 porterhouse (915), Alna, Maine, USA
Apr 14, 2008
(22 oz. bottle via trade with <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=30668 target=blank>IrishBoy, thanks Richard!) Quite the hop fix...Pours lightly hazy orange-amber with four fingers of lightly amberish-white head. Head recedes to a rocky cap. Big, bad pungent grapefruit aroma - along with pine. Mouthfeel medium-full, fairly smooth. Big foamy rings and sheets of lacing. Flavor is a huge bite of hops - heavily bitter with a big grapefruit flavor along with some pine. As it warms there is a very light caramel taste underneath. Long, lingering bitter grapefruit-pine aftertaste. Alcohol well-hidden in taste (although the ABV in this will sneak up on you). Falls to the extreme side of hoppiness - a bit too much maybe.
KingpinIPA (816), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Bottle via Odeed. Thanks! Amber Color. Smell of hops, malt, citrus peal, caramel, honey, grapefruit and pine. Taste of hops, malt, citrus peal, malt, salt, caramel, honey, grapefruit, flowers and a nice oily finish. A touch of alcohol in the taste also. This could have been dubbed for a Double IPA.
Oakes (6819), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
May 8, 2008 Cloudy amber. Big rocky head. Earthy hop nose with a bright amarillo top note. A little spritzy but some nice mellow orangey hop notes in there. Finishes clean with sweet bready notes.
mcbackus (621), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
Apr 12, 2008 bottle from irishboy: pours a nice orange hue with a great creamy white head, good lacing. aroma is a good grapefruit hop smell, some caramel malt in the back ground, very nice balanced araoma. flavour is a bitter hop upfront, slight caaramel malt finishes with more bitering hops of citrus and earth. very nice.
Beershine (1207), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Apr 8, 2008 Bottle, Merritt Is. Throwdown. Deep dark orange color with a good slick-looking head. Citrusy herbal, grassy aroma. Soft, thick, oily palate. Poignantly hoppy, estery, and phenolic. Very nice.
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