4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
64 oz growler from Ale Yeah! for ~$10... deep golden / orange pour with a white head. huge dank, pine, citrus nose - smells like opening a bag of hops on brew day! med body with an up front dank / citrus / pine bitterness with layers of tropical fruit and pine notes. sticky finish with pineapple, orange peel, pine and resin. amazing IIPA - this has Alpine all over it - love it!
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. I don’t know what it is, maybe I just don’t like Alpine. I have found many of their IPA’s to be overly resinous and lacking the clean hop flavors i love. This one was no different and even had a very strong onion and garlic character that was almost unbearable. Sadly, I was only able to finish about 20% of this $9.99 22oz bomber. Super resinous, quite sweet, lots of vegetal character (particularly the onion family), leafy, spoiled tropical fruits. Wow, what a mess.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz bottle I picked up at Wilburs. $5.99 (yes!) Pours a tangerine orange with a nice head and sticky lacing.. Nose is all grapefruity and hoppy.spuce tips. Serious pine needle, white pepper and resin notes on the first sip. Finishes with malts, orange peel and sweet fruit on the back Love Alpine IPAs and this is yummy, balanced stuff.
Grazie NB for this colab brew....glad I grabbed a couple to enjoy......
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: AUG 12, 2012 Bottle at Home shared with friends, courtesy of Aaron. Big Thanks Man! Poured a golden orange with a frothy off-white and and great lacing. Smell is super dank! Weed, pine, resin, with hints of citrus and grapefruit in the aroma, really remarkable. Again very dank in the taste, grapefruit, light caramel, weed, spicy hops, and big resin, with a medium bitter finish. Sticky mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Super hoppy IPA, yet well-balanced and easy to drink with dangerously hidden alcohol. Totally blown away by this one and could easily drink a case of it. Well-done.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour out of 22 oz bottle, big thanks to Aaron! Clear orange with nice fluffy white head, aroma has notes of big weed and dank notes, pine and resinous notes, grapefruit peel, orange, lemon peel, lots of tropical fruit as well. Wow. Taste is big sweet orange, toffee, some white dank fruits, some slight pine, finishing with more hop notes, big citrus notes come through. I could drink a lot of this.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ home. Hazy dark appearance with a cream colored head. One whiff and you realize this is a motherfucking Alpine beer. OMGZ. Super fucking rich, grapefruit, big resiny, marijuana, thick resiny, spicy hoppy, perfect aroma. 10 all you motherfuckers. Perfecto. Somewhat chewy, a bit toasty malty, a touch yeasty, big grapefruity, marijuana, resiny/piney hoppy flavor. One whiff or one taste and you know this is an Alpine beer and it’s just beautiful. Not sure what the New Belgium contribution is but this just smells and tastes like an amazing, aromatic, beautiful Alpine Double IPA. Best collaboration thus far by New Belgium. Delicious tasty stuff. Thank you, Alpine for making your deliciousness local to Colorado.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at special brews. Pours a crystal clear burnished medium amber with a dense and creamy white head and dense sheeting wooly lace. Big fresh pineapple and pine nose. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Caramel, pineapple, pine, and toast on the mid palate. Long crisp fruity finish. Magically delicious.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bomber. Cloudy orange with nice head. Lovely citrus aroma. This is such a well balanced beer. Nice finish. Very impressed.
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4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Light golden pour with a froth of white foam and sticky lacing down the sides of the glass. Pungent aroma with floral hops, light underlying bitterness, and a fairly clean malt backbone with subtle sweetness. I can actually smell alpine’s characteristic bready malt profile from its ipas and iipas in this beer although the aroma is not quite as dank. Taste is clean hop bitterness with pine, a somewhat sweet malt backbone although it’s well balanced, some noticeable alcohol, and lingering bitterness. Coating mouthfeel. Good IIPA.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at an ESBLS tasting. This is clear golden with a smallish off white head and a nose of pine hops. Maybe some floral and citrus, too. Ok, there are a lot of hops here. All of those hops are tasted and they collide rather than compliment. This is an example of a beer trying to do to much. It is a hop heads delight, though.
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