 General_Gao (2573), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
May 8, 2008
Bottle. Poured a hazy medium orange color with a white head. A bit of lace was left behind. Aroma was of thick malty caramel and light citrusy hops. Delicately sweet on the tongue with mild hop bitterness of about 3 out of 10. The flavor was malt dominated with caramel and honey-touched cereal grain elements. There was also a sprucy hop note, but it wasn’t as pronounced as I had anticipated. At 10%, neither was the alcohol flavor. Pretty good, non-offensive beer with some personalty.
tomhenderson (108), Carolinas area, USA
Oct 5, 2008 I agree with others that this beer is beyond its peak. If you’re still holding one, drink it now!
The beer poured a reasonably clear orange with a respectable head that dissipated to a nice thin coating across the beer. Aroma was faint (beyond its peak, remember?) but hinted at malt and a bit of citrusy hops. The taste was better with a commanding presence of tangerine citrus and a bit of pine resin, balanced amazingly well by a rich malt backbone of sweet caramel and toasty/biscuit flavor. The bitterness is still there and offsets the malt sweetness very well.
All in all, this is a great double IPA. I like others better (Ruination comes to mind), but this is still quite nice. Overpriced, but nice.
WeeHeavySD (1849), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Pricey ceramic 750 I got at Chevy Chase Wine and Liquor over a year ago. Pours orange with a 1 finger tan head. Nose is sweet with a lot of citrus. Taste is rich and sweet with a lot of caramel. Overall a tasty brew, didn’t realize it was a dipa, and doesn’t taste like one now either.
chicagodri (540), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aug 21, 2008 Pours a cloudy orange with some red highlights. Off white head. Nice sweet malt balances well against the citrus hops, mainly grapefruit. I probably shouldn’t have waited so long to try this, so the hops would have been better. Way too expensive for the quality of beer though.
t4h2c0 (65), seattle, USA
Aug 12, 2008 Pours dark golden with a thick white head that is very sticky. Strong hop aroma, it almost stings the nostrils. Very strong hop flavor up front that lingers in the aftertaste. More of a bitter hop flavor than aroma hop. Good balance in the aftertaste that ends up tatsing like a very clean refreshing beer while still packing a punch at 10%. Does not age well, this beer was best when first brewed.
DA (2468), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Jul 20, 2008 PIB 2008. Pours glowing orange, hazy, with a soft white head. Very big grapefruit hop nose. Hops were fresh and aromatic, slightly sharp on the bitterness, piney note in the finish. Palate was heavy and a bit thick, but didn’t seem to lack floral notes because of it.
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