3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours amber with a white head. Smells floral and earthy. Tastes citrussy and tarte with some floral hints on the finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to my wife for this one. IT pours copper with a 2-finger off-white head. The aroma is intensely hoppy, with a pleasant mix of fruit, caramel malt, and tropical tinges accompanying the hops. The palate is medium to dense, with a solid hop element coupled with a tropical fruit and caramel malt base, which gives a crisp, hoppy, fruity mid-palate and finish. I wish I had more of these for comparison purposes.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber poured a clear amber with a lasting off white head, Aromas of carmel, earthiness, spices, pine and a bit of citrus. Palate was medium bodied dry and resiny. Flavors of carmel, earthiness, spice, pine and grapefryit rind with a dry "in your face" bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from acknud, the hopmaster. pours an orange color with a nice white head. Aroma has some great citrus and floral hops with some notes of honey and malt. But the malt is only in the flavor. This one bites with lime peel and pure pine bitterness. Unreall how strong the hop presence is in this one. Thanks acknud!!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bomber. Poured a clear medium orange with an explosive and long-lived cap of creamy beige head... left some nice lacing. Nose was airy and grainy... with hard-to-reach pine and spicy hops... some caramel and toffee beneath. The flavor carried itself a little better, with pine, grapefruit, and spicy English hoppage on top of super-sweet caramel and candy corn. Medium bitterness on the not-so-memorable palate... a bit tacky at the back-end. Decent.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. High creamy and long lasting white head. Clear amber body. Powerful bitter sweet apple pear hops spicy floral aroma. Impressive. Very dry and fruity nutty and overwhelming hoppy flavor that is long lasting. Low carbonation. Alcohol percentage seems just right.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
2009-12-04. Crisp golden amber with a nice off white head and lace. 3+ Nice hoppy aroma, pleasantly leafy, modest resin. 7+ Flavour is similar, more resin than leafy hops here, good amount of bitterness throughout threatens astringency but stays enjoyable. 7+ Smooth average plus palate. Rather good. Bottle at Volo, Toronto
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Pine, caramel malt, some light grapefruit bitterness and a hint of citrus. Not as good as the d-IPA.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap@Moylans Brewpub. Basically a stronger version of the Tipperary. Huge lychee/graefruit, orange rind flavour. Sweet to start off, then bitter in the end.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Golden amber color, TONS of head, very creamy and rich; lacing goes hand and hand with this. The aroma is hoppy, not much showing through, a little caramel maybe. The flavor is well balanced with the hops, but still is pretty bland. The finish is way too dry, almost puckering dry, difficult to drink (i.e. not quenching). Not quite enough hops to denote an IPA, but still a decent craft beer.
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