4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz draft on tap at Binny’s South Loop (Chicago, IL). Pours a highly bubbly bright amber with sunny gold notes, light hazed with a minimal white head. Aromas are hoppy, citrusy with a subtle maltiness. Citrusy orange and grapefruit steal the aroma show. Initial taste is hops, floral bouquet with grass and some subtle resinous pine. Lighter carmel malts mixed with some biscuity notes. Hops are special: sharp but relaxing floral and citrus of grapefruit, orange, and some lighter pine. Touch of tropical in the backend. I liked this a lot. Fresh. Very nice.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours bright gold into a tulip. Fluffy white head leaves little lacing as it slowly recedes. Pine and citrus aromas. Creamy caramel, pine and citrus. Lasting bitter finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 31, 2007 Hazy, light amber body with a large, off-white head, lasting, nice lace. The aroma is grapefruit, floral, tangerine, cotton candy and light herbs. The flavor is honey, grapefruit, orange and a touch of caramel. Medium/full body is round with moderate carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 27, 2008 Growler: Pours a nice rusty orange color, cloudy with a thick tan head that laces. Very aromatic. Huge hop notes of orange, pine, light perfume hints and mint. The amazing malt depth balances the hop monster. Has a toasted bread characteristics & buttery toffee that blend perfectly with hop notes of orange-rind, peach, and pine needles. Finish is long smooth and bitter. An outstanding and balanced IIPA.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
22 oz bottle from Bev Mo Carmel mtn. Other than this beer having a very cool label, its magic in your mouth. Seriously, big nose of pine, grass, grapefruit.....and more pine. One of the best double’s out there.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JUL 31, 2004 (Draft & 750 ml bottle: O'Brien's in San Diego, CA) This 2IPA is superb and really more a barleywine; Malty, very sweet, high in alcohol, but balanced by a very strong hoppy bitterness with lots of grapefruit, especially in the long lasting finish; Great, hoppy nose with loads of sweet malt aroma too; Thick, sticky palate; Dark ruddy amber in color; On draft, there is a light tan head with average retention and rings of patchy lacing, but out of the bottle, there is no head, just a few large bubbles that dissipate immediately; One of Port Solana's best!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle. murky orange with small white head. tropical aroma with pineapple and citrus. full body. moderate carbonation. flavor is really hoppy with pine, pineapple, apple, and butter. fantastic 2ipa.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Well, the fifteen varieties certainly do generate a massive aroma, floral and with a big citrus quality. Deep amber, with a modest head, it’s a lively looking beer that promises West Coast DIPA majesty. It mostly delivers, with an extremely aggressive taste - big surprise, right? Most of the hop profile is fairly acerbic, deeply resinous with the citrus/spice bite you’d expect from this brewery. But it’s slightly indistinct, lacking any kind of smoothness (not necessarily a problem in itself) and definining characteristics other than sheer balls. A fine experiment, an enjoyable brew, but somehow not top notch.
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