 arrogantb (695), Denver, Colorado, USA
Jul 30, 2009 12oz bottle courtesy of dancingcaddis, thanks man! Amber color, short head, looks fine. The smell is spicy hops, weird, doesn’t smell like its 12%. The flavor is hoppy and bitter but nothing super special and makes me wonder why the point of a 12% IPA is. There are so many more IPA’s that are plenty hoppy (Pliny, Sculpin) and don;t have to have a high abv % to do it so I wonder what the point of this beer is...
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 07-28-2009 02:52:36
drowland (1337), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Jul 29, 2009 Pour is amber, almost red. Aroma is super hop fruity with a dash of alcohol. Flavor is nice sweet malt with lots of hop flavor that’s not too bitter by any means. Very smooth and easy to drink for 12%. This is quite good and not overly hoppy, cloying, or dry like some huge DIPAs.
deyholla (505), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Jul 28, 2009 Tap at MBG Summer Festival. Poured an orangish amber with an off-white head. Amazingly hopped aroma with a quite distinct piney aroma. There was a moment of slight sweetness at the beginning before the intense hops took over with a mainly piney flavor.
Hophead22 (1056), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
Jul 26, 2009 12oz bottle picked up at Dennis Brothers. Poured a real beautiful dark orange with a hint of red, really quite striking. All sorts of aromas, pine, citrus, alot of citrus actually, like snorting citrus zest. Nice and hoppy, not over the top, very nice balance and loads of aftertaste, awesome.
Scubatrip (387), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Jul 26, 2009 From the bottle, pours a watery red with a thin white head. Aroma is purely grassy and floral hops. Taste is dominated by floral hops with some malts and flavors of dark fruits and front yard freshly mowed lawn. This is a goodun.
bblack99 (195), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jul 24, 2009 Clear orange-reddish amber with a tiny thin head that instantly dissipates.
Piney spice in the nose, but the tongue is attacked by heat and more heat from the ABV and hop resins. A little too spicy for my taste, but a very complex hoppy brew.
MrMugs (19), St Louis, Missouri, USA
Jul 23, 2009 If you like IBU’s....this beer is for you!
Actually seems more viscous on the pour.
Main points of the taste are hops and alcohol.......nuff said.
slitcher (87), Freeport, Illinois, USA
Jul 23, 2009 12 ounce bottle. Pours a beautiful amber with an off-white 1 finger head. Aroma of citrus, pine, toffee, and slight aclohol. Decadent and thick caramel malt up front and a nice hop whollop following close behind with some alcohol warmth. Nice bitter finish. This is not the out-of-balance one dimensional hop monster that I thought it would be. The 12% abv is actually hidden fairly well also. Absolutely delicious!
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