 MadMan (480), Tempe, Arizona, USA
Sep 9, 2007
Bottle, bomber size. Pours an unclear crazy looking particulate filled gelatinous looking medium amber with a thin, lasting, off white head. There is seriously some crazy amounts of stuff floating in this beer....stuff that stays where it’s floating no matter how much you wiggle the glass. I’ve agitated plenty of bottle conditioned beers in my life and then poured them, just because I want to see the shit floating in them and taste the dead yeast, but it usually falls to the bottom of the glass. This shit is just floating. The lace is just stupid. I’ve not seen anything stick to a glass like this ever. I might as well throw my glass in the trash because it looks like it will never come clean. I think I stared at this beer for a goddamn hour. It looks fantastic. Aroma is initially hoppy, the cascade comes through pretty prominently but they did more here and you taste it. There is layers of fruit, pine, grapefruit, rind, flowers, plants, earth, and then some sweet caramel malt. Flavor is bitter, heavily so and delightedly so. I would say it’s well balanced with a caramel sweetness, however I would bet that many would not. The thing is though, the sweetness seems to last on the tongue as long as the bitterness even though the bitterness is kicking the sweetnesses ass the entire time. Finish is bitter and complex with hoppiness. The use of Tomahawk just hammers this one shut. This is truly a great beer experience.
thejoeshow (167), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Nov 27, 2008 22 oz bottle. Pours clear golden color with a nice white foamy head of tightly packed bubbles that has great retention and produces very nice lacing. Aroma is strong resiny citrus hops. Very floral and in your face. Flavor is citrusy with almost a grapefruit undertone to it. Very resiny and loads of bitterness at the end. This beer is not for the week of palate. This is a total balls out IIPA. There is also a nice lingering bitterness that makes you want to wash it down with another sip. Well done.
uhclem (145), Loveland, Colorado, USA
Nov 26, 2008 Earthy nose. Nice hazy amber pour. Taste is of hops, citrus, hops, pine and hops. Did I mention hops? Opulent mouthfeel and a beautiful bright finish. Alcohol is nicely disguised.
slimchill (694), Austin, Texas, USA
Nov 20, 2008 Bottle. Musky-earthy hops nose with lots of fruity sweetness. Orange, pine, grapefruit, pineapple, cherry, and strawberry. Thick gold-amber with lots of slow-rising carbonation and a half-finger bubbly head. Big thickness is the first impression with lots of bitterness and light citrus flavor. I need to try a more fresh bottle, but what’s here is nice. Strong lingering bitterness.
CaryTheDude (489), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 19, 2008 Crushed with Jakebra. This brew was the highlight of the weekend. Yes. Like a popsicle made out of hops. So bitter and yum on the finish. A ultimate hop paradise. Excellent.
BeerBelcher (800), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 18, 2008
As SurlySober said after we both took a sip from the bottle he brought to my house, "Moylan’s knows SOMETHING about hops that other brewers don’t." He’d had this beer before; I had not. I think his opinion is dead-on - this is (to my taste) what hops are meant to do and this beer is a tremendous showcase for those who like hoppy bitterness and an example of what hops can be.
Color is a rich, golden amber with a head of tiny bubbles that quickly fades to a scummy lily-pad appearance. Aroma is a sweet sweat hop smell with plenty of hoppy citrus notes of pineapple (delicious). Flavor is extremely hoppy with hop notes that I perceived as citrus-y, piney, and grassy. Wonderful hoppiness is balanced with a significant malt presence. Mouthfeel is crisp and extremely dry.
This is an excellent beer. It is around $10/bottle at my local liquor store, but this is one beer that might be worth that price.
Highly recommended.
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