 johntreeter (122), Greenwood, Indiana, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 28, 2008
22oz bomber. Pours a deep orange copper color with a slight off white head. Aroma is hop based with the citrus, spice, and pine,although the rye sticks out from the backgroud and is pleasent on the nose. Likewise on the tongue. The hops are up front checked by a sweet malt, with the rye breaking through in the after taste. Full body, syrupy texture, dry feel, and a little soft on the carb. Very interesting and balanced beer. High quality IIPA that is a little different. I would certainly drink this beer again and recomend to others.
aaronbr (56), Palo Alto, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 23, 2009 Pours a murky golden brown, dark like an IPA, but very murky, and with a yellowish head. Bready aroma, somewhat earthy. Somewhat sour and very reminiscent of a barleywine style ale. Some definite notes of hops and bitterness, though the alcohol dominates this one. A little unbalanced, but palatable.
Trev (864), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 23, 2009 copper pour with a thick foamy white head.
Aroma is sweet and malty, caramel and some light peachy apricot fruitiness. Light floral hop as well perhaps? It seems to come and go...
Flavour continues to showcase the roasty sweet caramel and rye flavours.
Quite low hops for me. Some fruitiness, for 10% the alc is blended well into the flavour, though is certainly still noticable. Light to medium bitterness comes across as a dark roasted grainy bitterness.
Slightly sticky in the body.
madmitch76 (526), , Essex, England
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 7th September 2008. Cloudy brown beer. Very bitter IPA with a dark malt tone. Bitter grapefruit finish.
mesperon (135), Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 Hazy Copper with beautiful thick foamy off-white head that stays forever and leaves lots of sticky lace. somewhat mild aroma of sweet citrus and flowery hops. Very full fluffy mouthfeel with good carbonation of small bubbles, not sparkly at all. Great spicy bite from the hops which is amped by the rye. Bitterness is so sharp it almost burns. Hoppy bite continues into the finish along with a spicy rye, and a little touch of sweet honey. What a great, complete, complex beer.
tgncc (810), Bellmore, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 16, 2009 Rye crackers, caramel, citrus on the nose. Very interesting. The appearance is clear red, off white head. The flavor is very malt forward, caramel, brown sugar, citrus, followed by some pine, and some booze. The finish is piney, and spicy (possibly the rye making its presence known). The mouthfeel is approriately thick, syrupy. Very nice and unique IIPA overall.
TampaBrew (805), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 15, 2009 POurs amber. Nose is huge citrus and pine, big malt backbone. Flavor is sweet malts, caramel, citrus, grapefruit, pine, dank hops. Very bitter finish.
PhatB420 (128), Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 13, 2009 Ok, a litte too tart here for a DIPA, but highly drinkable and enjoyable. An exploration with Rye that i can never came across before. Good times
DonBirnam (69), Wellington, New Zealand
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 11, 2009 Brutal. Half way between and IPA and a barley wine, in character and flavour (and alcohol). Unfortunately, my tasting note are incomplete. The 10% ABV blew got in the way. I was very impressed though.
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