4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/2022 ounce bottle from my cousin out West. Weird pale cloudy orangish pink with flat head. Looks just like my amateur homebrew. Definitely not a pretty beer. Floral fruity hop aroma with a touch bready cracker. Orange honey cracker with assertive fruity spicy hop clean finish. Complex, somewhat messy, but no bad flavors. The palate, creamy and deceptively quaffable, pulls the whole thing together.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours hazy golden, sporadic white lacing. Small head. Notes of orange citrus, bitter pine, caramel and german malts, light booze. Tastes like a couple week old mongo or something. Not bad.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Danker DIPA. Resiny nose nice solid malt core. Bitter piney finish. Good but not a bit too resinous for me to be a favorite.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared at a local tasting, thanks Josh! Pours a really pale gold with no head at all, doesn’t look like anything special but the taste really makes up for it. The aroma has a great amount of hops and citrus, the flavor also has a ton of citrus, slight malt flavor as well, mixes in perfectly, nice mouthfeel, pretty good stuff.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from 16 Tons Taphouse, Eugene. Pours a slightly cloudy golden orange, minimal head. Aroma is slightly citrusy, maybe some pineapple notes in there, definitely leaning sweeter. Rye malt, maybe? Thinner body, but not lively. Finish is effing massive, rolling waves of citrus zest and a little bit of sweetness. One of my all-time favorites.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
650ml bottle. Pale gold pour. This is practically near pnw ipa perfection. Citrus, pine, herbal, rye. It is super dry, medium to high bitterness. Godly.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Belmont Station. Nice amber body with slight tan head. Nose is plenty of hops, pine and citrus. The taste is more of the same with bitter notes. Also nice malt and caramel flavours throughout. Really well done.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Hazy, unfiltered golden color, with a pale, light green hue and minimal head. Delicate floral and honey nuances, mix with hints of fresh herbs in the aroma. Bitter, fresh hops dominate the palate, with layers of earthy, dank herb, bitter grapefruit zest, and honeyed florals. Light, refreshing and balanced. Great mouthfeel. Finish is full of fresh, earthy, bitter hops. A classic DIPA. Has a home brewed feel to it that is hard to come by these days. A must try.
--- tasted while on a long journey to understand the world around me...
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
I had no idea how much I had taken for granted HOTD until I moved to Chicago from Northern California. Such a great brewery and one that forces me to get one of their beers leading up to last call at Urge Gastropub. Light honey colored pour. Minimal white head. Nose is citrus, pine, and apricot. Taste is resinous up front followed by tropical fruit hops. Malty enough to give body but hoppy for sure. Old school, too, before DIPA meant 10%+. Well crafted and yummy.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Hair Of The Dog. Pours a very cloudy brown color on tap. Very different to the bottle version. Great hop balance.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draught at Hair of the Dog. An intriguing greyish golden color. Smells of grassy and citrusy hops. Hops come through first on the palate, with a spicy citrus sweetness at the end. One of my favorite double IPAs.
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