3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ Beer Temple. Clear copper color. White head, not much. Aroma’s: citrus, pine, malty sweet (more so than the Hoppin To Heaven), some alcohol. Flavor is medium bitter, with some acidity. Medium body. Bitter finish, but not harsh.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Beer Temple. Clear amber colour, white head. Aroma was like walking through a pine forest, spruce, pine, resin. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, loads of pine and spruce, lavender, light roasted malts, firm bitter finish. Medium bodied. A bit harsh.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ Haand festival.
Pour Hazy deep orange, with a small off-white head.
Aroma is all that hop is. Pine, tropical fruits, apricot, pineapple, grass, weeds. And enough of it... Slight caramel in here as well.
Taste is pretty darn bitter, with slight sweetness. (only a little)
Semi-thick body, with a slight fizzy carb. Really nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[5/11/12] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Clear amber. Aroma of piney and fruity hops. Very bitter flavor full of fruity hops. Medium-bodied. Quite nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber, pours clear, dark copper orange with minimal head. Not much lacing to speak of. Nose is bitter orange peel, hints of mango and juniper, fired toffee. Taste is a bit dull up front, but everything starts to come through as it spreads out: lemon pine sol, more orange, floral hints. Big caramel finish. A bit thin on the mouthfeel. Not blowing my skirt up, especially for the price. Good otherwise.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured from a bomber Copper pour with thin spotty white head. Full smell of Carmel and hops. Taste is very bitter and hoppy but great. Pine Carmel and floral backbone. Really big and great IIPA
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3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours copper with a small white head. Nose is grassy hay with a strong caramel malt backbone. Perhaps even overpowering the hops. Taste is sweet with a mild amount of bitter. Even the finish is underwhelming. Mouthfeel is oily and alive. Long aftertaste with a heavy body.
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3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber from Total Wine in Stuart (funny after having a number of Hoppin Frogs over the years, this is my first HF rating, and the first time I remember having this particular brew) Pours an unclear orangey brown with a white-yellow head. Some nice lacing. Aroma has overripe fruit, syrupy pine, citrus with a lot of resin. Taste brings strong sweet caramel, citrus fruity hops and overlayered resin. ABV seems stronger than 8%. Quite bitter in the end, with a medium long sweet finish. Liked it fine, did not love it - not as clean as it could be as it bludgeons with hops and caramel.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
This was fantastic. Sampled it at Casanovas over the weekend. So wonderfully hoppy and delicious.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured from a 22 ounce bottle into a brandy snifter. Appearance is super hazy copper with a ton of particulate matter floating throughout the beer, could be yeast, could be hop particles. Sticky white head with nice retention. Aroma is in your face, ass whoopin hop bitterness. Spicy, floral, citrus, piny, you name it, that hop profile is probably in this beer. Taste is surprisingly sweet with a muted hop character, maybe its just muted compared to the aroma, though. The malt profile really comes through nicely here with a caramel and white cake flavor really showing. Finish is supremely dry and bitter. Really enjoyed this beer.
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