 Dogbrick (2166), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Apr 20, 2008
Sample at Oggi’s Mission Valley location (originally rated 4/12, mistaken for an Oggi’s beer). This beer pours a mostly clear yellow-gold color with a medium thin off-white head that diminishes slowly. Thin rings of lacing on the glass. Citrus and hops aroma with a hint of spice. Medium-bodied with flavors of piney hops and spice, plus some grapefruit. Very little malt is present for balance. The finish is slightly astringent hops and citrus with a lingering hops aftertaste. Above average, and would be much better if it were more balanced.
GMUcrew7 (158), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Pours nice copper color with big lasting off white head. Aroma is predominately pine hops with a hint of citrus. Somewhat underwhelming pine hop flavors, but it does have a nice malt sweetness to balance the flavor. Has a somewhat sticky palate and the alcohol is well hidden beneath the smooth mouth feel that improves as it warms. The hop flavor is a little muddied, which takes away from the overall quality of the beer. A good beer but definitely not in the upper tier of DIPA’s.
BuckeyeSammy (345), New York City, New York, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Not much of a nose. Piney hops, heavy malt character. Full palate, maybe a little citrus mixed in there.
mar (519), Dallas, Texas, USA
Jul 18, 2008 dark amber pour with a good off white head. big piney hop scents on the nose. awesome thickness with a smooth flavor of piney hops and a nice finish with a smooth bitterness.
cazort (325), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 18, 2008 (On tap) Upon first glance this beer gives the illusion of being very crisp. This is because the hops really hit you, and then leave a very cold taste lingering in your mouth. All the criticisms I gave for the "West Coast IPA" apply to this: too heavy seeming from the high alcohol content, not enough complexity, and not enough balance. And the quality of the hops isn’t particularly interesting. There’s just a lot of hops but it’s not like there’s much going on in the hop aroma. I’ll pass on this one.
aubreya (653), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Jul 17, 2008 The color was light golden with orange hues. The head was thin, fizzy, and off-white. The aroma was pine, hops, alcohol, and citris. The flavor was strong hops, pine, citris, alcohol, and waxy/bitter. The palate was thick-bodied. The finish was hoppy.
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