 StompBrockmore (300), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nov 13, 2006
650ml bottle, shared with VeloVampire - wow, really nice hop aroma just upon popping the cap on the bottle. Poured a golden amber with a really foamy white head. Nice! The aroma is lots of hops, sweet and piney and rich. I could’ve probably just sat smelling this one. I knew right there this was going to be a fantastic beer. The taste surprised me - right off the top I of course were fresh hops, followed by some caramel/milk chocolate (!! perhaps they used chocolate malt?) and more sweet, citrusy, piney, resiny, grapefruity hoppiness that goes down so smoothly. There is a huge hop flavour to this beer, but without the bitterness of an American IPA. Like it’s name implies, this is a really fresh tasting and refreshing beer. Beautiful stuff!
waolsen (1013), Littleton, Colorado, USA
Sep 25, 2008 tap at Falling Rock. copper pour with creamy off white head. lacing. red ale aroma, well hopped and fruity. rich and creamy. nicely hopped and light bitterness. earthy fresh hops. nice.
soyorganic (129), Denver, Colorado, USA
Sep 18, 2008 Updated: Oct 4, 2008On tap at Old Chicago as "liberally hopped ale" this beer looked like the rice beer Samurai and tasted like it but with more hops. Crisp, drinkable and with heavy carbonation but I was not too impressed.
andersand (21), Sweden
Sep 17, 2008 Easy to drink, fresh, hoppy and fun. Rather light in general but it adds to the drinkability wich is a nice combination with the hoppiness in this beer.
blipp (818), Grand Island, New York, USA
Sep 4, 2008 Bottle. Pours clear amber with a white head. Grassy and floral aroma with a nice caramel malt balance. The flavor is floral, grassy, and herbal, and again very well balanced. Not bad.
BMan1113VR (913), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Aug 31, 2008 2007 Bottle. Pours with a largish, slightly yellow, rocky white head that leaves lots of lacing. Ever so slightly hazed amber body. Tangy orange-citrus hops on the nose with a touch of cannabis. Taste is m alty with some light, but dank, chewy hops rounding out the finish (but bitterness is very moderate). Full, slightly syrupy mouthfeel.
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