 Crosling (1604), Loveland, Colorado, USA
Sep 22, 2007
Very light golden in color, with an excellent, quite large froth that forms great shapes. Bright grapefruit and lemon hop aroma. Flavor has an excellent bright hoppiness, with hints of grapefruit, herbs, lemon and spruce. Very "Lagunitas" in style, excellent hop character with very little malt contribution. They seem to do a lot of bombers like this, and I think it’s great.
Pigfoot (2222), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Biright orange, huge white head.
Loud aromatics, spills out all over, vibrant, bright, shining out the full force of a pure, unadulterated hop attack. Pineapple, lemon, grapefruit, and all the needles on the pine forest floor.
Gorgeous!
There it is again in the taste, a sheer blast of bitterness. Pelting the palate with bitter hops, but also juicy fruit,...just enough malt to make it bearably, but this is an unabashed double IPA, a no-holds-barred, ball bruiser.
Apart from the bitter blast, fairly smooth and creamy, not so far from drinkable, either.
There’s something that creeps into the back of the throat that’s a bit unpleasant, a litter after-...something. A little drawback, that, I little drag away from delicious.
But the big hop flavor I do enjoy, I do, I do. I’m really liking this...not as raw as the Hopslam I had earlier, less punishing.
AndrewKScott (246), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Jul 11, 2008 I remember this being a pretty great beer. Well balanced, between the malt and the hops, but a lot of taste. The finish is bitter and then sweet.
Ethereal (724), London, Greater London, England
Jul 2, 2008 Bottle at Chris_O’s 19th April 2008 tasting. Light gold with a hoppy aroma and a well-balanced flavour. Not too complex, just good. Very soft on the palate, with a nice coconut aftertaste. Good stuff.
robertjm (231), El Cerrito, California, USA
Jun 29, 2008 Small tight white head. Lots of carbonation can be seen. Color of body is almost a cross between peach juice and yellow. Clear in nature. Nice hoppy nose. Flavor profile matches that of the nose. My guess its one or two hops at most. None of these crazy 10+ variety blends!! (or at least it tastes that way). Hops linger on palate in the aftertaste. Not too bitter, but still present. Nice beer. Could it be more complex? Perhaps, but sometimes its nice to have something on the simple side.
dpjuart (520), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 19, 2008 22 oz bomber shared with Naka. Pours orange with slight ruby tones, egg shell head, foamy and one finger. Nose says pine and floral hops with mild caramel sweetness. Taste is thick, rich caramel malt up front with great floral and mild piny hop notes. Mild citrus and plenty of earthy bitter, but it doesn’t all linger. A sweetness takes over at the end and mellows the bitter in the after . Slight grassiness in the after.
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