 Old_Mr_Crow (1014), Seattle, Washington, USA
Apr 29, 2008
Bottle courtesy of DocLock -- thanks!
This is an IIPA the way that I love IIPAs. It pours relatively light in color, clear light amber with an impressive light-tan head. Lovely nose dominated my peach and pineapple, of course a bit of citrus. This is a dry, quaffable IIPA. None of that sticky sweetness, the malts definitely taking a back seat, splendid splendid hop-driven flavors, leafy, tropic fruit, of course bitter but not kick-in-the-teeth bitter like e.g. Ruinition (which this otherwise resembles, in some ways, though Diamond Knot Industrial is perhaps closer). I love it, and the bottle goes down so fast that I don’t know what hit me. My wife loves it too; she doesn’t do the most bitter oily IIPAs, so that says something.
Splendid beer, worthy of west-coast accolades, and thus far my favorite legacy brew by a long margin.
jmm635 (59), Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 1, 2008 Pours golden in color with a large white head. Strong hoppy aroma with a hint of grasses. Flavor is overwhelmed by hops. Poor palate...thin and very bitter. Resembles a typical IPA, not a Double IPA.
mwelsh13 (140), Maryland, USA
Sep 1, 2008 Deep yellow and orange color pours out a nice fluffy off white head. Pine resin and citrus is all you smell. A lot of grapefruit. Just what I am looking for. Nice hop bitterness, but not over powering. The bitterness is the same as the aroma. Sweet body to it. No discernible flavors other than sweet. Felt a bit thin for a DIPA, but very good IMO.
jblendy (457), Midland Park, New Jersey, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Pours golden with an amber hue with a frothy off-white head. Strong aroma of piny hops, tropical fruit, and caramel malt. Flavor is straight-forward piny/slightly citric hops with a hint of roasted malts. Palate is medium with a fairly long finish. Pretty good, but run of the mill.
TheRealBastard (94), New Jersey, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Yay! another boring DIPA! Golden yellow pour with TONS white head. Smelled like pine and citrus. Taste was all hops and pine. Very dry palate, not my style. Not very good honestly.
jjpm74 (2925), Connecticut, USA
Aug 22, 2008 One of the more fun IIPA labels I’ve seen if nothing else. Opens up as a gusher. Buyer beware! Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of citrus, spice, pepper, earthy. Tastes lightly bitter and citrussy with a toasty malt backbone. Decent.
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