 DocLock (4440), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2006
Thanks to jjpm for this one. It pours a nice dark coppery ruby color with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma is hops, some fruit, some caramel malt. Tastes briskly hoppy, with a slightly piney, slightly fruity, citrusy, very crisp hop flavor, coupled with a well balanced caramel malt presence. This is another outstanding canned pale ale variant. I’ve had more great canned beers this year than the previous 20. I’d walk down the street at night in Harlem for a case of this.
kevd193213 (427), Coventry, Rhode Island, USA
Jun 30, 2009 12 oz can. Dark amber/copper pour with a medium off white head. Aroma of malt and peppery hops. Sharp taste of floral hops, citrus and pepper with a malty undertone in the finish.
emerica56 (549), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
May 29, 2009 Pours a cloudy orange amber color with a thin white head and some spots along the sides of the glass. The nose is nice and floral with an interesting malty finish. The initial sip is nice and bitter with thin body finish. it is full of lemon zest and malt. Overall it has a great flavor with just the right amount of carbonation.
OSLO (745), Minnesota, USA
May 24, 2009 [Can] Pours hazy reddish-amber with a small khaki head. Aroma is grassy hops, sweetness, notes of lime and green beans. Taste is kind of strange--biscuity off-flavors, somewhat sweet and syrupy, light bitterness, alcohol, something vegetal, and a lot of malt when it warms. Good mouthfeel, smooth, and has a long finish. I actually enjoyed this quite a bit more when it warmed and became very malt dominant. Before that, the vegetal qualities were not appealing.
LilBeerDoctor (1291), East Setauket, New York, USA
May 20, 2009 On tap at Willimantic Brewing. Pours a cloudy brown with a small white head. Aroma largely of iced tea and sweet malt. Flavor of still more iced tea but very malty too with some grassy hops. I warmed up a little to this one, although it could still use some improvement.
7/4/7/3/14 (3.5/5)
fredandboboflo (1168), East Setauket, New York, USA
May 20, 2009 Tap at Willimantic Brewing. Aroma of rich, nutty malt with earthy and floral hops, just a touch of citrus. Flavor is sweet and malty, but rich malty, not syrupy malty, with adequate support from the hops, more apparently citrus now. Pretty good.
PJClarke (494), London, Surrey, England
May 10, 2009 Dull orange with a nice, pure and lasting white head.
Very fuddy cereals, sweet and with a surprising lack of hops.
Fuddy oats and barley. Lots of peach and hints of light fruity yeast.
Thin and refreshing to match its light summery flavours.
Not sure if I would call it an IPA but it is a pure and innocent brew.
BroSpud (424), , Massachusetts, USA
Apr 27, 2009 12oz can. Found this to be an average IPA which is surprising as it comes in a can. For some reason I tend to associate cans with swill. This can, however, contains a pretty tasty beverage. Did find that it was a bit heavy on the sediment so careful on the pour and you probably don’t want to drink this one straight from the can.
crazyvin (1213), New York, USA
Apr 27, 2009 on tap @ gingerman. A nice copper hue with a frothy white head that had mild retention. Aroma was balanced between bittiering hops and caramel but also had a somewhat smoke like quality to it. Finish was velvetly smooth yet crisp. nice balanced IPA.
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