3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Maybe this would be better on tap. Lagunitas makes some great IPAs but this is not one of them. The hops just aren’t there, they don’t have the intense citrus kick that a good California ipa should have.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Orange color with some head. Aroma mostly citrus and some floral. Medium full body with lots of moderately bitter hops, some spices, some citrus, a touch of sweetness, some pine. Kind of between an IPA and DIPA, whatever, it’s good.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: SEP 15, 2010 Aroma of grapefruit, hard candy, lemon zest and earthy hops. Appearance is dark reddish gold with off white head. Flavor matches the nose, and for the IBUs, this beer is very smooth and drinkable for the style. Palate is bubbly. Very nice IPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Have to echo others- nice appearance and aroma, but strange dominance of malt on the palate. Kind of reminds me of Paddockwood Loki, another (Canadian) not entirely disagreeable but slightly "off" double IPA dominated by malt rather than hops.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber orange pour with a fluffy white head. Brown sugar and caramel aroma with pronounced citrus peaking through. Has that brown sugar and caramel flavor up front, but it’s sufficiently pounded into submission by orangey citrus and an aggressive resinous bitter finish. I’m generally not a fan of a lot of sweetness in my double IPAs, but this does it better than most.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very nice deep hop aroma, quickly fading head, orangish - copper pour...not too floral, not overly hoppy - nice delicate balance and delicious.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle pours light amber with a medium white head. Aroma is all hops, pine, some floral. Flavor is sweet grassy malts, hay, and ending with a grassy, leafy hop finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
pours a nice clear amber with a small creamy off-white head. Foe a small head, it sure persists and laces. The aroma hits you with citrus and pine with some sweet malts, caramel, in the background. The beer has a medium-light body and dry bitter finish, big on the bitterness. The taste is more of the same, citrus and pine hops dominate, there is some sweet malt in the bckground. This is a very hoppy/bitter beer.
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