 manuchampions (139), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 5, 2009
22oz bomber from 16th St.Liquor in West Van. What the hell was the dude who posted before me on about? 1 rating and you give it a 1? Hater.
Anyway...this beer isn’t a 1. It’s not perfection either but I’ve had many inferior IPA’s. The nose is a tad too malty for my liking with the hops seeming subdued. Pours a nice golden amber with decent head. Taste is abundantly hoppy, even slightly chewy in bitterness, with a modest malt backing. Finishes very pleasantly with a good, lingering hop bite. Very well made and, for the price, a relative bargain. However there are better IPA’s but this will certainly be high on my list when budget is tight.
marcus (1918), Sacramento, California, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Jan 6, 2010 Pours golden with a decent off-white head and pineish (is that a real word?) aroma. It’s light on caramel malt, but heavy on the hops. So what you have is a bitter but lackluster beer.
Nena (192), West Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Jan 4, 2010 Updated: Jan 7, 2010Orange with a foamy white head. I found this overly sweet and caramelly without enough hop aroma and bitterness to counteract it. A little watery. This is not too bad in a pinch, and it gets a little higher score from me because I found it much better on draft. Still, there’s way better options in the Northwest for IPAs.
PJClarke (728), London, Greater London, England
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 I found this a bit of a lowest-common-denominator of an IPA. Straight forward US hop with nothing hugely special about them. Very little malt base. Overfizzed too.
blutt59 (2186), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 31, 2009 bottle, clear golden color, thin foam, aroma is malty grapefruit, flavors of grapefruit, lemons, cardboard, bitter finish
ghawener (1000), San Salvador, El Salvador
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle: Came w a variety winter pack; well balanced, aromaful, full bodied loaded w hops. Food Pairing: NOT coleslaw.
GrungyBob (52), Kettering, Ohio, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 24, 2009 Bottle, Pours a clear amber with soft white head that disipates quickly lots of little bubbles that laces nicely. Aroma, is subtle a little roasted maltiness a little floral. Taste, light and fresh initially but fades quickly some hop tingle but very soft, thin bodied and weak does have a good dry mouth and hop bitterness that lingers.
CheersMate1 (869), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 Local QFC (Renton). Picked up at mix 12 pack deal of Pyramid. Very transparent copper color. Not much head on this thing at all, but a decent looking IPA. A sweet. almost fruity, malt flavor follow by a FAINT hop aroma. Can’t pick out the hops very well, but I know they are there. When tasting the beer the hops come out a bit more, but still they are difficult to determine. More of a bittering hop that lingers at the back of mouth, with the malts offering a sweet taste to front of my mouth. An interesting IPA with a weak hop profile. Fairly smooth beer.
Foxbush (468), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 This was purchased at Total Wine with other beverages for Ben’s annual oyster feast and Christmas party. The beer was stored in cooler packed with snow. Decemebr 18-19 10-14 inches fell in the Richmond area. The IPA had a small to disappearing head. Some lacing but this is neagtive . This ale with a nice head would be better. The hops and malts are well balanced. The medium body ale had modest citrus flavors. It is averge IPA not a special one. I do have 5 more bottles to continue a more in dept evaluation. The alcohol at 6.7% is in the range of the some of the best IPA.
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