3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 66cl. @ home.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, heavy hoppy, orange. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090723]
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A slightly hazy dark amber beer with a huge orangey head. The aroma has strong notes of hops and grapefruit, as well as medium notes of orangepeal and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, very spicy hops, grapefruit, earth, and alcohol, leading to a very bitter citrusy finish. The alcohol leaves a burn on the tongue.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 65 cl) Pours a hazy, amber golden with a tall, lively, off-white head leaving a dense, shaving foam-like head. Fresh and piney citrus aroma. Full-bodied with sweet caramel notes - lightly burned perhaps. Very fruity with a distinct, citrusy hopping leaving a solid bitterness. 220607
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
LCRBM08: 22 cL bottle, courtesy of bierkoning. Pours almost clear orange with a dense off white head. Aroma is dense wooden and pine hops. Smooth hoppy and solid malty base flavour. Smooth finish and light fruity. Solid malty too.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled@Konttori, Tampere. Copper colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, toffee, mild yeast and some wooden notes. Flavour is caramel malts, fruits, floral hops as well as yeast and mild rubbery notes.
3.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, thanks hopsrus!
Cloudy amber, rich airy head. Citric grapefruit aroma. Sweet and malty, sugary and hoppy. Powerful with saccharine sweet and bitter finish.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 21, 2008 Bottle.
Clear amber coloured with an off white head.
Fruity and floral aroma of hops, pine needles and grape fruits.
Fruity flavour of caramel, hops, pine needles and grape fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, 8.5% at LCRBM08. Good caramelly hop aroma and flavour. Good hoppiness, nicely cleansing bitterness.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Beautiful copper color. Strong fruity hop aroma, grapefruit. Good toffee flavor, strong hopping, with a lot of aromatic oils, a bit resiny; the sweetness is medium-low. Very enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Date: March 28, 2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Appearance: clear amber, thin patchy off-white head
Aroma: big hoppy malty aroma
Body: big malt body, lots of hop flavor, just enough carmel malt sweetness to balance, lots of bitterness leading to a long bitter finish, by the end of a 22oz bottle you need a razor to scrape the hops off your tounge
Date: June 02, 2005
Aroma: tart sweet malt aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice light bitter finish
Date: April 20, 2006
hops have faded into a well balanced IPA
Date: June 01, 2006
Source: Ale Atlanta
Vintage: fresh batch
still all of the sweetness with good hop flavor and bitterness to balance
Date: June 05, 2008
Source: Ale Atlanta
still the crytsal malt sweetness, good balancing citrus hops,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
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