3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Courtesy hopscotch. Bottle. Cloudy light amber pour with a thick white head. Big malty hoppy aroma. Nicely balanced malt and hops, nice easy drinking IPA. Finishes clean, tasty.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Courtesy hopscotch. Pours a cloudy orange, with a tiny white head. Smells of musky hops, with a large malt presence. Seems to be alot of orange citrus in there too. The flavor has a bunch of juicy hops, more on the fruity side as the orange really blends with it nicely. Just a nice fruity little IPA. The hops were kept in check for the most part, but very drinkable indeed.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale amber, Modest hop aroma with tangerines and soap. Body a little too thin. Hop character is modest. Would prefer more aggression.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear copper color with a substantial foamy beige head. Grapefruit citrus hop nose with some buscuity notes. This is a very bitter beer, with lots of grapefruit rind and grass. There is enough malts to balance it out, but still a bitter beer. The long finish is dry and tends towards the raw grassy nop notes that I don’t perfer. Pretty standard IPA.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a 22 oz bottle this poured a rich amber with haze, medium light yellow head, with moderate lacing. Big strong nose of floral, fruity, and piney hops, The complex aromas get this off to a great start. Mouthfeel is rich and smooth. Flavors mirror the hops, though not quite as powerful. Long bitter finish. Great IPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
9-26-07 bottle. Nice hoppy aroma with a hint of a soapy smell. Great flavor and developed palate. Perfect match with pizza. A bit soapy in the taste as well but not drying at all. It was yummy! Orange amber color with decent long lasting head.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bomber courtesy of Saarlander, thanks Aaron. slightly hazy amber pour with a smallish head shrinking quickly to a ring of lace. not quite your typical west coast IPA, with as much malt as hops, but still very nice.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Nice rich cloudy amber pour with a large, everlasting offwhite head. Smell is big and piney, and fruity hops with a great sweetness coming through as well. Very rich aromatic smell. Body is slightly thinner than I like, but makes for it to be very drinkable. Taste is flavorful hops, perfectly sweetened by the malt, with a nice mild bitterness in the finish. Very well balanced, and resultedly extremely pleasant and easy to drink. Perhaps my new favorite IPA.
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