 RHeastings (444), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 31, 2009
Enjoyed from a 22oz bottle in a whiskey snifter. The beer pours a medium amber color with a small white head. The nose brings a character that seems to be a nice cross between Simcoe and Cascade/Amarillo hop aromas. A slight note of alcohol is also present, but not to an extent that it becomes a detriment. Not much malt character to the nose. The palate begins assertively bitter, with a nice melange of the aforementioned hops again coming to the fore. The mid-palate transitions to a combination of nice hop resin with a slight malt character of some high crystals. The back end gives a slight to moderate alcohol character that adds some depth, but is also a bit of an unwelcomed surprise from a beer as highly touted as this. Overall, a nice interpretation on DIPA, but certainly not life-changing.
Mora2000 (78), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 5, 2010 Bottle courtesy of Exiled.
Pours a cloudy brown with some light brown and dark brown stratification. Lots of yeast floating around. Not very attractive. The aroma has some oak, caramel malt and some sweetness. Not near as much hop character as I expected. The flavor is more of the same, with lots of toffee as well as some citrus hops and bitterness. Quite a strong malt backbone. Not as hoppy as expected. Medium mouthfeel and low carbonation.
ScottyP (328), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Pours a slightly hazy orange/gold with white head. Aroma of citrus/pine hops with grapefruit, malt, honey. Taste is the same, great balanced beer with a huge but not overbearing hop finish. Fantastic DIPA. Cheers!
MmmcKay (312), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 3, 2010 Pours cloudy orange copper. Tastes fluffy for an IPA^2. Love it. This is hands down my favorite style of beer. I’m kinda drunk right now. I give it a solid 4.o.
markdredge (21), Kent, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 2, 2010 NYE 2008 I was blown away by a Stone Ruination IPA so I wanted a rocking double IPA to bookend the year. This was the biggest one I had in the fridge so I shared it with my girlfriend’s dad, who loved it. For me it tasted a little past its freshest with sticky old hops and a dry bitterness where I expected full, fresh fruit. The body is big and rich and there’s a lot of fruit in there, it was just a little old, sadly. Unfortunately I have to rate it on what I got and not what it could be... I will hopefully try this fresh sometime soon!
M’ARCOlizzo (17), Italy
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 1, 2010 Bottle. Amber golden with a lazing white head. Sweet aroma and lots of hoppy notes. Flavour is heavy bitter with a lovely fruity hops, leading to a dry grassy finish.
Maddog (256), Kettering, Ohio, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 |
Dec 25, 2009 Easily one of the best beers that I’ve ever had. The pour is cloudy goldish amber with a nice lasting chunky white head. The aroma is spicy, piney hops, but its the flavor that wins me over. Flavors of pineapple and orange in the beginning with some sweet, resiny malt backbone that just explodes into piney hops with a biting, spicy finish. The hops at the end linger like no other ipa. An excellent, excellent beer.
jcr (1195), Jasper, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 24, 2009 Bomber. Hazy, deep gold. Frothy white head that diminishes to pools. The aroma is full of grapefruit, orange, resin and sweet caramel. The flavor is moderately sweet and moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter, a long-lasting bitterness. Medium to full body, velvety texture and moderate carbonation. Hop 15 is big on hops with less complexity in the malts. In fact, it is fairly one-dimensional. Still, the sweet backbone helps balance out the heavy bitterness. Enjoyable double iPA.
punkrkr27 (654), Berkley, Michigan, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 Hazy orange pour with a foamy white head. Massively sweet honey and grapefruit character with a lasting bitter pine finish. This is just a sticky, cloying malt bomb covered up by some nice hop flavors but it’s just too overtly sweet and out of balance.
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