2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle courtesy of trade. Drain pour. Just not that good. Jumbled flavors. Past its prime.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, pours a glowing, slightly hazy bright shade of orange. Good lacing and a nice medium soapy white head. Aromas of pineapple, tangerine citrus, pine, caramel, toasty malts. Taste was amazing. So much grapefruit citrus, butter, spicy malts with a moderately bitter finish. A little boozey overall but that fades once warm. Might be my favorite Great Lakes when it is fresh.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a bright golden with a full white head. Aroma is sweet and reminds me of candy somewhat. More specifically, there is lots of pineapple, some grapefruit, with some caramel malty undertones. Heavy hop flavor throughout drinking. Pineapple and grapefruit tastes remain, along with malt, grass, pretty sweet which I was not expecting. Sticky and full bodied with a heavy hop aftertaste. Alcohol content is very noticeable. Lots of lacing on this one.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
When I tasted this last year, I did not think as much of it as I do now-- it seemed overly citrusy and spicy.
But tasting "this year’s batch" or at least the first I’ve seen in about a year, wow, I love it. Really nice dryness to the finish-- still plenty of that citrusy, pineyness, but not overly bitter and very clean.
Also, the T shirt is badass in a heavy metal tshirt kinda way.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Shaker pint draft at the Old Bag Nails pub in Worthington, Ohio. The pour is a hazed orange golden, with a one inch off white head. The aroma is softly sweet honey, floral, and a bready malt. The taste is honey sweet, sharp bitterness, the floral of the nose, some leafiness, and noticeable booze. The palate is medium to light bodied, with the hot booze finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at brewery, amber gold pour resinous head. Lots of citrus on the nose lots of pineapple. Big citrus flavor (trop. fruit-mango, pineapple). Meaty malt backbone and herbal hop finish. Solid brew reminiscent of dfh 90.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 20, 2012 Draft poured dark crramy orange great fluffy hrad. Big citrus aroma. Flabor is thick hops almost to much
Love the flavor.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle - pours hazy gold with off-white head. Nose is grapefruit. Flavor adds caramel and citrus notes. bitter with a tinge of sweetness. Long hoppy finish. pretty straightforward.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 18/20
Fantastic Dbl IPA ! Hoppy and high ABV but smooth. Not too bitter with a great after taste
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2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
This is a ’10 bottling and the hop aroma and initial flavor has faded. Unfortunately it has left it with a little bit of a rubbing alcohol aspect. Bordering a little bit on a hopped up barleywine. Going to have to take my time with this one. Dark dull orange color. Alcohol, bandaid dominate the aromas and flavors. Finish is pretty sweet with a bit of a bite at the end.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
a: hazy golden hue, sticky 1/2" head with great retention, left lacing on the glass
s: a hop bomb here, lots of citrus hop aroma.
t: citrusy hops molded well with a strong malt backbone. excellent
m&d: medium bodied beer
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