BMan1113VR (2755), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA May 24, 2008 Updated: Dec 9, 2008Pours a clear, sparkling orange covered by a large, tight, white head. Very good lacing, and nice retention. Aroma is tangerine, sweetness, some green apple, and grapefruit. Taste is bitter and less sweet than the nose would have you believe. Water mouthfeel, with lively carbonation.
re-rate. Same score. Pours with a huge, tight, creamy off-white head and a hazy golden body. Great lacing and retention. Aroma of orange and strong pine and eucalyptuses and some light fruits (melon). Taste is pine and eucalyptuses and light fruits and melon. Syrupy mouthfeel, light bubbles. GMCC2181 (845), Bear, Delaware, USA May 22, 2008 Bomber from Sparky... Good orange color, good head. Citrus and pine in the aroma. I havent had a good double IPA in a while and this hit the spot. Nice and bitter, citrus pine, classic west coast characteristic. Some fruity flavors hidden in there as well. Medium texture, easy to drink. Overall a well crafted DIPA! Thanks E for the brew! SamGamgee (1396), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA May 21, 2008 22oz bottle. Clear honey color with a medium creamy white head. The aroma is fruity, with grapefruit, mango, peach, some spice, and sweet honey. The flavor has a simple, but ample malt body with lots of hop flavor that is heavy again on the more tropical and sweeter grapefruit side. The IBUs are there, but really smooth. Nice and rounded profile overall, though both the flavor and aroma fall slightly short for me. rustychiles (997), Mesa, Arizona, USA May 15, 2008 Pours a hazy golden orange color with a nice soapy head. Aroma of hops, citrus, pine and malt. Flavor is hops, pine, a little malt, and it all comes together well until the finish. There’s something herbal and unexpected in the finish with this one that makes it unique from a lot of other similar iipas. HopheadJosh (2), Oakland, California, USA does not count May 15, 2008 The Green Flash Brewer never has been known to go easy on the hops, so you can expect this DIPA to really pack a hoppy punch. It pours with less of a head than I’d like but boasts a creamy texture just short of divine. The hops are less complex than some other DIPA craft beers, but the intensity of Summit hops is like a brick to the face. A wonderfully aromatic and delicious brick to the face, that is. Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA May 14, 2008 Courtesy of a few different ratebeerians. Dark golden, minimal head. Aroma has a nice floral and pine character up front, but rather weak after that. Flavor much the same, nice balance of floral, citrus, pine, not awhole lot of malt character at all. Re-rate coming soon as I have another bottle. blipp (1630), Newark, New Jersey, USA May 14, 2008 Bottle. Pours orange with an off white head. Hoppy aroma with pine needles, citrus rind and caramel. Medium smooth body. Flavor is again hoppy with notes of pine needles and a very noticeable taste of marijuana. Short finish. The West Coast IPA is better. chicagodri (1021), Chicago, Illinois, USA May 13, 2008 Pours a copper color with a thin off white head. Nice grapefruit and pine aromas with a little bit of a sweet aroma as well. Great flavor, great hop bitterness, and some sweet malt in order to try to balance the hop flavor. Fantastic beer, I was impressed. Hides the 9% ABV very well.
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