 glkaiser (1150), Seattle, Washington, USA
Nov 4, 2009 Pours a slightly hazy copper with medium head. Aroma is pine and citrus hops with a sugary malt background. This is definitely one hoppy beer, but sweet malt balances almost too well. The malt profile is almost a little too syrupy sweet for my liking, but it’s still very enjoyable. The hop flavors in my bottle don’t "pop" as much as I’d like, and it makes me wonder if this one sat on the shelf for a little while (It was like $13/bottle and hidden behind a pole). The bitterness is there in spades, but the hop flavors just don’t measure up.
j12601 (1144), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Oct 30, 2009 Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury courtesy of Dennis who never ceases to bring tasty gems from all over. Pours a clear orange color. Pineapple and huge citrus notes. A bit sweet with a nice caramel note before leading into a brutally bitter grapefruit and quinine finish. This was really good.
dmac (1414), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Oct 21, 2009 Bottle shared at Moosetoberfest. Poured a super hazed orange/amber with a soapy white head. Aroma bitter rotting citrus, fermenting white grapes, grainy cereal and crusty bread. Flavor is celery up front followed by caramel, sweet bread and rotting citrus fruit. The body was 3Fs....fizzy, foamy and full. No Sir I was very underwhelmed by this one.
douglas88 (1542), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Oct 3, 2009 22 oz bottle shared generously by footbalm. A really nice nose; the first thing I though was "man, this smells like amazing weed", piny and very perfumy hops. The flavor is similar; a strong hop profile, not aggressive citrus and bitter hops, but more perfume-like, piny hops, Smooth and chewy. A lot of fruit as well, but more of a tropical fruit. Easy to drink.
piscator34 (1121), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Oct 3, 2009 Bottled sample via and shared with oakbluff. Hazy orange and a gusher. Aromas of latex paint, mandarin orange, and funk. More paint and orange in the mouth, along with peppery grasses and pale malts. Clearly infected.... I guess all the hops in a double ipa can only help so much. Too bad.
oakbluff (298), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Oct 2, 2009 22 ounce bottle - hazy orange, bit of a gusher. uh oh. Nose- smells infected. Not a good sign. Taste- has a storng twinge of infection which is a shame as there is a good beer underneath- still can tell mango hops and cookie dough malt. Carbonation high. Disapointing.
zizzybalubba (334), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Sep 27, 2009 Sampled at GABF 2009. Dark orange pour. Peach, pineapple, and mango aroma. Sweet tangerine and pineapple flavor. A great DIPA.
joeneugs (282), Livermore, California, USA
Sep 15, 2009 Pours burnt orange with a small orange head. Aroma is potent with heavy notes of peach, raisins, caramel, toffee, and pine. The taste is caramel, toffee, fig, peach and all kinds of fruitiness. This is a very vinous beer, super thick, and finishes very bitter with a toasty feel to it. It almost reminds me of a super hoppy American barley wine. Very different, and very good. The alcohol content is very noticeable. It seems more like a 10%.
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