3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and fruit - primarily peaches, and dusty and citrusy hops, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Brown bottle, 650 ml, savoured on August 1 2010; eye: copper, lightly hazy, suspended matter, no effervescence, nice sheet of white head, light lacing; nose: light floral hops, light orange, light caramel; mouth: light floral hops, light resinous hops, light malt, light caramel, light orange, finale in light malt with light presence of resinous hops, medium-light body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, slight astringency, lightly harsh texture; overall: correct
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 650 ml, savourée le 1 août 2010; œil : cuivrée, légèrement voilée, matière en suspension, pas d’effervescence, belle couverture de mousse blanche, légère dentelle; nez : léger houblon floral, léger orange, léger caramel; bouche : léger houblon floral, léger houblon résineux, léger malt, léger caramel, léger orange, finale en léger malt avec légère présence de houblon résineux, corps moyen-léger, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, très légère astringence, texture légèrement rugueuse, texture granuleuse et mousseuse; en résumé : correct
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber thanks to EskimoDave
Appearance : Clear amber big head, nice lacing.
Aroma : Hoppy, veggies, notes of honey. Hops are floral and herbal.
Taste : Hoppy, herbal with notes of fruits. Finish is bitter and hoppy. Herbal also.
Overall : Ok but nothing to write home about. A bit too herbal maybe.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
650mL bottle, pours golden with a white head. Aroma and flavour of light herbal hops and grass. Decent IPA.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nose has spring nursery, dryland grains and a touch of salt. Mouth comes through with no shortage of hops with lots of bitter tingling goodness, but there is no structure and body around the hops to complete the full package. Some more roasted notes and deeper characteristics would make this a gem.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
220z bottle from BC Liquor. Pours a clear golden with thin head. Aroma has good English hopping with little malt evident. Taste is grassy, pleasingly hoppy but certainly in an English style. Malt balances well but is hard to pick out specifically. A decent local effort but again geared less for the west coast IPA lover. It really does make me wish there were two different categories for the two different interpretations of IPA...one like this suffers when not compared only to similar English style offerings.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear and coppery. Not much head and it dissipates quickly. Hop aroma is very faint but pleasant. Taste is typical pale malt with strong piney, resinous hops. Not well carbonated, this beer is on the flat side. Lots to like but also lots of room for improvement.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: OCT 21, 2009 Pours gold, a bit hazy, with a big white head. I don’t know if it was my bottle, but I found the aroma to be very funky and not that appealing. The hops didn’t smell strong to me, and I got a lot of wet hay, sour, hempy smells. Not necessarily bad, but strange for an IPA. Taste is that of a solid English style IPA, rather pine forward with caramel malts and more yeasty fruit flavors present than I’m accustomed to in IPAs. Overall, tastes fine but the aroma killed it for me a bit.
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