cheeta (858), Langå, Denmark Apr 24, 2008 Heavy hoppy aroma. Large, frothy, off-white head. Good lacing. Mostly diminishing longevity. Clear brown body. Moderate bitter initial flavor with a long finish duration. Medium palate. desurfer (1067), Pinellas Park, Florida, USA Apr 23, 2008 Draft at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a rich, hazy reddish-amber with a rocky beige head. Aroma is ridiculously hoppy and sweet. Flavor is a veritable explosion of flowery, citrusy hops. Notes of pine and pepper as well. The malts are very earthy and rich. It’s a hophead dream come true, when so many others fall short. Truly amazing. matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada Apr 23, 2008 12 oz can from a trade with franksnbeans. pours redish/orange/brown with a big everlasting rocky tan head. aromas of very complex malt/hops layers of good american brewed ale. flavours are similar with nice hop bite and suffient malts to support it. a touch thinner then expected but still very good. i could session this one on tap all day long. baggio (195), norrtälje, Sweden Apr 22, 2008 Can. Lovely golden orange color with a small but creamy head. Smell of hops and some fruit. Taste of toffee, fruit and plenty of hops. Very well balanced. Lovely beer! rane (493), Nibe, Denmark Apr 21, 2008 Can. Copperred colour with huge offbrown head. Aroma hopps and some dried fruits (raisins, plumes) and some quite funny sour notes as well. Taste sweet, and lots of hopps and malt. Also some fruit notes, like plumes.good and long lasting finish. Quite alcohol dominated in a nice and warming way. Somehow I don´t find the sour notes nice in this beer, but elsewise a very nice beer, and maybe my rating is too hard. Jukkabro (2981), Tampere, Finland Apr 21, 2008 Coppery colored with cloudy appearance. Little yellow head. Rich hopped, very American styled aroma with IPAish flowery note, fruits and toffee, fine perfume also comes up. Medium bodied. Hops and flowers dominate in flavor, aftertaste turns to soapy with bitterness still. Commercial description says something about amber ale, but this is more IPA to me. highibus (421), Mill Creek, Washington, USA Apr 18, 2008 Great deep amber color with small whitish head. Decent lacing. Aroma is really nice.
Spicy hop and some sweet malt. Flavor comes through with a malty start and blended hop presence. But not too much. Decent balance. Lingering hop finish. A good beer. frylock (996), Buffalo, New York, USA Apr 18, 2008 Attractive orange-brown color with a foamy white head that leaves some nice lacing. Citrusy aroma complimented by apricots and pine needles. Toasty caramel malts balance out the lovely hop bitterness. Grapefruit and peaches come through in the dry bitter finish.
|