3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Hazy orange colour with awhite head. Fresh floral, fruity, hop aroma and taste. Medium body with a dry finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 20, 2010 2010-03-18, 7-5-7-4-14=37
Hazy orange-amber color; generous head. Nice hoppy aroma, mild but with all the qualities: resiny, fruity, a bit sweaty; also a clear English hops footprint (?) and light apples. Dry toffee flavor, strong bitterness, even a bit harsh, and a bit yeasty; pleasant, moderate sweetness in the end. Good.
2007-04-23, 7-3-7-3-13=33
Hazy light amber color; thin head. The aroma is hoppy and partially fruity. The body is thin, not enough malty, with a strong bitterness, resiny, partially aromatic.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
NOt an I.P.A. fan usually, but I have to admit this one is a punch. Very nice foam with good barley taste and the hops enough to make it good. I like the flavour and the taste it has in it.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
660 ml bottle courtesy oakbluff. Golden amber colour with a mostly lasting creamy and frothy off-white head. Orange and tangerine citrus, caramel and bready aroma. Light bready malt flavours, with a lightly grassy and citrus, then building aggressive and almost harsh lingering grapefruit pithy bitter finish. Light to medium bodied, dry but not quite astringent. Reminds me a bit of John Shippey’s Left Coast IPA, but more bitter vs. citric hoppyness. Almost overly bitter as opposed to hoppy, a bit like Sargeant Major’s IPA in that regard.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry & GregClow -- courtesy of GregClow. Pours a hazy amber-orange with lots of little floaties and an average size diminishing off-white head. Nice fresh hoppy aroma, smells great. Flavour of pine and citrus hops backed by toasty malt and a nice bitter finish -- very flavourful. Medium bodied. A great IPA, I loved it!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Clear copper-orange with a large soapy white head and lacing. Smells nice - oranges, grapefruit, biscuit, and leafy pine. Skewed bitterness with a lot of lingering grapefruit and some biscuity caramel.
Enjoyable.
Picked up in Winnipeg by a friend in the month of December in 2006.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle split with HogTownHarry & blankboy - my bottle, via trade with piscator34. Hazy orange-amber with lots of microscopic floaties. Big round aroma of fresh malt and resiny hops. Medium body. Great flavour - citrus and pine hops over a strong malt backbone. Solid and very drinkable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber, courtesy of Blair-thank you for bringing back. No offence to Boutin who also sent a 330 at the same time. This is to some a very good pale, to others a good but not super hopped up American IPA. What it is, is very drinkable masterful brewing, it would be awesome I think on tap. Orange citrus flavour, grapefruit Cascade in the aroma. Drying but not overly. Oh, nice orangey colour and white head.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Citrus hops, toasty malts and buttery diacetyl blend in the nose. Brilliantly clear golden body is topped by a shy, large bubbled white head that recedes rapidly to a thin partial cover. Citrus hops up front are joined by toasted and caramel malts with some floral notes as well. Moderate bitterness in the finish that lasts well but is undercut by buttery diacetyl. Medium light body is somewhat astringent and borders on watery with sharp, prickly, fine bubbled carbonation. Tulip glass. Just above fridge temperature. Bottle (MLCC, Nov-06).
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 23, 2007 Bottle (650ml). Shared with tupalev via trade with oakbluff. Poured hazy orange, some tiny suspended particles, average head. Initially cardboard/stale caramel diacetyl, then herbal hops, light alchol, then more funky hops. Taste - very nice - funky hops, herbal, long bitter finish - VERY hoppy. Average body, quite astringent, long finish - left a slightly weedy aftertaste - much better by the bottom of the glass, would be super on cask.
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