3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from the long sought-after Ohio Brewers Collaboration sampler. The beer pours a mostly clear amber color with a medium thick off-white head that diminishes steadily. Partial rings of lacing. Aroma of piney hops and malt. Medium body with a hoppy character that has pine and citrus notes. Sweet malt underneath. The finish is hoppy up front with an earthy malt aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared by Dogbrick. Clear amber pour with a huge off-white head. Nose is citrus hops, pine, grass and malt. Malty flavor up front, but grassy hops come in quickly with some citrus before an earthy hop finish.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12 ounce bottle. Lets see what age has done to this IPA. Pours extremely hazy amber color with a nice dense 2 finger off white head with amazing retention that reduces to a fairly thick lacing cap. Some fairly thick lacing is left on the glass as you drink. Aromas of lots of orange, grapefruit, pine, caramel, and some spices. Fairly strong and balanced aromas here. Taste of strong grapefruit, orange, pine, caramel, and spices. Fairly strong bitterness shows up on the finish and lingers for a bit with orange, grapefruit, and pine flavors. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Great balance of bitterness and sweetness. No alcohol noticed in taste or finish. Overall a fantastic IPA that was very delicious. Too bad the collaboration 12 pack only included 1 of these.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
golden with large white head. nose, somewhat muted, of spicy citrus hops. firm bitterness before a lot of grassy and spicy cascade hop flavor, that is followed by a touch of malt, but results in a very flavorful hoppy brew, despite the long bottle time, which likely is only noticed in the nose. a very nice ipa
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