3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/2012oz bottle. Pours a sparkling copper color with large foamy white head. Aroma is dominated by hoppiness, with mostly citrus notes. Powerful hoppy flavor. Smooth, slick bitter finish. This beer is as good as the story behind it.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap. Pours a clear very gold with a thinner eggshell head of larger bubbles that laces quite nicely. Nose involves a healthy amount of pine resin, dry grapefruit, honey, floral perfume, and biscuit malt notes. Pretty sweet in flavor, but quite bitter. Medium bodied, oily, dry, with a long toasty piney bitter finish. A nice, enjoyable brew, pretty easy to drink for its size.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle [12oz]. Pours a slightly hazy, bubbly, golden-orange with a large lasting frothy white head. A good amount of lacing. Lovely aroma of tropical fruit, citrus and hops -- resiny, citrusy, piney and more. Flavour follows the aroma with the aforementioned fruit and hops along with some bready malt and alcohol. Moderate bitter finish. Medium bodied. Not sure what style this would ultimately be but it’s a very pleasant, solid beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 4, 2013 25/V/13 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: n/a (2013-497) Thanks to BelvidereIPA for the trade!
Clear orange beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, lots of passion fruits, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of citrus, exotic fruits, passion fruits, bit sweet, honey malts, bitter hops. Aftertaste: lots of exotic fruits, mango, bitter hops, bit sweet, honey.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Looks to be naturally carbonated - when did they make that switch? Look is nothing special. Confusing taste. Very odd malt here. Worth reading the (self abusive) description to make sense of it. Okay, so 4 grains went into the malt. I love this Brewer so I’m going to float them some points for going so far outside the norm. If you crack this open expecting an IPA, well, that is a WTF moment then. For a beer that those dudes dreamed up to be out-there, it is a success. As a beer in the glass, Meh.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a clear amber color with thin dissipating head. Distinct floral aroma. Hoppy biting flavor. Goes down smooth. Great beer!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce bottles. Pours a hazy, chunky, golden with a one inch white head. Taste is of hops, pine, citrus, grapefruit, caramel, malt and yeast. Similar aroma. Has a full body with a dry finish. Easy to drink and quite pleasant.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Okay, I like this beer quite a bit, but I think this is w/o question the wittiest (and longest) description of a beer I have seen yet on this site, so I gave it an extra couple of points for crafty self-deprecation of writing style........ "Whatever"
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very nicely balanced IPA. Very smooth and enjoyable. Strong pine and hop characteristics with a nice malt finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasted on 5/14/13 from a capped 12oz bottle purchased at Tops. Pours clear orange bronze with an average off-white head that slowly recedes to spotty lace. The nose is a classic, very nice combo of resin hops and caramel malt. The flavor is the same, very balanced, with some nice balance. The body is medium and somewhat sticky with fairly lively carbonation and a long resinous bitter hoos finish,
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
355 mL bottle. An IPA that is leaning dangerously into ASA territory. But that’s okay; I love ASA.
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