3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a medium amber with a thin white head. Hoppy aroma (resin). Taste is very bitter, hoppy notes of spruce and citrus. Warms to an even hoppier taste. Finishes with a very hoppy bitterness. Not much malt in here, very hoppy, but good...
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Golden orange pour with white head. Aroma is bread and light resin. Bready with light caramel malt and a light resiny bitter with a light medicine. Light bodied with prtetty good carbonation. A decent drinker
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
It’s a good IPA. MEdium alcohol citrusy orange color. Simple good and crisp.
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3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a nice orangey color, with decent head retention. Creamy mouthfeel, goes down nice. Quality IPA, with lots of floral and grapefruit notes. Slight bitterness in the finish, and I was overall pleasantly surprised by this gift six-pack from my friend Matt P @ WF in Oak Brook.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
25 jan 2012, bottle. orange, some sediment, steady bubbles, thin foamy head. big alcohol and grapefruit citrus. very enticing. med body and fizzy. caramel malt, mild grapefruit pith, some bubblegum. lemon rind finish that fades fast. nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a light cloudy amber, with a bit of a green tinge. It was difficult to get head out of this beer while pouring, but the head grew on it once I was done. Aroma is hops, light, but hops. Flavor is lotsa hops. It’s a mouthful, and strong. The hops are not too far out of balance, but the flavor is pretty much the hops. There’s nothing that makes this a special IPA, but it’s solid.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from Darby’s liquor store. Slopped into a dimpled mug. White, Airy cap settled to a dense foam, then finished as thin crater-like bubbles with a light skim. Suspended particulates speckle a translucent, burnt amber colour.
Aroma is floral hops and tart citrus notes. Decent. Just not as thick as I prefer.
First taste at cooler temps is thin and metallic. Sandy. A muted hop bitterness. At warmer temps, the palate is still flat, but after only a slight punch of grapefruity hop bite. Just "the tip" of a mute nut maltiness? I get a dry, woody malt.
End result is a disappointing ipa.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Earthy hop aromas with a slight rubbery scent. Medium orange topped by a thin white head. Earthy hops follow in the taste along with a slight metallic tinge. Decent sweet caramel malt to balance. Finishes with a light vegetal bitterness. Not a bad IPA, but not inspiring.
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