3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber thanks to 17thfloor for sharing. Pours a deep amber golden with a small white head. Aroma is bright citric with plenty of mango, melon, a bit tropical, some herbal grassy notes and just a touch of resiny stinky hops. Flavor starts sweet and fruity citric, melon and orange with some caramel. Slowly picks up a spicy grassy hop note that gains bitterness into a spicier finish. Medium to medium full body and a soft carbonation. Pretty nice ipa here
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JAN 12, 2013 Had it on frat recently and way better than bottle. Big citrus, maybe some summit but not overpowering.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a light copper/toffee color with some orange highlights. The head faded quite fast into a ring around the top. Aroma of some oranges, with a little bit of pine, some bitter grapefruit rind, and a little bit of caramel/crystal malt. Very nice, balanced aroma. The hop profile is rather juicy and resinous on this one. A lot of orange and some melon with chewy, bready overtones. A little bit of that caramel slides in towards the end of the finish. Before hand the finish takes on more of a bitter resinous pine. Somewhat medium bodied, and semi dry, this IPA is another fine beer from Half Acre. A little more citrus, and just a hair less pine on the finish would have been nice though.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle thanks to Pawola22. Just a touch hazy, toffee colored, with a small white head. A small amount of lacing is present on the glass. I am relieved that there is no astringent honey aromas in this beer, and upon first smell I’m really excited to try it. Big, resinous hop character with orange and lemon really coming through. Fucking love the aroma. Some pineapple coming through as well, and I go absolutely crazy for pineapple. Taste contains more of the big hop character I was expecting from the aroma. Peach, orange, some pine, caramel malt to balance this out. Sweetness over bitterness. I don’t really ever find this beer to become bitter. Excellently ballanced. It’s lighter bodied that I had anticipated from the aroma, but that really isn’t a knock as it is something I want to drink more of every day. Thanks for the beer pawola22!! Now, to post an ISO.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasted on the day of release, 1/6/12, from a 22oz bomber bottle purchased at Half Acre. Pours hazy burnt orange with an average cream-white head that leaves spotty lace. The nose is super intense floral, tropical fruit, citrus, and resin hops with a nice caramel bread malt backbone. The flavor is intense grapefruit peel, floral and resin hops, with some spicy notes and caramel bread. The body is medium with lively carbonation and a long super hoppy grapefruit peel finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber color, nice head with good lacing. Aroma is pine and citrus with a hint of weed. Taste is full of grass and hop resin. Very similar to Daisy Cutter, but a little sweeter. I like this.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Purchased at Half Acre in Chicago, IL; enjoyed with a good friend while waiting for some pizza that never came. Appearance is cloudy dark gold with rich white head that sticks to the glass. Aroma of stinky, nature hops, straight lemon scent, maybe a bit of hay. Taste also of stinky hops, moderate bitterness in the back end, lemon flavor, oddly enough the taste is like the smell of chicken soup gone bad (which is in my fridge right now), not sure how they pulled that one off. Its still decent though!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz bottle from the brewery (Chicago, IL). Opened on a snowy Thursday after pickup on Sunday. Pours a rich glowing copper orange hue, a darker edge to it, with dark sunset copper edges and glow, a decent haze. A small frothy offwhite head stays at a decent film, thick ring. Laces ok. Aromas are a healthy dose of citrusy and fruity hops, grapefruit and tropical mangos, a big dose of gumball. Touches of oranges, melon, and florals. Grass, a decent dry hopping shows some mellow biscuits and bready pale malts as it warms. Very fresh fruity hop nose, but not overly bitter. Initial is lighter end of medium bodied, offering a good healthy bitterness up front, florals and grass mix with a good lemony and dry hop feel. Bitter, grapefruit, and lemons. Touches of oranges, moving into a mellow sweet middle. Touches of biscuits and pale malts, a good deal of tropical fruit, melon. Mellow sweetness but still properly bitter, with a dry bitter finish. Melon, tropical fruits, dry florals and grass with some citrus playing 2nd fiddle. A lot of flavors, not the most direct assault of hops but flavorful and quite drinkable. A gentle spice in the finish and lingering on. There is a lot of good here. Nice IPA but tastes similar to some of their other beers.. The gumball element does get a bit over the top as it warms.. But it is a nice beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Half Acre. Pours a deep bronzed gold, hint of amber to it. Really quite hazed. Offwhite head. Nose is pretty big. Pretty similar to a blend of Daisy Cutter and Callow Knife. Lots of juicy tropical fruit notes with some woody stuff as well. Really bright. Hint of caramel as well. On tasting, quite bitter, but not over the top. It is much fruitier with tons of hop flavor and a big malt backbone. Really fresh and good stuff, though I slightly prefer Callow Knife. Nice!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
growler... glad to see Half Acre getting back to something they actually do well... really solid worth trying
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