 Jayb0 (750), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
May 16, 2008 Aromas floral, foresty and citrus. Sweet brittle up front quickly countered and surpassed by hop flavor. Finishes a little bit bitter. Very good but lacking a certain something in the drinkability compared to some other IIPA’s I’ve had.
mullet (798), Melbourne, Australia
May 15, 2008 So I’ve had this beer four times in the last few months. Once bought in Amsterdam, once bought in Australia via the Netherlands and twice from nominally ’fresh’ bottles. The more times I drink it the less I like it. Unsurprisingly, the massive pine aroma is the major feature. Buckets of hop flavour and good bitterness. Malt behaves itself well, certainly not caramelly or overly sweet. Just nice and clean, though there’s an unusual milk chocolate element to the aroma. But it’s all undone by a really harsh soapy, salty, meaty, alcoholic (autolysed?) edge. Overbearing is the word, I suppose. It’s kinda hard going, but the hops keep bringing you back to it.
austone (999), Turku; Pori, Finland
May 15, 2008 Bbe 5/08. Dark amber, quite thick lacing head. Nose is sweet caramel malts, flowery hops, exotic fruits, honey, orange zest & cointreau. Sweet and intense malty flavor, flowery hops. Finishes with strong grapefruity bitterness and warming alcohol. Medium to full bodied, slightly oily and smooth palate. Amazing stuff, though not that aggressive for a DIPA.
rader58 (164), Leawood, Kansas, USA
May 14, 2008 Updated: Dec 18, 2008Pours to a dark honey color with a cloudy unfiltered appearance. Lightly sweet initial flavor with a slightly bitter, strong hoppy finish. Good beer.
voota (761), Melbourne, Australia
May 12, 2008 Copper with a fluffy tan head. Sweet & sour aroma, a lot of resiny hops and apricot jam. Full sweet body, shows considerable warmth. Green citrus and floral hoppy flavour, a bit of solventy alcohol, loads of jammy flavours which is kind of nice. Very bitter towards the finish. Overall it feels sharp and serious, though perhaps a bit disjointed.
ThaBobfather (178), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
May 11, 2008 MMMM, great flower smell off the bat with this. It pours deep, dark golden. A whole plethera of flavor here. Hops, citrus, a little malt and definitely the taste of pine needles. I doesn’t leave the great IPA taste on my mouth that I wanted. Definitely a keeper!
bigtaster (184), Grand Rapids, USA
May 11, 2008 Pours golden amber with reddish hues. Clear with some particulate and medium beige head. Sweet hoppy aroma. Huge burst of hops, dry, tangy, some pine. Some sweet malts to balance but hard to notice after the punch of hops. Great beer for hopheads.
topher40409 (36), gainesville, Florida, USA
May 11, 2008 22 oz bottle- pousr a vibrant copper color thats kind of opaque with a decent head that fades to a film on top and laces the entire glass with every sip.. aroma aroma aroma- beutiful boquet of malt and grassy floral hops that just about overwhelms the senses. the taste is of very sweet toffe like malt that is well balanced with a huge "punchy hop profile" that is very full of citrus and some floral hops. the aftertaste is, SURPRISE, hops hops and more hops that just continues to linger in a very possitive way.
like a double ipa should be, full of sweet malt balanced by a rediculous amount of hps
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