3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Churchill’s. Pours a light amber w/ white head. Malt, caramel, citrus, piney hops, and fruit. Good IIPA, well balanced, it just lacks some of that fresh floral, tropical hop punch I like in IPAs.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle: pours a clear deep orange amber with a clingy-lacing white head. Has a fresh resinous piny hoppy nose with sweet pale malts. Starts with good fullness and sweet pale malts with lots of juicy hop flavor and bitter balance before an assertive drier bittersweet finish. Lots of IBUs, but still quite drinkable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap on Darby's. Clear, orange-gold with a white cap. Aroma of toffee and grapefruit. Taste is much the same. Great beer.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark amber with a small head.
Aroma of fresh hops, lychee, passion fruit, pears and orange blossom. Underneath is sweet-smelling clean malt and confectionery.
Very aggressive flavours, masses of sharp hops with piney, herbal and resinous characters. A fair whack of clean, syrupy malt underneath. Reminiscent of hopped malt extract... The sharp bitterness overpowers everything afterwards, seeming to linger forever to the point of being unpleasant.
Carbonation could be a bit higher.
True to it’s name, but that’s not exactly a good thing.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(draught - just tapped Flying Saucer KC) amber with off white head and some lace. Aroma is resiny PINE, with hints of fruit. Flavor is the same, but enough malt back bone to take it.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle.
Bright golden body with some sticky white head. Big time hop aroma - tropical fruit, grapefruit and other citrus, and resin. Flavor is also a hop bomb but has a good amount of malty sweetness to balance things out. Tons of citrus, pine, and tropical fruit flavors.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Damn good. Pours orange with soapy head that lingers. Big flavorful hops. Really nice imperial.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle. Large off-white head atop clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, pine, some grapefruit/grapefruit juice, some resin. Taste is moderately sweet, pine/grapefruit, some tannins, light orange/lemon. Resinous medium-full body.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I love me some hops but the name is appropriate. I shouldn’t expect more complexity from a palate wrecker. Still rated highly for the hops alone.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Golden-amber with creamy off white head. Grapefruit, malt caramel balance, mild grass, and floral aroma. Full bodied, syrupy, mild grapefruit, fruity, citrus, and malt balancing flavors. Full bodies, medium bitterness, and slightly dry finish.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Poured a bright orangey color ale with a solid large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma is dominated by citrus and pine noted originating from the C-hops. Taste is also dominated loads of citrus and pine notes with a bitter finish. Malt is present though hard to decipher through al the hops with some light residual sugar. Body is quite full with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. There is no denying that this a hop bomb though I prefer when they veered toward floral then bitterness.
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