3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Great every day IPA...and one I can easily pick up from the grocery store. I prefer it over my other easily gotten choices although it’s not in the same league as my favorites...Stone Ruination for one. I don’t quite think it a gateway-IPA, as I imagine anyone who doesn’t typically like hoppy beers won’t be persuaded otherwise. Final verdict--I could easily drink it everyday.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear old gold with a light head cover and full lace. Taste is typical American IPA: light malt with a quick domination by piney hops. Good as far as it goes, but mostly a choice for hop-lovers.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Hazy amber color with medium, bubbly, off-white head. Nice hoppy aroma of grapefruit, some pineapple and lychee notes, floral notes and some caramelly malt. Fruity hops flavor with a bit of malty sweetness and a moderately bitter finish. Medium-bodied. A nice quaffable IPA.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
some floral aroma; nice looking pour - honey unfiltered golden color. not much up front with taste - then a mildly bitter slightly dry finish - needs some more flavor to stand out...
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Part of the "IPA of the month" selection I received. Pours very cloudy orange, hardly any head. light/sweet aroma. fruity, floral taste, mild hops with bitter backbone. decent IPA, not the best, but definately not the worst, would drink this again
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours clear golden with white head, lighter aroma of citrus and herbal spice. The taste is similar, lighter and a little crisp with a simple hop bitter that lingers with a slightly medicinal taste. This is a solid basic ipa, I think the lower scores for this beer are helped too by the way Breckenridge markets a standard ipa try to come across as their great accomplishment. It is good but not terribly unique or flashy, or great.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 5/20
I love IPAs, and this one was good but not great. It was pretty average straight down the line.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Poured into a snifter.
3.5 A: Opaque orange amber color. Less than one finger of frothy beige head that fell quickly, but did leave a short ring of lacing.
3.5 S: Floral and citrusy hops, but no flavors in particular stand out. Caramel malts with a heavy breadiness that is enhanced by the yeast.
3.0 T: Light herbal and citrus hop flavor. A bit soapy. The yeastiness and breadiness are strong and block out most of the other flavors. Moderate bitterness.
3.5 M: Medium body. Good moderate carbonation. A bit chewy.
2.5 D: I’m not a huge fan of bready IPAs and this is full of it. Additionally, the hops don’t really do a lot for this. Lucky me? I think not.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 11-13-2011 17:52:27
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