 SpudClampDawg (1027), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 11, 2005 Updated: Dec 31, 2006Lava red pour with a sustained film on top. Juicy hop aroma is jam packed with sweet grapefruit and fresh cut grass. The residual pine and grass note carries through to the body, which ends with a great bitter bite. The hops really shine here. Some caramel malts help to cradle the hops throughout the body, but ultimately they are drowned out by the lingering bitterness which is nice and spicy in the finish. None-the-less, great hop juice.
jcr (1149), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 11, 2005 Big citrus — grapefruit — aroma with a note of pine. The flavor was 99 percent hops. It started with floral hops with an medium perfume tone. But that flavor gave way to grapefruit and pine. The malt is hardly detectable. The finish was pleasantly bitter. Overall, a bit above average.
oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 11, 2005 Pours a nice reddish brown. Big hoppy aroma. Flavor is hops and spice with some smokey flavor.
kyzr (1123), Belgrade, Montana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 10, 2005 Grapefruit nose, copper color with nice head. Flavors of grassy and citrus. Nice mouth feel, and well balanced with malt that has a slight roast to it. Nice clean hoppy finish.
JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 8, 2005 22 oz bottle. Deep copper-orange beer with a thick white head. Fresh hoppy aroma, a bit of grassy fresh hop aroma. Big piny/spicy hops. Underneath the hops is a nice sweet bready/spicy hop malt character. Beg sweet chewy malts in the front, caramel, bread, biscuit with big spicy hop flavour. Lingering pine comes out after the spicy/sweet malts. Fresh herbal hop aroma retronasally. Great balance, piny and citrusy hops. Awesome seasonal beer.
AlabastorJones (765), San Francisco, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 27, 2005 citrusy and fruity, well balanced with cripsy malts, sweet ,golden copper hue with a thin lacey white head, all and all pretty good, the last beer after a night of battle, happy 21st Samuel George Robertson Jones!
redlem (1155), Illinois, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 27, 2005 Noticable alcohol in nose in a beer less than 8% gets points deducted in my book. Other than that it is a fairly average IPA. Ruby/amber color, no head, sweet crystal malt aroma medicinal hops. Medium bitterness. Not very memorable.
OldMrCrow (1188), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 26, 2005 Updated: Jan 16, 20062005, from the bottle
Pours a clear dark orange with an adequate head. The aroma is an intriguing blend of hops that left me eager to taste - but the taste was a letdown. Aggressive roasted malts compete with rather than complement a fairly nice hop profile; more troubling, the beer is somewhat sticky with a notes of cherry Robitussin.
Not a standout, and probably not worth revisiting.
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