4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught@One Pint. Hazy yellowish golden colour with mediumsized creamy head, that lasts for quite a while. Some lacing. Aroma is fruity and flowery hops also with some grassy and yeasty notes. Flavour is caramel malts along with fruity, flowery and grassy notes. Bigtime hopbomb, which hides the alcohol very well.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
An average ale from Huvila. But better than average ales normally are. Hoppy aroma makes it very fresh. It doesn´t taste as strong as it is.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at One Pint. Hazy golden color, thick white head, great lacing. Aroma of bitter lemon. Taste is decently bitter with pine > citrus > grass. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught@One Pint Pub, rated about a week ago) Very hazy golden with a medium, creamy and lasting head. Crisply lemony-aromatic-hoppy nose with some grassy notes. Strongly hoppy and citrus-fruity flavor with grassy, dry bitterness in the long finish - but still a solid, malty base with no alcohol present. Medium-bodied, medium-carbonated, dryish and bitter palate. An enjoyable and dangerously drinkable (double) IPA. Maybe a touch harsh and one-dimensional, but that’s just unnecessary whining.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 9, 2011 Draught (One Pint, Helsinki)
Pale hazy yellow, tiny head. Clean fresh hop aroma - sweet fruity hops, but also peppery too, or maybe yeasty. Good light malt component both to the aroma and to the taste. Smooth well-balanced clear light malt, but with a serious and long-lasting hoppy bitterness. A model hoppy IPA. (Revisted scores in 2011, in order to bring them in line with my more recent scoring standards.)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Draught at One Pint on 2008-03-14) Cloudy and orange. Small head. Lots of ops and some malts in nose. Taste is bit sweet and contains also lots of hop flavours. Strong body.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught@One Pint Pub, Helsinki. Cloudy golden color, white head. Hoppy aroma, and the flavor follows after with lots of pine. Medium body, medium carbonation. I seem to recall it being different before, but I guess that must have been the Stadin version. Not at all bad this way either.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark yellow colored with cloudy appearance. Medium sized yellow head. Decent IPA-aroma with bitterness dominating, mild fruits also nicely present. Medium bodied, crispy palate. Hops dominate in flavor with bitterness and mild flowers, I like this flavor. Aftertaste lasts with soap and bitterness, mild caramel also here. Fine, not too pushy IPA.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lasting white head, hazy golden color. Hoppy, yeasty, fruity and a bit grassy aroma. Lacks intensity when warm. Fresh, hoppy, crisp flavor. Nice lively palate. A pleasant Finnish IPA.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at Helsinki Beer Festival 2008. Slightly hazy orange color with small creamy head. Biscuity maltiness, perfumed hops and green apple in the aroma. Bittersweet flavor with toffee, fruity hops and green apple. Fairly good hop character.
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