 jasonp (1423), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
Jan 29, 2008
Purchased from Bevmo Santa Rosa, June 2007. Somewhat hazy dark copper with a manilla head. Piney and citrusy PacNW aroma with a toastiness underneath. Flavor has notes of toffee, caramel, lots of pine, grapefruit, citrus PacNW hop goodness. Prominent yet pleasant, resinous bitterness - some pepper. Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. Nice IIPA/Barleywine hybrid.
BOLTZ7555 (408), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Incredible floral & citrus mix on the nose...and just as impressive on the eyes. Fiery orange in color with a thick eggshell head. Unfortunately, it fell short where it matters most; the flavor. A bit too much pine and citrus sour, with little malt to balance this one out. It achieves its goal of being a "hop tribute" but I actually enjoyed the Double IPA more.
BigBeer45 (442), Troy, Michigan, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Bomber bottle, pours a hazy orange red with effervescence everywhere, produced a nice white bubbled head that placed a generous amount of foamy lacing on the glass, I saw no sediment in the bottle, aroma of sweet malt and hops when the bottle was opened, lots of pale malt sweetness on the nose with hop fragrance of pine needles and citrus, some caramel, orange and lemon fruit aromas, no alcohol aroma yet, faint caramel, taste of malt sweetness that hangs a bit and then the hops kick in, has caramel flavors along with some other malt flavor, herb and floral hop fragrance, I felt a bit of alcohol warmth on the palate but not enough to distract from enjoying the drink, a touch more then medium mouth feel, has some warmth on the palate, alcohol is hidden pretty well for a 9.2% ale, a nice, hoppy, malty ale, I think the malt flavor goes along well with the hops for a tasty IPA2, I recommend to this ale.
mar (519), Dallas, Texas, USA
Jul 15, 2008 nice orange pour with a thin cream head. grapefruits, fresh hops and oranges on the nose. nice and smooth on the palate with an awesomely smooth flavor of hops and a really bitter piney hop finish. awesome imperial ipa.
GAManiac (217), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle. Pours a clear dark golden orange with a decent off-white head that dissipates to a ring fairly quickly leaving sporadic lacing. Smell is like walking into a pine forest and breathing it in. There are some citrus aromas and a bread malt background as well. If the aroma is breathing it in, then the taste is like chewing on a pine cone and sucking in the pine resin. Serious pine hops here with some grapefruit and a bit of a bready malt sweetness. The pine hops leave a massive hop bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is super sticky with the pine resin and full bodied with a stinging pine bitterness. This is a great example of a DIPA and extremely enjoyable though the over-the-top bitterness takes away from the drinkability a bit. Highly recommended!
MakeItDrinkIt (50), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jul 14, 2008 This Imperial (Double) India Pale Ale is a deep golden color with a medium to thin fluffy off-white head. The aroma is rich on the hops - piney and grassy, with some malty sweetness. Flavvor is big resinous hops in the front and good maltiness in the back, but well hidden by the big flavor and big bitter from the abundant hops.
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