 RagallachMC (631), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 8, 2008 22oz bottle. Aroma: Lots of citrusy and piney hops. Grapefruit, pineapple, resin. Really juicy. A hint of caramel and a nice malt sweetness underlies all the hops. Appearance: Dark golden in color and hazy. Off-white head was medium sized and looked like soap suds. Fair retention and lacing. Flavor: Hops kick in right from the beginning. Orange and pine, pineapple and resin. Bitterness comes on early and fairly strong. Don’t taste any of the malt until the aftertaste, where I pick up a bit of caramel and some malt sweetness. Finishes fairly dry with the bitterness carrying over for quite awhile. Palate: Medium-full bodied. Medium carbonation. Light alcohol warming in back of mouth. Overall: Really nice west coast IIPA. Full of flavor and really drinkable. I’m glad I have a couple more of these.
gnoff (3560), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 6, 2008 (Bottle at a beer tasting in Göteborg on July 4, 2008)
Clear golden color, white head. Strong hoppy scent, some green peppers. Hoppy, bitter, citrus taste. Bitter aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.
coldbrewky (717), Saugerties, New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 5, 2008 Bomber: A nice medium golden with toned down hops from the hop head red. Hops are infused more into the body and extend longer thru the mouthfeel. This sucker went down fast and smooth for a 9%er. The bomber left me feeling wobbly and content with life. If that is not high praise, I’m uncertain what is.
Hophead22 (1087), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 5, 2008 On tap, very nice smell, kind of like hemp. Nice dark gold color. Finished very nice, with a nice amount of smooth bitterness. From Apr. 27 08’
lemasney (398), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 ABV: 9%
RateBeer rating: 97
Calories: estimated at 400 C
Volume: 22 fl oz.
Glass: snifter, tulip
Purchased at: Oak Tree, South Plainsfield, NJ (Thanks, jay and Matt!)
Price: $5.99
Consumed at: home
First Impression: deep, smoky aroma and a simple gold body with a white head. Aroma is smoke, hops, and some funk. Visuals are a gold body with a persistent white head with very intricate lacing. Taste is a roller coaster - a bit metallic, somewhat mechanical, deeply hoppy, and lacking balance, which I don’t mind. Palate is sharply bitter with a smoky sourness. Long dark, deep finish. Rich. Second Impression - a very special IIPA, in that it imparts a sausagey flavor to the hoppy bitterness, and avoids the cloying answer to the bitterness and preserves the bitter crunch nicely. A great buy for such a very uniquely treated co-style.
Aroma: 9 out of 10
Visuals: 4 out of 5
Taste: 10 out of 10
Palate: 5 out of 5
Overall: 18 out of 20
drjay44 (773), Salida, Colorado, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 Nice head, good color, a bit sour pine on the nose, a bit more bitter on the hops, rather than floral, good mouth feel, wonderful lacing.
gpekar (223), Maryland, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 4, 2008 Poured a hazy golden amber with a tall thick foamy head. There was a good grassy hop aroma. A good strong hop flavor and bite. On the finish the hoppiness led to a milder bitterness than the Stone Ruination IPA with a subtle bit of sweetness on the finish softening the bitterness. There was good lacing throughout the glass. Excellent
Beerman6686 (1280), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 2, 2008 Pours a nice amber color with an off white head. Aroma is just tons of hops. Flavor is also overloaded with hops, not balanced at all, definately a west coast IIPA
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