3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Healthy Spirits, San Francisco. Pours clear yellow with an attractive off-white head and a floral aroma. There is a medium-bodied toffee flavor that is rather effervescent, with a nicely bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Marcus. Taste is clean bitter citrus. Nice balance aroma of pine and sweet.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the Livermore Saloon. It pours a golden yellow color with a big, fluffy white head. The aroma is potent with citrus and guava. The flavor is spicy, citrus an potent piney notes. The mouthfeel is thick, juicy and fruity. Really nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle- Pours hazy golden with a thin bone white head. Aroma is heavy piney hops, sweet malt. The taste is smooth, creamy, hoppy, resin, sweet malt. Body is fuller than I’d like and carbonation is medium to almost low for the style. I liked it, was worried when I saw the score, It is okay, not great, the hops they use impart almost no bitterness, it is more of just an intensely resinous taste, which i am not complaining, my main complaint is the malt is a little thicker than I would prefer.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Was opened with Shawn at his flat. Again, going to make this as short as I can: much too malty; very Vienna/Crystal-forward with not enough hops, and what hops there were tasted medicinal and plastic. Kind of an odd soot flavor by swallow, as well. Also displayed pine needles, moldy pineapple, and asparagus by each gulp. Pass.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy copper golden with a small white head. Aroma exudes loads of herbal hops and some tropical fruits (passionfruit). Flavour brings out passionfruit, muted spicy herbal hops, and some biscuity malt. Fairly odd flavour profile, seeming quite dank and dusty. Not the most well-executed IIPA, but not problematic in any way. Decent stuff.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: APR 7, 2013 big sweet pineapple melon. sweet caramel and toffee. okay. too sweet caramel apple. not much hop character. more of a hoppy barley wine.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber from Nugget in Davis, CA. Pours translucent light amber with a slight off-white head. Aromas of cat pee, floral, resin, caramel. Not harsh. Med + body. Flavor is cat pee, floral, resin, caramel, and the hop is just a tad harsh. We are talking typical NW here - would say overkill, but there just can’t be too much hop. Finishes bitter and very hoppy. Another brilliant ale from MSB.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle shared by Doug, thanks
Appearance: Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Tropical Fruit and oranges
Taste: Fruity with a mild pine bitterness in the finish
Decent, well balanced
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