3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20Pours a bright burnt orange with a small white head that becomes a little ring of foam in no time. Aroma is gentle and assertive at once with pine, orange, oregano, spruce, along with plenty of caramel, brown sugar, crepes, and gingersnaps. Pretty appealing combo of malt and hops to me. Tastes sweet at first with all that caramel, ginger, sugar and sweet potato malt coming out, followed by a plant-forward hop quality. Orange, pine and herbs follow. Finishes with milder bitterness than I anticipated and a lingering flavor of caramel, toast, ginger, orange rind, and pine. Full bodied, kinda sticky and hot, with soft carbonation and a mostly creamy mouthfeel. Palate could be more seamless. Nonetheless I find this quite enjoyable overall.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Gubna pours a rich copper clear with a faint head of small white bubbles. Nose is rich in pine needles. Taste is initially a bit faint, but mid swallow it broadens into pine hops with a kick of honey which resolves into cedar on the finish. nice lingering bitters. very solid IPA
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft poured golden hue w/ white head. Big hop aroma. This is my kind of IPA a strong malt backbone with a flavorful hop a moderate bitter finish. Lovely.
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3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours as it should with a copper orange color and a frothy head that leaves an intricate lacing. Aroma of citrus and hops. Taste is a tad on the bitter side but still close to balanced.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A little disappointed in this one -- does not hide its massive ABV (10%!) well. Cloudy pour with a beautiful IPA bouquet. Taste to me is first alcohol. Once I get beyond that, solid malt base, with nice hop characteristics. But then the booziness reasserts itself. This would've been a home run at 8%.
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3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Mad Mex. Poured darker orange with a finger of head. Strong sweet light citrus aromas. Quite smooth everlasting hop flavors. Sticks around well. ---Rated via Beer Buddy
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Darker gold with creamy, white head / Muted nose of candied sugar, pine, citrus / Full body, creamy, chewy, very sweet with some hop bite, and good bitterness on the finish, lurking under the big body / Flavors of pine, resin, candied sugar, / Not bad, more sort of clumsy.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(2/2012) can. Orange, cloudy, thick. Fresh, but malty aroma. Orange, citrus, a bit of sweet malts. Excellent balance, just bitter enough for the thickness but not so it would destroy the drinkability.
-- bb/h(n9)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Can at home. Pours a clear copper with minimal head. Aroma of pine with a touch of citrus. Taste is as bitter as expected but with a sweet finish that compliments but doesn’t quite balance the bitterness - like Deviant Dales, it lingers. Delicious offering from a terrific brewery.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A - Pours a hazy light copper. A frothy 1.5 finger white head hardly moves and finally creates a thin solid head of tight bubbles. Excellent horizontal lacing at the top and bottom.
S - Candy oranges, mango, pineapple, star fruit, strawberries, sweet malt, yeast, pine resin, lemon grass, sticky caramel, slight alcohol.
T - Bigtime hop flavor! Pungent pineapple, mango, melon, over-ripened tangerine, sugar coated lemon rind. A butterscotch malt comes in and mellows everything out. Finishes out sweet and bitter.
M - Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, a bit chewy at times.
A fantastically juicy hoppy Imperial! What more could you ask for? This thing is bursting with fruit flavor!!!! This sugary malt, bitter citrus, glorious tropical beer is almost perfect. It could use more bitterness, but other than that it is a fantastic DIPA!
Serving type: can
03-07-2011
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours clear amber with low white head. Aroma of caramel malt, honey, resin, tropical fruits. A bit subdued, maybe. Taste is a massive malty sweet balanced by a very controlled bitterness that grows in the finish. Body is medium, creamy-oily, with soft carbonation.
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