 BigMilly8 (362), Holiday, Florida, USA
Feb 11, 2008
From bottle : Pours a hazy copper color with a finger of foamy white head. Decent retention, and pretty good lacing as well. Big time citrus hop smell, with some grass in there too. Flavor is pretty nice, malts in the beginning, quickly giving way to hops and bitterness, but they merge together very nicely. There is some alcohol in the end, and a alcohol warm sensation in the aftertaste and as it goes down your throat. Thick body, and a creamy smooth palate, i really enjoyed this beer.
ekstedt (1803), Göteborg, Sweden
Sep 6, 2008 Bottle (35 cl) at Haket, Göteborg, Sweden. Shady mahogny with a large yellow/beige head. Malty and caramelly, with piney and citric hops, and clear note of alcohol (11.5 % abv according to the label). Well balanced. Would certainly gain from less alcohol content.
JK54B (301), Finland
Sep 6, 2008 Nice creamy beige coloured head. A dark cobber brown colour with small particles. Suberb grapefruitty nose. Sweet malty taste at beginning. A very strong hoppiness. A real thirst maker :-). Quite strong alcohol content.
pik5el (44), Pasadena, Maryland, USA
Sep 5, 2008 Smell is floral and resinous. Dark copper/amber pour with a luxuriously thick head, very nice. Wow, the flavor is very smooth all the way through for aa 10.5% beer. Nice malt backbone balanced by a high, but not over the top hoppiness. You can feel the alcohol presence in the mouthfeel, which is nice but not overpowering. Great beer.
Chipper (56), Red Lion, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 2, 2008 Pours a dark amber with a thick off white head. Very hoppy aroma with some fruit and malt. The flavor is smooth and the alcohol is pretty apparent. A thicker beer, which makes sense, and not something to drink when you are having more than a couple.
Gregis (911), Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Sep 1, 2008 2007 Vintage. Pours a hazy dark copper with two fingers of creamy beige head that deposits spotty lace upon the glass. The nose is pretty much what you would expect from a "double pale ale": twice the pale caramel malt and a solid backing of fruity and piny hops; a bit of a toasted/biscuity character to boot. Medium-bodied and grainy with a bitter, resinous, mildly astringent, mineral and spicy alcohol finish. If the flavor matched the nose, this would be a great beer. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. "Green" resinous piny and fruity hops over a lesser pale malt, finishing harshly bitter and alcohol-forward. Like a boozy hop cocktail, this is one of those beers that pushes the limits beyond my tolerances. I have to think that this one might mellow with age, but it’s fairly rough right now.
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