EHopper (80), Minnesota, USA
Mar 22, 2008
Love the aroma of tropical fruits and hops. Hops not as overpowering as label suggests, well balanced with the other exotic flavors. The color is more than just a side-note; it is a cloudy orange and amber color that is worthy of a master painter, or the flesh of some otherworldly fruit. Easily by favorite IPA to date.
 Beerman6686 (504), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Poured a hazy orange color with a small off white head. Aroma is hopped up and citrusy, not much pine. Flavor is also very citrusy hops but balanced very well with malt, not the hop bomb i expected.
johntreeter (53), Greenwood, Indiana, USA
Jul 1, 2008 12oz. 07 bottle at Table Rock. Pours a cloudy orange copper with a thin but lasting off white head that laced very well. Strong citrus in the aroma with with notes of peach, apple cider, sweet malt, and some alcohol. Wonderful flavor with a sweet malt and grain begining fallowed by the fruity hops then the melody of sweet to bitter, sweet to bitter, sweet to bitter untill the long hoppy finish. Medium chewy body, mild syrupy texture, light carbonation, and long dry finishing feel. An excellent and complex big beer that is remarkably easy to drink I bought this one off the top shelf under improper lighting and it was still very very good. I can’t wait to try the 08 fresh and a year later out of my stash when they become available.
patrick767 (1377), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
Jun 30, 2008 2007 bottle - Pours cloudy orange with a superb hop aroma accented with both citrus and pine. The flavor leads with some big, sweet malts that are soon overcome by huge, citrus tinged hops. There’s some earthiness to the malt that I’m not sure is my favorite thing, but it doesn’t really detract either. This beer is big and still quite drinkable. Enjoy the long, bitter finish.
ChainGangGuy (1393), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Jun 22, 2008 Appearance: Pours an amber body that’s not so hazy as there’s a fine powder-like substance dispersed throughout. Smallish, though creamy, white head.
Smell: Hoppy aroma of citrus, pine, and spice with subtler caramel malts underneath.
Taste: Biscuity malts with a slight caramel sweetness. Orange and grapefruit rinds. Some pine resin. Constant spiciness. Full, earthy bitterness. Touch of alcohol warmth. Bittersweet finish with a lingering spice on the tongue.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: A rather good brew and one I certainly enjoyed, though it most likely displays more malt and balance than hopheads would desire.
Pastor (215), Maine, USA
Jun 15, 2008 Thanks to Goliath for knocking this one of my want list
Bottle poured into a snifter produced a finger worth of head that turned to a ring of lace .all this on top of a hazy copper colored body
Aromas of piney, citrus hops along with some sweet malt the malts become more pronounced as it warms
Flavors are very malt forward sweet but the hops sneak up on you at the finish nice grapefruit flavors not an extreme hop bomb very well balanced oily and medium bodied brew not much in the way of carbonation
An enjoyable brew not my favorite DIPA’s but very good. I am enjoying this brew on a some what rainy day kicking back with the kids. I would like it to have a little more carbonation on it but a solid brew other than that
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