clingman71 (249), Centerville, Ohio, USA
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 | Mar 9, 2009 Updated: May 8, 2009Pours a clear honey color with a frothy slightly off-white head. Aroma is of malt sweetness, a little honey, fruit - apricot or pear, and a slight mustiness. Fruit flavor up front, but the body is too thin, the middle is lacking because of lack of body. The finish, however, is excellent, just a hint of sweetness leads into a nice drying hop finish. Hop flavor lingers nicely on the tongue. Overall - a disappointment. ben4321 (994), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Mar 8, 2009 Location: 12 oz Bottle from Gilly’s, drank it 3/8/09.
Aroma: Hoppy and a little citrus
Appearance: Golden, orange color, thin cloudiness
Flavor: Decent beer, drinks like an American Pale more then an IPA I think
Overall Impression:
You know what? This was better then I expected. It’s a hoppy Pale, but it doesn’t offer too much else. SamGamgee (1429), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | Mar 8, 2009 12oz bottle. Lightly hazy amber in color, verging on brown, with a lasting head. The aroma is earthy, toasty malt, some caramel, pear, and, spicy hops. The flavor is malty and earthy with toast, caramel, tangerine, and a firm bitterness. The profile has an english feel, with a fruity yeast character and toasty malt body, balanced by pretty bitter hopping, but low hop aroma. Rather good mouth-feel, with tight carbonation. One gripe is that the alcohol is slightly noticeable in both the aroma and flavor. LinusStick (1831), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Mar 1, 2009 This is a decent beer, but I am having a hard time calling it an IPA.Aroma was very malty- burnt caramel mostly. Pour was a nice clear orange with a one finger off white head that laced the whole way down the glass. Taste was like a hoppy Vienna if that makes sense. Burnt caramel with a nice strong hoppiness that dries the mouth and cheeks. There is what I can only describe as a burnt caramel smoke in the aftertaste. Very tasty, though and nice aggressive carbonation. bigrond (1044), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 | Mar 1, 2009 I love IPA’s but this fell a little short of what I expected. It had a lighter flavor than HIPA and was a little weak. I tried it, thats all I can say. Foxbush (456), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 | Mar 1, 2009 This was sampled in Cass, WV while on a skiing trip. The IPA poured a cloudy orangish and lacked body. Good citrus flavors and balance with the malts. The IPA poured with a smallish head and no lacing. The finish had some bitterness. Block (365), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Feb 28, 2009 Golden orange pour with a white head. Light aroma of malts a hops. A really light IPA without much strong hop flavor. Flavor of mostly light malts, some caramel, and some hops bitterness at the finish. Light to medium body. EithCubes (2146), Indiana, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 | Feb 27, 2009 Bottle. Grainy lemon cleaner nose, tart citrus with little (other) overt hoppiness but some nice misc fruitiness (I’d say apricot if not for #9). Clear orange body with a pillowy, rocky lacing off-white head. Dry, lightly bitter, medium body with a warm bread finish and sticky alcohol presence. Mustier, earthier hops in-mouth with definite crystal malt and a little cellary celery. So, a mix of some Kellerbier and English IPA / Best Bitter. Long, solid hoppy aftertaste seals the deal.
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