 keith0718 (157), Olathe, Kansas, USA
Oct 7, 2009 Bottle. Noticeably viscous when pouring. Beautiful, thick, creamy head. Goes down like heavy, liquid bread. Reminiscent of barley wines I’ve had. Quite hoppy. Too rich for me.
swanmann (304), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Oct 5, 2009 Mazzeltov! This poured crazy opaque amber with well sustained, thick tan suds. It smells overwhelmingly of hops, but also oranges and buttery toffee notes, alcohol and spicy rye. It’s got an incredibly malty backbone with dark caramel and toasty breadcrust bitterness, but the hops grab front stage. It’s got an incredibly full, complex hop character. At 10% abv take just a bit of time to savor the nice, slow burn. Afterall it’s a tribute brew. Delicious! This gets high marks all around.
tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 4, 2009 Poured a medium copper with fluffy head.
Nose was big with C-hops, nice rye smell, almost has a caraway hint to it.
Taste was a nice surprise, tons of big and bold west coast hop flavors, good caramel and rye backbone to hold up and offer balancing mouthfeel and flavors.
Might be the best under $5 bomber i’ve had all year.
jbye4334 (652), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Oct 2, 2009 (bomber). Cloudy, dark copper color. Large, off-white head. Cookie/candy sweet aroma, with light rye and hops. Flavors of sweet candy and rye bread, with light alcohol. Avg duration. Light bitter finish. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Excellent lacing.
beernovice39 (244), South Carolina, USA
Sep 23, 2009 Pours into snifter.....Weedking4 below sums up my thoughts. I would like to stress how tasty this stuff really is....for the hop head like myself they are there for sure but what great balance this has!!!!! May very well be a new favorite!!! Can you tell i like it???
Weedking4 (33), Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Sep 20, 2009 22oz bottle. Pours a very dark and hazy amber/maroon colour. Definately feel the malty side more then the hops, but its a sweet balance. Nice little lingering after taste. Don’t notice a hint of the 10% alc at all. Very smooth drink, quite tasty.
roacheater (36), USA
Sep 20, 2009 not a fan of the HeBrews in general but this stuff is pretty good... a nice surprise. got it at whole foods for under 5 bucks which is unusual for a 22oz double ipa. i probably wouldn’t have bothered with it even then, but it was a rye... so i kinda had to buy it. very malty, excellent aroma and flavor, not syrupy in any way. about 8 or 9 years ago moylan’s had a barleywine recipe that tasted very similar to this. someone over there knows what they’re doing.
ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark
Sep 16, 2009 Brown with a big and lasting white head. Some caramel aroma with big grapefruit hops. Sweet and toffee malty flavour with some grapefruit, and a decent bitter finish
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