3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a lighter copper color with a medium sized off white bubbly head. Nose is caramelized apricots, grass, pine, and earth. Taste is caramel, soap, dirt, and sugar. Mouthfeel that is smooth and rich is where this beer really shines. Finish is medium to long and there is a quite a bit of heat on the back end that is noticeable and astringent. I think the hops are helping to hide a well crafted but unexciting beer.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On Draught @ Pizza Port Solana Beach, California. I tasted this beer out of the bottle a few weeks ago but it was very old and in bad condition so I didn’t review it. I’m glad I was able to find it. Dark Orange. An incredible pure hoppiness in the aroma with hints of cherries, candied fruits, melon and honey. An extremely hoppy beer with an enormous hop bite and bitterness. Fifteen different varieties of hops seems extreme, although Bristol’s version is made with twenty-nine different varieties. The hop flavor is suprisingly well balanced and all in all, hard to identify but it is balanced by a gigantic honeyed fruit and caramel malt body. Intense and wonderful. A nice pint to end the night.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at O’Briens, yee ha! Hazy amber with a creamy white head that lingers and leaves amazing glass coating lacing. Wow, nice sweet, rich malts, wonderful hoppiness with lots of grapefruit and pine. Flavor is delicious! Lots of sweet, thick maltiness and hoppy, hoppy, hoppy. Palate is thick and smooth. Wonderful double IPA, another winner from Pizza Port!
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Courtesy SoLan. Growler. Pours a hazy, magnificent glowing reddish orange with almost no head. Small fizzy white bubbles hug the edges of the glass. Very floral hop aroma, some grapefruit mixed in as well. A little mild, but really lovely. The taste has a good amount of hops, a slightly bitter grapefruit flavor as well. Doesnt really attack you with hops, but they are still pretty profound. The finish and aftertaste were pleasantly sweet, more so in the aftertaste. Finishes smooth and has a nice slick mouthfeel. Very good.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a bright golden amber with a dense one-finger head that shows extremely good retention and minimal lacing. Huge fresh hops smell, like walking through a pine forest filled with grapefruits. Also got some citrus notes as well, lemon maybe and some malty sweetness in the background. Quite nice!T: Hello pine forest! Dominant piney hop flavor with a slight malt base. Also got some nice fruity notes leading to a long lasting hoppy bitterness that lingered on the tongue. Pleasant bitter, prickly thickness in the mouthfeel. It’s definitely a great example of a hoppy West Coast DIPA. Drinkability is great and I would definitely seek this out.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
the awesome shepard faireyish label has hop bombs flying down from the sky. very cool. but it’s not just a hop bomb. it’s also an alcohol bomb at 10% and a malt sugar bomb. there’s obviously nothing wrong with that. this is a thrilling beer that’s big, drinkable and bright.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma of grassy hops and pine. Flavor is very bitter with loads of hops, some fruits and some alcohol. Very impressive hop explosion. Nice.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from St. Stephens Green in Philly. One of the best IPAs I’ve had. Ultra rich and intense mouth of pine and citrus. Really aggressive and delicious.
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