3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20Orange and grapefruit with a hops aroma. Oddly very malty flavor at first. The aroma didn’t match the flavor. Extreme bitterness takes over. Too bitter and unbalanced.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
thanks to Tim for the bottle. From the moment I read about this beer I REALLY wanted to try it. This brewery does awesome fruit additions in beer and the combination with a double IIPA seemed like a perfect fit. Bomber pours hazy orange with darker reddish hues and a big medium fluffy white head that laces well. The aroma is big and layered with citrus fruit, orange, acidic lemon and grapefruit with rind and zest as well. Flavor is big citrus again but there is a definite malt back bone creeping that balances things nicely. Some caramel, some doughy and pale. Nice through and through. The finish is a mixture of big juicy flavorful citrus hops and some hop bitterness that is in the realm of grapefruit or orange rind. Really nice beer, I hope they do this one again!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
pours a amber copper color with a one finger off white head. aroma is of orange, grapefruit, some pine, sweet malts, and some caramel. Taste is well balanced with a lot of raw orange, blood orange, and grapefruit flavor, but also some tangerine an pine from the hops, some sweet malts, and some caramel malts. Has a medium full body with a nice creamy, chewy mouthfeel and a oily, slick, bitter, yet refreshing finish. Overall, a pretty tasty and very refreshing DIPA that is a nice break from the norm for the style.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bomber from Windy City. Sweet hopped nose. Some orange is noticeable. Decent hop character. Bitter citrus along with reall citrus make for a pretty refreshing brew.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy orange color with ivory heasd. Orange, pine, other citrus fruit, floral aromas. medium body. Orange flesh, grapefruit, blood orange citrusy flavors with some dry earthy hops, and a solid pale malt base--good
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bright orange pour, white head. Tangerines, grapefuit, lemon, spicy hop aroma. Flavor has great citrus hops, some good malt structure and finishes slightly bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle-shared by jtclockwork-pours hazy gold with particles and a dissipating offwhite head. Aroma is soft orange/grapefruit, light malt-bready, some earth. Taste is grapefruit/orange/spice, light malt/wheat-bready.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours orange amber with off white head. Nose/taste of grapefruit, orange peel, pine and caramel malt. Finishes very dry mostly orange peel. Body a little thin for a IIPA.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Brewster’s LAX. Bronze-orange with lace. Nice citrus nose, orange, light caramel. Bready malt flavor, big citrus, some caramel. Big bitter finish, peppery. Crisp and clean. Tasty stuff.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap and a bomber bottle-June 2012 sampled at the brewery-pours lite hazy orange with a small white head with some lite lacing. flavors are huge oranges-really tastes like an orange juice ipa-more in the big naval oranges than say a tangerine type like two hearted. not much hop bitterness here however has a very lush body with nice mouthfeal-oily and medium carbonation. long finish and you can really taste the oranges. As for hte hops, i dont taste the ones they mentioned in the brew. Oranges overpower them maybe? nonetheless, its cool!
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