 fakepurseninja (798), Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 1, 2009 Updated: May 15, 2009Crystal amber body with a soft white head. Light sweetness with marvelous floral hop character. Citrus, pine, and a slight grassy component make this an ideal-type NW IPA, one of the best I’ve had in quite sometime. Very refreshing and enjoyable.
Update - 5-15-09; Did not realize it until today but this was my 100th rated singleIPA. Great drink to mark the moment! Fan-fucking-tastic!
Ibrew2or3 (2848), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 23, 2008 OTH tasting 09/06/08. Pours copper with white head. The aroma has a nice load of pine hops, roasted to crystal malts and not really much else. But I don’t need much more. The malts and hops smell very nice. The taste starts dry with roasted malts being quickly followed by pine hop bitterness that peaks to midway. The taste ends somewhat like the way it started with some mildly dry roasted malts and lingering pine hop bitterness. Darn yummy this one.
carruthm (1187), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 9, 2009 Great nose. Floral and cirtusy, grapefruits. Pours with a huge clingy head and a solid orange hue. Bitter taste with a slightly watery palate.
markgugs (86), Wood Ridge, New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 20, 2008 (bottle dated Nov. 2007) 22oz. bottle poured into a pint glass, thanks to AKBelgianBeast for the trade (consumed: 2/18/08)
A: Pours a gorgeous clear copper body with a lovely 2-finger off-white creamy head, which lasts quite a long time and leaves tons of thick, sticky lacing. The hops are strong with this one, fo’ sho’.
S: Boom! Huge hop bouquet, mostly of the citric and pine variety, with a slight roasted malt character behind that. But really, this guy is a hopmonster, i.e. a PNW brew. Sorta one-sided, but you get what you want here.
T/M: Just writing this from my notes, my mouth began to water again, that’s how juicy & delicious this beer was. Every sip was an explosion of evergreen pine needles backed by a grainy, fresh-baked bread malt center for balance. Finish is all bitter, all the time. A true classic IPA. Carbonation and oil slick qualities combine to create a creamy masterpiece.
D: For an insanely hoppy & bitter IPA, this guy would be a regular if it wasn’t so hard to get. Reminded me a bit of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in a way, so I’m just guessing the ample use of Cascade hops have a lot to do with that. Great beer.
BrianK (190), Livingston, New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 18, 2009 Bottle shared by VFerg some time ago. I really enjoyed this one. Great hop and malt profile. Everything i look for in a Red IPA.
GAManiac (1212), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 11, 2008 Pours a dark, clear brownish amber with a rocky off-white head that shows very good retention and lacing. It’s one of the darkest IPAs I’ve ever seen - very nice looking.
Aroma is like walking into a pine forest - a massive floral hop smell that you can smell straight out of the bottle. There’s probably a touch of malts in the there but it’s all about the piny hops.
Pine hops dominate the taste as well with a tongue-tingling bitterness up front. The taste features a much more prevalent caramel malt backbone than the aroma which balances everything out very well. The hops come back in the finish to provide a pleasantly bitter aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is sticky with the pine hop resin and has strong carbonation that accentuates the bitterness.
This is a good IPA, especially if pine hops are your thing.
LilBeerDoctor (1549), East Setauket, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 21, 2008 Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a thick off-white head that leaves nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of perfumy floral hops and light tropical fruits (especially tangerine). Flavor of bitter grassy hops, bitter floral hops and lots of mango, tangerine, and orange fruits. Sweeter in the nose than in the taste. Quite enjoyable and tasty. A nice, fruity IPA.
Zoob (84), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 5, 2005 Aroma=Stong hops, spicy and citrus, Grapefruit is not as evident as you might think
Appearance= Solid rocky head, Deep Orange
Flavor= Nice and spicy (lingers the most) with citrus, can pick up on bittering hopps and flavor hops, not cloying but stong and good. Hops drive over maly notes, but if the malt was not there it would be a hop tea!
Palate= Medium body
Overall= A very good American Ipa! Very drinkable and just agreat hop flavor. I have been dissapointed by Midnight Suns beers before (although well crafted) but I really like and return to this one! To me it is the Flagship!
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