3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20Murky orange,fluffy white head.Citrus hop nose. Oddly, this is bitter from start to finish,citrus & malt hints.Taste and nose don’t seem to mesh
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle - Smells of nice mellow grapefruit/pine with some wonderful balanced sweetness from the malts. Dark clear amber with a rich medium head. Very smooth and rich, with a candy like sweetness robust bitterness and long sweet finish. Piney but very well balanced. This is a great example of a IIPA, maybe not too extravagant and exciting but good. Well done Russell.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is passionfruit, orange juice, grapefruit, guava, ginseng. Medium-light body, slightly syrupy mouthfeel, reasonably well balanced on the palate with a citrusy hop bitterness on the aftertaste. Taste is passionfruit, caramel, grapefruit and guava.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Opaque orange brown, off white head fades quickly. Strong aroma of pine needles with some fruitiness. Big bitter sappy spruce hop taste, grapefruit and citrus, backed by some faint caramel malts. Softly carbed, medium-full bodied, aggressively hopped. Fresh, floral and earthy, alcohol is well hidden. Dry hoppy finish. DNFL (Definately Not For Lagerboys)
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Well done, Russell! A nice, floral, dry, resinous beer. No point in giving the same notes as others have put up for this brew. I'll just add that Russell is easily one of the best Vancouver area breweries that rock the shit out of dry, bitter beers. This is no exception. Thanks!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a murky orange-brown with a decent off white head. Aroma is pungent piney hops, some citrus. Flavour is complex hops with a very dominant coniferous, Christmas tree spruciness. There are orangey tropical hops there as well, some caramel malt. Finishes very bitter but balanced, resinous mouthfeel. Quite certain this is the best beer I’ve ever had from this brewer. More like this one please.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Legacy, Vancouver
Hazy orange-amber color with small creamy head. Nice aroma, the hops have a earthy and animal character. Good body strength, just a bit less than beers at similar strength; good toffee flavor, some caramel, light residual sweetness; excellent hopping, with powerful resins and good fruity presence, some apricots, bitter oranges, and light cedar in the end.
Excellent and fresh.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
650 ml bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy copper color with very little head. Strong pine and grapefruit aroma with a little dusty malts. Pretty much a PNW hops bomb, citrus, pineapple, and pine flavors, though there is enough malt there to provide some balance. Nicely covers the alcohol.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a cloudy golden colour with a small white foamy head which leaves a nice lacing. Lots of hops strong floral hops also some fruity citrus hops. flavour has a good balanced of sweet malts and strong hoppy bitterness. very good IPA
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
650mL bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is beautifully hoppy, with orange zest, various tropical fruits, piney hops and a solid caramel malt backing. Flavour is very pleasing, with loads of dry tropical fruits, citrus zest, loads of dry floral hops, and just enough biscuity malt to hold it all together. The only negative is a slight perfumey quality which becomes more noticeable the more you drink. Full-bodied and almost chewy, with all flavours working in excellent harmony. Finishes citrus fruity, floral and dry hoppy. Russell’s best by far - far surpassed my expectations.
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