 topherh (278), Kearney, Missouri, USA
Feb 21, 2008
12 oz bottle pours a hazy orange with an inch of off white head. Aroma of citrusy hops, and ripe fruits. Flavor is sweet malt up front with a medium hop bitterness at the end. Not as good as previous vintages IMHO. Not as well balanced as other years.
jgentgesdo (544), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Oct 5, 2008 Pours hazy brownish orange with a smallish white head. Nose is cookie dough and powerful floral and citrus hops. Flavor of very strong floral hops, slightly less citrus hops, and tons of malt. Rather bitter. Very heavy, velvety mouthfeel. Lingering malty finish. Quite sweet. Very very good.
travita (762), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Sep 16, 2008 Copper orange color, murky in look with a light white head. Smell is grapefruit, citrus, hops, and pine. Taste is medium bitterness with more sweetness than I expected as citrus, caramel, and pine.
mcmd (55), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Sep 14, 2008 Pours a thick cloudy burnt orange with a nice foamy white head - Looks great. Aroma is sweet malt and honey, grapefruit, pine/grassy hops. Flavor is sweet honey malt with a nice balance of piney hops at the finish. Full-body and sticky on the palate. Very nice imperial IPA even if overpriced.
JCB (1057), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Sep 3, 2008 12oz (2007 bottle) from mashmaster - thanks, Tom! Big cloudy orange pour with a still sizable head and a vigorous, well hopped aroma. Surprising that this beer has held up so well in the hops department! I had a few fresh 2006 bottles which were very strongly grapefruity. This isn’t quite up to that description but is a splendid IIPA nonetheless. Nice Cascade hop flavors emerge with the warming malts, which also deliver a pleasantly creamy mouthfeel. Very enjoyable beer.
doubleo (825), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 29, 2008 12oz bottle, vintage 2007 from glouglouburp. Been wanting to try this forever, thanks! Pours amber with a medium sized, sudsy white head, good retention, spider web lace. Smells very citrusyand hoppy astringent, best nose I’ve sniffed in a while. Tastes citrusy hoppy, slightly earthy with some of that resiny, astringent hop flavor on the finish. Full body, nice carbonation.
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