From old note card. Sampled from a growler. Pour is copper/rust with virtually no head...what is there is a small white ring..Aroma of hops and sweet fruit. Flavor is bitter up front with good malt balance. Dry finish. Good body and very drinkable.

Name: Manchester Suprema IIPA
Brewery: John Harvard’s
Date: 06/15/2008
Mode: Growler
Source: Trade

Appearance: opaque burnt orange, frothy bits of head,
Aroma: sweet crystal and caramel malt aroma with nice pine sweetness,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of pine and a touch of citrus, big dark caramel character adds sweetness but lots of earthyness keeps it pretty balanced, light bitterness in the finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***/4

growler thanks to jjpm74. Poured a hazed amber color with an off-white head. Very sweaty hop aroma. Decent caramel malt base. Malty flavor with light pine notes and a dry bitter finish. Medium bodied.

Growler: Pours a slightly hazy copper with a thin ring of off-white head. Aroma of sweet toasty grainy malts and some earthy floral piny hops. Starts fairly full but without much carbonation and a semi-sweet caramel maltiness and big, bittering earthy hop character before a drier, crisp bittersweet finish. A good double IPA, but could use a touch more sweetness.

Growler, courtesy of jjpm74. Thanks, John! Pours a hazy, orange-amber color; off-white head with patchy fine-bubbled lacing. Very floral, chewy hoppiness in the aroma; quite soft, resiny, and intricate hoppiness; very nice nose. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy, sticky-sweet hoppiness; very floral and earthy; some alcoholic warmth; chewy, dense stuff with the slightest astringency; solid double IPA. Lengthy, tongue-numbing finish: floral / earthy / mineral bitterness, quite nice, and some candy sugar sweetness beneath.