4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Growler poured into my Dogfish Head snifter produced a good two fingers worth of off white head that settled to a thick lace. The lace follows the clear amber body slowly down the glass as you drink it.
The aroma is nice and piney with some floral hoppiness as well.
The flavor is very balanced between the malty sweetness and the hops. It did finish rather dry and bitter, but not a hop bomb in any way. The feel in my mouth is light to medium with good carbonation for your tongue.
Good drinkability on this brew, finishing the growler will be no problem.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draft at the Great Lost Beer in Portland,Me. Pours a hazy orange with a white 2 finger head. Citrus hop aroma. Nice balance of malt and hops. Overall a nice beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the GLB. Somewhere between a 60 and 90 minute in terms of bitterness. There’s a malt profile very similar to the DFH 90 minute at work here. There’s a big wallop of hops also. This stuff is very very promising. I’ve got to head to belfast next weekend and try the rest of these.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewpub. Interesting. I’m not sure how a 9% IPA is lighter, but it had a fruitier flavor and a markedly different profile from the Cant. There is something in terms of balance missing from some of their hopwork, either malt bitterness or flavor or both.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Draft @ Great Lost Bear) Served in a tulip. Lightly hazy but fairly bright amber. Small off-white head. Aroma of juicy citrus/grapefruit, touch of pine with some caramel underneath. Mouthfeel smooth, medium-full, pleasant. Very nice, thin, slightly droopy but well-sustained rings of lacing. Flavor of juicy citrus/grapefruit overlaying sweet caramel and touch of vanilla. Sweet, pleasant, easy-drinking, nicely-balanced and not a big tongue-scraper. Nice bitter hit in the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
At USA Cask Ale Bar, GBBF ’11, one-third pint, gravicask. Near-clear, amber coloured body, Tiny off-white head. Solid aromas of citrus fruits. Fresh taste of citric hops, a bite of pine needles, and finish of with a pleasurable dry hoppy bitterness. The alcohol is very well covered. Not heavy to drink at all (London, 03.08.2011).
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Sweet malt and nice hop aroma, some faint hints of booze. Big sweet flavor, some candy, toast, and caramel. Medium to full in body with soft carbonation. Milt warming finish, light resinous bitterness, some toasty malt sugars. Very respectable.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
GBBF 2011. Coppery body, white head. Lots of piney and resiny hops in flavour, intense caramel.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Clear orange coloured with a small off-white head.
Fruity aroma of hops, grass and pine needles.
Fruity flavour of grass, hops and pine needles.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Unclear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, pine, grass, mandarin, ripped orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity fruity, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
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