 chicagodri (422), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 27, 2008
Pours a translucent copper with thin white head. Mild hoppy aroma. Some sweet caramel balances the hops pretty well. I kind of wish it was a little more hoppy. Nice amount of pine and just a little citrus. Not a bad brew.
Acknud (557), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA
Jul 26, 2008 A good pale ale but needs more hops for a further kick. Aroma and taste of pine. A little thin and plain.
ewestern (39), Ohio, USA
Jul 25, 2008 Aroma is nice a fruity, filled with hops. Deep golden in color with a white head that does not hang around. Fruit flavor starts citrusy and slowly gets less. Bitterness hits up front playing second to the citrus and then taking over in the end game. More carbonation than I would like. Not a big IPA fan, but it seems to lack some of the complexity of other IPA’s I have had.
General_Gao (2368), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Jul 21, 2008 12oz bottle. Pleasant aroma of light citrusy hops and just enough caramel. Poured a clear light orange color. The head was clingy, white, and reduced over a minute or so to a thin film. Some lace was left behind on the glass at the end. Moderately bitter with a hint of sweetness up front that grew toward the end. Light to medium bodied with ample carbonation. Nice citrus and caramel flavors that followed the nose. Pretty tasty and better than I had expected.
jbuzz (414), South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Great lakes sampler pack.
Very easy to drink IPA. low on the hop scale..small dense head ..fine carbonation..nice flavor
GAManiac (218), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Bottle. Pours a clear golden amber with a small dense head that dissipates to almost nothing leaving almost no lacing. Smell is mostly the moderate citrus hops with a significant caramel malt background in the smell. The taste starts with a slight hop bit before giving way to the caramel malts. There was also a definite spice presence in there as well and the finish had the slightest pine hop bitterness. The mouthfeel was light to medium with decent carbonation and the finish was actually on the crisp side of things with less hop bitterness than I’m used to. The drinkability is very high on this one as the hop profile is pretty tame and the mouthfeel is crisp and clean. Though not the most daring or complex APA I’ve had, it’d be pretty darn nice on a summer afternoon.
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