4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Release #7- 9.5% is what the bottle says; website says 9.3%, but it’s clear the website has quite a bit of cutting and pasting and some disorganization, so I’ll believe the 9.5%. Sweet aroma with high alcohol quite evident and hops. Cloudy orange body with a yellowish, off-white head. Not much lace. First sip gives you a bit of alcohol burn. A creaminess mellows the hotness and the sweetness balances the considerable hops. Really quite nice. Initially I wasn’t sure I liked it quite as much as I liked the Sam Adams Third Voyage I had last night, but as it warmed, it became really yummy. Great stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2 June 2012, bottle. Bright yellow, clear, no bubbles. Nose is skunky grassy hops. Thin body and mildly fizzy. More hops in taste than I was expecting but most of the bitterness kicks in in the finish.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Date: May 14, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: hazy copper, creamy off white head, sticky icy lace
Aroma: floral and spicy aroma, slightly sweet pale malt, light peppery pine
Overall: sweet pale malt, lots of hops, floral and pine, light citrus, peppery spicyness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from a trade with Gription79. Release #15. Pours hazy pale orange color with off white head. Aromas of grapefruit and caramel. Bitter grapefruit rind flavor with sweet caramel. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Nice DIPA. Thanks Dallas.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample as a bonus beer at the Smuttynose tasting at Ale Wine & Spirits on 4/27/12. Clear yellow/gold pour with a medium white head. Citrus and pine hops in the nose, with some sweet malt. Malty flavor with strong citrusy and piney hop presence and a sweet malt finish. I’ve been pretty much on the fence about this brewery since trying several of their beers, but this one is pushing me over to the fan side for sure.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Serving: Draft at Fire Works Leesburg. It pours a cloudy, dirty orange with a small, white head. The nose is all hops. The flavor has lots of herbal, medium pine, and light tropical hop notes. Not much from the malt side. Long, bitter, and dry finish. Definitely west coast style.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Release #16 8.9% ABV. Sampled from 22oz bomber. Appearance is very typical for a DIPA with a nice white head that fades away and leaves a little ring around the top of the beer. The aroma is soft pine note resins and sweet fruit notes. The taste follows the aroma very nicely and has a very full mouthfeel. Overall this is a great beer.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From beerlicious iphone app: Draft Release #14 Floral hops that shows a pale cloudy color with minimal white head. Light bitter and sour notes to start and finishes with a monster kick. Medium body with stick thick texture. Bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ SF. Hazy yellow amber. Smells sweet and grapefruity and a touch piney. Tastes initially set them a little resinous with a nice bitter hop finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at Slutfest 3. Clear light amber copper pour with ring of offwhite head. Really not too sweet green woodsy citrus hop profite. Pretty decent actually.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at the House Wine EPIC beer tasting on 04/18/2012: This beer pours a hazy deep copper-orange color with a medium creamy white head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of hops, citrus and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of resiny hops, citrus and sweet malt. The finish is hoppy with a lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
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