3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hazy orange-copper body, dense, thick beige head that slowly dissipates. Perfumey aroma punctuated by pine and caramel. A somewhat unusual biscuity flavor with flower petals, pepper, grapefruit rind, and pine. Sweet caramel breaks up the rather muddy, resiny character. Complex but not in a defined or ordered manner. Interesting.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2004 MSBF. amber color, bready fruity aroma, medium body/palate, and a mild and balanced flavor. much like an english IPA.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle, courtesy of Psychprof. Dark amber/copper, fairly clear, lovely caramel-meringue looking head. Fairly subtle nose, grapefruit, orange, caramel and some indefinable spices. On the tongue, as Michael mentions, quite bready, very malty but with just the right kick of citrusy hops. The citrus is more in the flavor; this has little acid and is extremely smooth. Yes, it is a bit thin, but no that’s not bothering me on this sweaty night. Very nice, thanks Michael!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I agree with the other raters that this is grapefruity, but also has a strong grainy bready malt character. King is now bottling a few of their products. This was yummy, if a tad thin (depsite the maltiness...?...perplexing). A beautiful coppery color.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a cloudy bronze color with bubbly white head. Nice hopppy grapefruit flavor with some malt to back it up.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
IPA's are my favorite style and this offering from King Brewing is a pretty good version. The aroma of light citrus is present along with fresh bread dough. Taste is predominantly of hops and grapefruit. Not as flavorful as a Two-Hearted or Hop Devil, but it is easy to drink. This would be a good IPA to introduce an non-IPA person to try.
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