness, but disappointingly obvious prescence of alcohol for 8.7%. This beer definitely lingers. First the alcohol, then the sweetness, then the bitterness leaves the palate. Good marks for serving it to me in a pint and at happy hour prices.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Snifter at Tangletown. Huge, thick pillow head. Hazy deep amber pour. Smooth feel with some sour-sweet-malt to balance with a not too huge hopping. Tasty, smooth middle of the road Imp Ipa.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Date: September 13, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: opaque orange, big creamy off white head
Aroma: sweet citrus and pine aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet citrus flavor, sweet orange balanced by the bitter orange rind
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
draft at latona. dark medium amber, murky, with a dense, creamy white head. tons of lace. mild pine and caramel nose. creamy medium body, plenty of carb. pine, caramel, and resin mid palate, with a medium resiny finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Brouwer’s Hopfest ’09. Pours an orange-copper with a small head. The aroma has a ton of citrus hops (some sweet mandarin and lots of grapefruit). Not much of a caramel malt counter - this one is definitely hop-forward, and even a bit boozy... but it has a full mouthfeel, and is really tasty. Good work by the guys at Elysian.
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