ManvsCity (53), Redmond, Washington, USA
Jun 30, 2009 Two half growler fills from New Beer Distributors, NYC. Incredibly rich and strong Imperial IPA that gets better the colder it gets. I put these on ice in my hotel room and was very happy with the result. Rich and complex hops blend, sweet maltiness, and just an almost perfect beer.
 Maverick34 (637), New York, USA
Jun 13, 2009 Draft at waterfront/manhattan. Pours reddish amber with small head. Aroma is hops and fruits, taste is complex, pretty well done.
deyholla (185), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jun 5, 2009 On tap at Wrigleyville Goose Island. Poured a cloudy gold w/ an off-white head. Aroma was dominated by a mixture of hops with some underlying sweet notes. Flavor has a nice combination of hops that brings out a complex flavor. Great beer!
BVery (314), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
Jun 3, 2009 TAP: great IPA. Light caramel pour with a big frothy head. Loads of malt and hop aroma, and more yet on taste. It’s just a malt-hop-malt-hop crescendo that results in loads of flavor and no lingering bitterness. Spectacular.
snakeoilpete (276), Seattle, Washington, USA
Jun 2, 2009 On tap at the Wrigleyville brewpub before a Cubs game. Pours cloudy orange amber with a small, lingering off-white head. Nice aroma of citrus hops, grass, and pine. Taste is heavy on citrus, more orange than grapefruit, with a little bit of caramel. Medium bodied and crisp (maybe too much so for an IIPA) with a pleasant hoppy orange juice finish.
nbutler11 (618), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
May 30, 2009 On tap at the Clybourne location. Pours a nice caramel shade with a trim white head. Smells basic but is loaded with malt, grapefruit, and brown sugar in the flavor. Much like BCS, this is way too drinkable for it’s posted ABV.
ilovedarkbeer (1207), Dallas, Texas, USA
May 30, 2009 This is awesome! I wish I could get it in bottles. On tap at the brewery. Tastes a lot like a high octane version of the regular IPA which I love. Notes of grapefruits, flowers, more citrus, and a dusty dry yet chewy malt that has hints of sunflower seeds. This also has the nice Goose island house yeast flavor as well. Unbelievably well balanced and scarily drinkable at 9.2%. Nice creamy head and an apricot colored pour. Spectacular.
beernbourbon (121), chicago, Illinois, USA
May 19, 2009 2005 Bottle, lets see how this holds up. Pours very hazy deep orange with a small white head. Aroma is english barleywine: heavy malt, lots of dried fruits, alcohol, and currants. less hops present in the nose than expected, a little at the beginning and a little at the end the end. Flavor is much less sweet than the nose indicated. There is some rock candy, some dried fruits and malt up front. The hops are most noticeable at then end and kind of mellow the whole thing out. I think they keep it from being cloying. Very little alcohol present in flavor. Very drinkable actually. I don’t remember being all that impressed by this beer the first time I had it, but that was 4 years and many drinks ago. I may like it more now. Very much like a less hoppy, well-balanced barleywine. Probably not the flavors the brewmaster intended, but not a bad beer.
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