3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle purchased at Picadilly, Champaign. $4.50. There’s a decided note of apricot and mango on the nose, although not as strong as Dreadnaught. A good piney and citrusy hop scent leads into the palate. The hops bite hits one immediately, but there’s a pretty solid malt backbone to it that holds everything together. A great finish. I found this tasty, not necessarily overwhelming. If I’m drinking IIPAs in this price range, I’m drinking Dreadnaught.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Coaches. Clear burnt orange pour with a off white head. Citrusy hop aromas. Smooth and well balanced with citrusy hops and caramel malt.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
This beer surprises you, with an aroma that screams hops, but with a balanced taste between hops and malt. A very drinkable beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 2006 vintage courtesy oif Doodler ( thanks Scott for tracking this Down) poured a hazy orange amber with a lingering ring of amber foam. Aromas of sherry, carmel, earthiness, pine, fruittiness and a hint of spice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, sherry, earthiness, toffee and light pine with a smooth lingering moderatly bitter finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Penn station large plastic cup at Rose’s pizza, classic IPA flavor, hon if sweetness, right amount of hop flavor
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pour hazy orange nice white head good lace. Aroma lots of citrus hops, grapefruit, resiny hops, and pine. Taste malty caramel back bone, nice bitterness, citrus fruits, and piney notes. MF medium chewy body nice carb. Overall solid brew.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle in a shaker. Pours bright orange with a cream colored head. Aroma of very strong citrusy/grapefruit hops with strong caramel malts. Very rich flavor with the strong hops undertones. Very smooth texture, but could be thicker. A really good beer for this style
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
had this beer out of a bottle the first time I went ot the happy gnome. 2007 The beer pours a cloudy amber with out any head or carbonation. I’m sure it has raelly mellowed out from how it first wasbrewed. Never the less it is very good and aged very well. smell was citrusy and the taste was powerfully hoppy.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle marked as 11/03/05 (label says that flavor will continue to develop over 5 years...I guess I am a little late) thanks to captaincougar. I will re-rate this again as soon as I can try it fresh (and I will be actively searching it out). This search would be made easier by if they bottled it again. Pours with a hazy golden-orange body and a large off-white head. Powerful aroma, even from far away. Aromas of tea, orange, caramel, brandy, dark fruits, pencil shavings, raisins and citrus. Actually smells like a decent barley wine. Flavors are dry, cracker, curacao orange, pine, orange rind bitterness, tea, and raisins. Might have been a great IIPA at some point. It makes a decent ASA at this moment. Still lively carbonation. Little oxidation. Okay. Need to try the fresh stuff.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Do they even make a middle of the road beer? No! Amber with a large, sticky head that gives great lace. Aroma is big.Flavor is more of the same, leaning more to the citrus-resin hops, but still has a big malty flavor to balance. Awesome!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ok, so I got a 2007 "vintage" bottle of this from my local beer store at a really discounted rate. I was told, and already knew, that the hops flavor would be pretty much gone being that it has been sitting for 2 years now. But, nonetheless, I wanted to see how it would be.
Poured a hued orange opaque color with good head. Barely noticeable hop smell, by far the malt backbone stood out. For tastem, following the smell, there was little hop flavor but the sweet malt flavor stood out. Again, I expected this to be the case
I would really like to try this beer fresh and compare the two.
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