3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tried this on tap at the brewery and in a bottle too. This is not a good example of a Northwest IPA in that it is not full of hops. This will disappoint some drinkers but others might find it well-balanced and will appreciate the malt. Good enough.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
(Bottle) Pours clear amber. The aroma is rather caramelly with oxidized wet cardboard notes. Hints of floral, earthy and maybe some apricot-ish hops. The flavour is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Tea-like and caramelly. Undertones of chlorine, wet cardboard, alcohol and metal. The mouthfeel is astringent. Quite off-tasting. Light to medium bodied.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Old rate. Bottle from BC Liquor in Vancouver. Pours a medium amber with fluffy, off-white head. Malty aroma of caramel & toffee w/ notes of leafy tobacco. Hops seem absent. Flavour is sweet & malty w/ a moderately dry, peppery bitterness. Not really up to the standard I’d expect from a west coast brewery. Tame IPA.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
650mL bottle, pours hazy orange with a tiny white head. Very weak aroma of spicy hops and caramel. Flavour is stronger - caramel, cinnamon, spices and hops of course. Interesting, but not particular invigorating.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
hazy orange color/ beige head. Mild cinnamon, caramel, spicy aromas. medium body. Decent earthy spicy hop, malty caramel flavors.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
pours a clear amber-orange with a large white head, and great lacing.
smell is faint with some caramel.
taste is of caramel, citrus, flowers, hops, and a strange funky taste, ends a little strange and somewhat bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Name: IPA
Date: September 23, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: City Center Liquor, Surry, BC
Appearance: clear copper, frothy beigh head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: dry pale malt aroma, floral and earthy hops with a touch of citrus
Flavor: sweet and bready flavor, caramel sweetness, lots of floral hops, balancing earthyness, light bitterness, touch of fruity orange
Overall: good individual flavors but missing the overall harmony
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Dark golden/orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma of butter, fruit candy, caramel, light citrus. Taste of butter, a bit lactic, fruit candy, cardboard, metal. Bitter finish but not much of flavor or aroma hops.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Colour is golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has some pine in the hops, caramel in the malt. Body is light to medium. Flavour is a bit one dimensional: some more piney hops, slight citrus with caramel. Finish is medium, slightly bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A nice enough beer that poured a well-carbonated, clear dark amber and a short-lived tan foamy head; no lacing to speak of. Far too dark for an IPA, as was the aroma: mostly malt, no hoppiness to speak of. Taste was pleasant enough but I thought I was drinking a brown ale as I could mostly only taste malt but for a suggestion of hop at the end.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
650ml bomber from a BIF :
Lightly hazed amber-gold with a good 2 finger cap that lasts and laces.
Aroma is citrus, floral, caramel sweetness with some earthiness.
Sweet malts disappear almost immediately and it turns pleasingly bitter, a bit fruity and dries out in the finish.
Good solid brew pub fare but slightly two dimensional
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