4.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20Bought in a liquor store by Prohibiton in Vista. Stupendious brew!!!! Huge hit of hops on front end. Peppery, bitter, hops in you face. Settles then creeps up back for a floral harvest type finish. Very pale in color which is decieving for the mouthfeel. Not cloying, just pure crisp like a unsalted cracker. You can just smell the brew as you pour it and I am a tap whore. Labeled as an Extreme Pale WTF does that mean???? Just rating it o n the pure enjoyabiltiy
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Location: 22 oz bottle from State Line, 5/21/13
Aroma: The nose is sweet, with orange, grapefruit, caramel, and some booze
Appearance: It pours a reddish-orange color with a small, bubbly beige head and sticky lace
Flavor: The taste is sweet and boozy up-front with a fairly bitter finish to it
Palate: The body is medium-plus, it is sticky on the mouth, with a lengthy, astringent finish
Overall Impression:
I thought this was an alirght beer, but it wasn’t much of a Double IPA. It just lacks the hop profile of the best examples of the style. This wasn’t a favorite for me.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
From the bottle to aroma to palate to taste to finish, this brew is world class. Grassy pine citrus aroma. Firm crisp palate, hoppy bitterness with a great malt balance. Finishes crisp and hop floral notes carry through and leads you to drink more. Classic!
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber in color with a white head. Nose is sweet orange with some grapefruit. A weird hint of banana, some pine, grass, and sweet caramel. Decent citrus flavor, mild bitterness, caramel, and light pine. Orange and grapefruit, grass, and some toasted bread.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
4oz draft. Poured a clear golden amber color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was citrus notes, pale malt character. Flavor was nice, citrus notes, touch of caramel. Really drinkable. Pretty enjoyable. Alcohol very well hidden in this brew.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Serving: 22 oz. bottle from State Line Liquors. It pours a nice amber color with a dense off white head. The nose has some off notes of fusels and paint thinner with a heavy pine aroma. The flavor is all alcohol and bitterness, and not bitter in a good way. Almost aspirin like bitterness clings to your tongue for far too long. I took three sips of this one and could not make it any further. Drain poured it.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 OZ bottle. Pour was crystal clear pale straw color 1/2 inch or so head. Great effervescence. Floral hop notes could use more citrus. Initial taste was extremely bitter and oily hops. Hung on palate for ever. I enjoyed this yet could not drink a less hoppy beer after this ad it would taste like yellow fizzy. Packet a punch at 8.3. Expensive though. But great beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Pacific Liquor: Wow, this is my first Oceanside Ale Works and I have wanted to taste anything from them for about 6 years now but never drove up to their brewery—I’m so stoked to have found a bottle by them. Poured a dense golden honey color with dusty pieces of sediment floating in equilibrium while a frothy topping of foam was formed on top. Aroma is mild with only a slight trace of piney citrus like hops and some grain or rye like malts lingering in the back of my nose. The flavor is initially bitter but its obvious the hops have long ago deteriorated and have no such flavors that I mentioned earlier in the aroma. Has a sturdy backbone of bready malts that give off a bit of a spice taste perhaps rye. Has a heavy drink to it which I admire in Imperial IPA’s but this beer must have had a long shelf life because it taste far from fresh, too bad but I wont hold it against them this time (1st strike).
4.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Light amber color, thick white head. Poured from a 22oz bottle. Very good carbonation. Peppery citrus notes for aroma. Very crisp initial flavor , pretty hoppy bitter. Finishes extremely clean. I would highly recommend.
4.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Got sent up a gift pack of North County San Diego brews. This was one. Poured golden light amber. Thick shaving cream head. Grapefruit, peppery nose I could smell as I poured. Very crisp hoppy first taste. The malt was equally toned. Very biscuit and almost rye like malt character. Very pleasing all around!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle picked up at Country wine and spirits
Appearance: Clear golden with a big off-white head and lots of lacing
Aroma: Pale malts and citrus
Taste: Citrus, caramel, earthy, finishes with a mild bitterness
A nice clean beer. Very little bitterness. The only thing that would make this a IIPA is the ABV, which is hidden well.
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