3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy orange, golden colored brew. Malty, hoppy aroma. Flavor has peach, citrus, decent bitterness, good mouthfeel.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nose is mediumheavy dry, bitter hops, apricot, sweet red apple, weak earth, feel is medium, carb is mediumheavy, taste is sweet malt, dry hops bite, apricot, weak late mint
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft served in a tulip at iTap-Soulard. Pours a rich orange-gold color with a finger-thick foamy white head that hangs around for a while, settling into an uneven film on the beer eventually. Aroma picks up citrusy hops, melon, sweet malts, tangerine, and a wee bit of both grass and resin. Flavor is super smooth, with more citrusy hops, resin, sweet and caramel malts, cereal, and apricot. Light-bodied, with a smooth, resinous mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Surprised at how fast this was going down. Really nice, easy-drinking go-to IPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From the 22 ouncer. The color is copper-orange with a dainty thin head and a slightly cloudy appearance. Earthy and pine hops inspire the nose with a slightly sweet candy-like maltiness in the mix. The body is juicy and medium. The hops are not as "brutal" in the taste as the name might suggest but they are there with aggression along with a more mellow maltiness to give it a pleasing balance. It finishes bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
pours deep gold/ light amber, maybe even orange in the right lighting, as the label suggests. Aroma is an apricot/orange nectar, evenly balanced hop and malt flavor. The flavor is a wonderful grapefruit, and healthy, but not lingering bitterness, and a moderate, clean malt sweetness. Rather good, not the greatest.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours bright orange with a diminishing head. Hazy. Lots of citrus in the aroma, bready, almost creamy (creaming soda) also. Medium to full bodied with a slick texture and soft carbonation. Not a ’brutal’ as name would suggest, however it’s a very smooth drinking IPA, very well balanced.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap in Rogue Bar, San Francisco, 2008. From Notes. My first Californian IPA in America. Colour is orange, hazy, nice medium white head. Nose is bursting with citrous, mainly grapefruit. Some bready malt in there too. Taste is bursting with grapefruit citrous bitterness. Lovely. Bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Una signora IPA, per "andare sul sicuro" in mezzo ai tentoni della scena francese; peccato che il Brewberry chiuda così presto.
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