4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: JUL 28, 2010 Let’s start with the nose, cuz it smells like weed. Seriously, Spicoli hooked me up with a bomber of his favorite DIPA. We knocked back a couple of these piney resiny west coast gems and headed over to England to jam with the Stones. Mick and Keith both agreed that this is an excellent American DIPA with copious amounts of hops. You just have to look this 22ozer right in the eye and say "hey bud, let’s party!!!!"
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a cloudy deep gold color. Aroma is of hops, lime, malts, and earthiness. Palate is very smooth. Flavor includes caramel, malts, pine needles, citrus, and of course multiple hops. Leaves a citrusy hop finish.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A: Hazy orange-amber body... moderate white cap... good retention and lovely lacing.
S: Nice grapefruit-orange hop biterness up front... resiny piney forest follows suit... subtle caramel malt background holds the two together.. bold and assertive.
T: Pretty much an even split between the citric hops and the resinous pine hop bitterness... slight caramel, bisquit in the middle... assertive up front. crisp bite in the finish. while i can’t pick out all 15 hop varieties there is certainly plenty of shades of bitterness running rampant here... one of my favorites...
M: Medium bodied. clean crisp bite. good carbonation levels leave this beer nice and smooth.. no alcohol.. resinous feeling left on the tongue with little after taste.
D: Its good to finely get one of my favorite dIPAs on tap... it seems to lose the inconsistancy that has plagued this beer in the bottle... this is a very assertive, hop forward dIPA that is like nothing local to the philly area... this pint reaffirmed why I went out and bought a case of this right after my first bottle.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber. Cloudy orange, white head which lasts to the dregs and leaves a heavy lace. Citrus nose with subtle lemony bite at the start. Medium body with faint medium roast malt sweetness mixed with toast and bourbon flavors. Hops become resinous near the finish and there is a prolonged hoppy aftertaste which tends to a slight cardboard taste. A hop lover’s delight, but not exactly multi-dimensional. I’m going to put a bottle up for a few months and re-rate after a while, should be interesting.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Small white head, with a dark orange body. Slight orange peel bitter taste with alcohol detectable. Also hoppy as hell with a bitter bite for finish.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 1, 2010 Bottle at TBF:
Quick disappearing white foamy head.
Color is like lemonade orange.
Smell is über hoppy with some hints of fruit and sweets/sugars.
Taste is again über hoppy, very fresh, pretty sweet.
Taste fruit (lemon, orange, grapefruit), slight hint of molassy taste.
Sweet fruity and bitter aftertaste. Interesting beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 29, 2010 Bottle thanks to PeteinSD
A damn strong, aggressive, DIPA. Strong citrus and pine flavors accompanied by alcohol and a strong malt backbone. The bitterness attacks you and relentlessly abuses your tongue. A little too much alcohol and moderately flat carbonation. Still, good stuff.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very hoppy tasting with orange flavors in it. It is also orange in color. Had on tap. A pretty good beer.
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