3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle, thanks to Adam. Served in tulip. Grapefruit and pineapple nose. Taste is a well blended mix of fruit, pine and flowers. Mild bitter, lingering bite. Body is clean. Lots of resin as it warms and gets more bitter as well, good stuff.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Purchased at Armanetti’s in Chicago, IL; enjoyed during the day on New Years Eve while making some chili for a party tonight. Appearance a nice slightly dark gold with a rich white head, tiny carbonation bubbles rising to the top that make it look like some sort of champagne. Aroma of rich caramel malts, citrusy/acidic hops, a touch of pine, nice smell. Taste is fantastic, more of the naturey/pine hops come out in the flavor, along with the caramel malt. It’s pretty smooth for a DIPA, has a nice full backing with medium carbonation. Nicely done.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pour light amber, with a one-finger white head.
Nice fruity hoppy aroma. Peach, sweet fruits. A bit of caramel. Quite Nice and balance.
Medium body, with a lively carbonation. Well balanced.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Strong apricot taste. Absolutely beautiful in the glass. A little spicy on the back end. Comes off as a little boozy. Maybe it could be a little more balanced?
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Orange with white head. Hoppy as all get out. Bitter too. A pretty good IIPA.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From bottle. Orange with small ring of head. Nice fruity hop aroma with a caramel malt backbone. Taste is similar, well balanced. Decent
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12-oz bottle from Bev Max in Manford w Andy, Maggi, Massimo and Nick. Pours dark gold with a big, somewhat uneven head and leaves a random, splotchy lacing on the glass. Appearance is only downside. Nose is huge grapefruit and piney hops. Mouthfeel is smooth and a little viscous. Palate is fresh, fresh grapefruit and not very much bitterness despite a good hop profile. Cool.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Amber beauty with a soft quickly dissipating big bubble one-finger head. Rich hops aroma with a touch of warm brown sugar smell in there - no fuel smell despite a nice heat-rich 8+ abv. Rich hoppy flavor without a ton of IBU smack in the mouth. I’m tasting it right now next to Dogfish 90, and it’s less bitter than DF90 as well as richer in flavor. I’m overall very pleased with this double IPA as it’s got notes of pine, sugar, oak, and honey in the mouth. The finish is much smoother than most IPA’s and this beer has made my top 20 for sure.
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