 Bigsilky (322), Charleston, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 8, 2009
Tarnished copper hue with a thin head. French vanilla oak dominates the nose with a touch of hop spice and some caramel malt. Certainly complex. A firm hop bitterness grips the palate as waves of sweet malt and fresh oak shavings cascade. Round sweetish finish with some hop cleaning power. Overall, strange. The nose is huge oak, and seems to define the entire effort. Hops don’t show hugely in the nose or the mouthfeel. A tasty beer for certain, although I would like to see the oak a little more restrained. 15th plays well into the pantheon of aged, strong ales from Great Divide. Not so much to their wonderful portfolio of hoppiness.
wedgie9 (3), Arizona, USA
does not count  | 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 7, 2010 Tasted from a 22oz Bottle
Aroma - Pine, lemongrass, caramel malt.
Appearance - Copper/Amber color with a thin but frothy head.
Taste - This beer is very lively, with the only IPA characteristics coming through as hopiness on the back of the palate. The main flavors are the woody notes consistent with new oak barrels: vanilla, coconut, light cinnamon.
Palate - This is full-bodied beer with thick texture, lively carbonation, and other than the light vanilla, a rather abrupt finish.
GreatLibations (1470), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Serious vanilla offset by some serious oak tannin. Smells sweet. Overall: this is a decent specimen but not what I drink an IPA for. NIce try.
beerfest5 (217), Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 i dunno, this one kind of through me for a loop. good DIPA, but i couldnt get the flavor of cherries out of my mind when i had it. great color, etc. but it was that cherry undertone that made this one tough to finish by the end.
maniac (2774), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 Bottle at the Relentless Thirst Tasting on 08/29/2009. Clear light copper body with a small frothy off-white head. Big wood and caramel aroma with a good hoppy background. Big hop flavor with wood, caramel, vanilla and floral background. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
soccer290 (140), Highland Park, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 22 oz bottle. Liked a lot of stuff from GD, so I saw this as a rare opportunity when I saw this at a liquor store. Pours a beautiful reddish-brown color with a small off-white head that dies quickly, very effervescent. Smells of malt, hops, bourbon, wood, and maybe a hint of fruit. Tastes of malt, sweetness, not much hop presence, and a nice oak taste. Medium-bodied with a nice aftertaste. Pretty interesting beer, but I wouldn’t really classify it as an I-IPA.
beernovice39 (328), South Carolina, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Maybe, I got a decnt bottle of this stuff. Three of us tried it, all enjoyed, I was greedy and took the lions share. Its not a hop bomb and has a small burn. Unique
deyholla (786), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle. Poured a clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma was full of pine hops as well as a strong wooden notes. Flavor began with a nice pine hop bite with a bit of wood towards the finish.
5000 (2900), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Bottle: Coppery amber, fairly clear, moderate to large off-white frothy head, nice lacing, light carbonation. Woody nose, well pale woodiness, seems a little sweet and sugary. Imperial IPA seems subtle, very minor hop
or juicy citrus on the nose. This one is woodish all the way. Falls flat in the malt aspect for an Imperial IPA. Rather woody, not as sweet as the nose suggested. Just minor, this one isn’t big at all and ends up
with this huge woodiness without a sweet malty background to compliment it. Body and mouthfeel, you guessed it... average. Somewhat dry on the finish. Lordy, no sweet malty or citrus aspects. This is more like an
IPA or even Pale Ale in that it doesn’t see anywhere near as big as even a weak IIPA. Yeah, liking this less and less as I drink more and more. Simply unbalanced.
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