3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 50cl. A clear orange colour with a small, off-white head. An aroma of malt, caramel, toast, hops and citrus. The taste is medium sweet and light bitter. A medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation and a medium long duration.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle) Amber colour with frothy beige head, leaving traces of lacing. Fruity, hoppy nose with apricots, orange, tea and fresh floral hops. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of orange peel, dried apricots, hints of tea and resin, floral hops in the finish. Medium body, with just a touch of sweetness. Very aromatic hop character, with a well balanced bitterness. Very nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours clear amber with a small white head. Citrus and pine hop aroma and flavor with just a hint of caramel malt sweetness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale amber with a small white head. Fruity with hoppy tones. Malt, bitterness and fruit ( grapefruit ? ) Medium body with afresh, bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Not sure what qualifies this as an American strong ale, clearly a pale ale. Pours amber orange, no head. Huge hop aroma, citrus, soap, pine, resin, caramel malt. Taste is similar, quite a unique hop flavour, grassy, piney, resin, lots of caramel malt. Quite sweet with a slightly bitter finish, lingering sweetness. Very good
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 50 cl tasted @ Karhisma Birroteca (Piedimonte Matese - Caserta, Italy). Clear orange/rust with just a finger of foam that vanishes immediatly. Citrus and piny aroma, leaf and something concerning a young orange when it’s green still. Some chemical notes like solvent. Light to medium fully carbonated body, and the flavor it’s like the young orange as above-mentioned as well. Carbonation is high, man, nearly disturbing. Anyway, hoppiness it’s seriously a BLOW; I don’t know which kind of hops, but could bet it’s the Cascade due to the resinous component. Finish literaly draw mouth, tongue and palate like a vacuum cleaner. You know, it has the same bitterness that of Stone or other West Coast IPA; the only pity - surely not minor - is the body, so weak. Malts vanishes in front of the hop, and that’s no good at all. Aroma has the same fault, it’s overwhelmed by hop. Too bad, it has a remarkable potential.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Found this bottle in Las Vegas after drinking several Epic Beers on a recent New Zealand trip.... Nice caramel, citrus flavor balanced with moderate hops, not overpowering.... Pretty good beer...
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml btl from local shop. Clear, light amber pour with a short, light yellow head which fades quickly to leave moderate lace. Pine, citrus and medium-roast malt nose. Medium-light body and moderate carbonation. Spruce, orange zest, wheat toast and a hint of whiskey. Just not enough malt to support the hop profile, as I find to be true in many Epic ales. Sort of an Imperial Pale Ale to me, moreso than an ASA.
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