3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle to tulip. Golden/amber color. Aroma has pine and citrus notes to it. Has a nice bitterness to it. A very drinkable IPA. Would definitely buy this again.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel. Thanks David Cohen. Clear golden. Hoppy aroma with some pine, citrus and light malty notes. Bitter hoppy flavor with pine, some citrus and light sweetness in the back. Medium-bodied. Nice.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft. Somewhat slight aroma, some fruity hop (grapefruit, citrus), some lightly honeyish, toasty malt sweetness, faint hint of pine. Clear light-medium golden amber color, head is fine, uneven and lasting. Flavor features some mild, toasted, honeyish malt sweetness up front, from there the hop addition largely takes over, turning drier, moderately bitter, with a light wash of citrus and pine towards the finish. Lightly resinous and smoothly effervescent mouthfeel, body is light-medium. Not bad, just okay. I can’t believe it took me so many years to try this stuff.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pour is clear gold with a finger-wide bone white head. Aroma is of light hops, dry dirt, and caramel. Flavor is light and crisp with the hops overwhelming the rest of the flavors. Slight sweetness on the finish.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A: Dark amber body. 2 finger off-white head. Good retention and lacing.
S: Generic caramel malt and non-descript earthy hop bitterness.
T: While decent, this could be the IPA at any mediocre brewpub. Its got a generic caramel malt base, somewhat bready in parts and mildly bitter earthy, piney hops.
M: Somewhat thick and chewy. Lively carbonation. Muddled finish.
O: Eh. Not bad. But I don’t really want to drink "not bad." I am spoiled, I guess.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not too bad. It’s not the best IPA I’ve ever had, but I have a special place for it in my heart since it’s the first IPA I tried. Really nice bitter taste to it, and delivers on many levels!
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A little too light for me. Slightly fruity, clean taste with malty undertones, not particularly interesting
Not one of my favorites but would certainly choose this over any commercial larger
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at Cooter Brown’s in New Orleans. Butterscotch in colour with moderate carbonation. Aromas are of white grapefruit, toast, a bit of pine, and honey. Cedar boughs, crispy pale malt, and more white grapefruit dominate the palate. Medium bitterness, and light bodied. Not bad, but definitely could have used more aroma hops.
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