2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
UPDATED: JUN 30, 2009 12 ounce bottle from local liquor shop. This was marked down to $1.39 and still says "Limited Release" -- it might be old?? Pours a golden orange with thin white head. Hoppy aroma includes pineapple and a fair amount of booze. Flavor has some citrusy/pineapple-type hops. It’s bitter, but the booze taste dominates. Yeah, this does not taste as fresh as I would expect. It’s probably just old -- will try to re-rate with a fresh bottle.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle via Hagen. Pours a near clear copper with a massive beige head that lingers. Nose is strong citrus hops..grapefruit, pine and orange. Taste starts and ends sweet actually, with lingering resiny pineapple/pine syrup in the aftertaste. In between there is lots of orange, tangerine and grapefruit. Body is full. Carbonation is light/medium. I would prefer less malt and more hops, as this is more barleywine tasting than IIPA tasting...
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
650ml bottle. As one of the first double IPA’s I’ve tried, it was good, but the malt covered up much of the hoppiness. While the bottle stated 70+ IBU it felt more like it was in the 50’s because of the large amount of malt in the beer. I feel like a double IPA is supposed to be unbalanced, and when you try to balance out the extreme hoppiness with extreme maltiness you lose the appeal.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
A very good beer and a good value as well for a 1.5 IPA. Very full of floral hops on the nose, the pour was clear amber. I was very impressed over the amount of hops that came through the nice amount of malt in the body. A very nicely hopped beer in the citrus realm. I would not put this in the same league as Dreadnaught or 90 Min. or some of the other legends, but this beer was nice, very easy in consumption.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear orange. Hoppy aroma but well balanced. Lots of sweet hops with another style added for depth. Ooo lots of edge of the tongue bitterness that fades into a solid finish. Lovely
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
clear amber
sizeable lasting cotton candy head
floral nose with pineapple
long clean hop finish
good bitter sweet flavor
body not too heavy to drink in summertime
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tasting at DØE, Aarhus Syd, DK.
Bottled, 170609.
Orange with white head. Aroma of malt and alcohol. Flavor is more malt and alcohol, hop spices and caramel
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. orange clear pour with a medium head. clean but surprisingly mild hop aroma for a self proclaimed imperial IPA. Still, pretty solid.
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