 sayravai (3045), Helsinki, Finland
Apr 29, 2008
(Hand-bottled, thanks Esa K.) Clear amber with a small, bright white head. Very crisp, lemony-piney aroma. Crisply aromatic-hoppy, pine-resiny flavor with some exotic fruitiness. Very dry and bitter mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Nicely drinkable for the amount of hops. Like the first batches of Severin, but without the cat-pee, and even drier and more bitter.
AllAboutStout (462), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aug 29, 2008 Pours a straw colored gold in color. About half a inch of head develops on the pour. Smell is very citrusy and juicy. Wonderful. Taste is even more citrusy and juicy hops than appear in the nose. Light, bitter, but exploding with juciness. I love this. It’s an overused expression, but, I could drink this all day long and never tire of it. I might even go out on a limb and say that I’m enjoying this more then the PtE. Would love to have this around regularly.
Many thanks to golubj for sending me this bottle.
blutt59 (657), Dallas, Texas, USA
Aug 29, 2008 bottle, cloudy tangerine color, mild foam, nose of pine and cantalope, flavor of pine, cookies, melons and a great smooth hoppy finish
TomDecapolis (2407), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 28, 2008 Much thanks to hopdog for landing a bottle to share. Pours a lightly hazy golden with a medium creamy/bubbly white head that laced. Aroma of grapefruiit, pine, other mixed citrus, juicy hop cones, caramel malt...ok..bottom line, you can’t ask for more in the aroma on an IPA! Flavor of...well you got it...tons of fresh hops, pine, grapefruit, lemon zest, caramel malt, nicely balanced hop bitterness, only thing I can think that it may be missing is some more malt flavor to balance out the flavor a bit. But don’t get me wrong...this is hands down one of the best IPA’s out there!
mjg74 (1772), La Mesa, California, USA
Aug 28, 2008 Bottle from Bev4Less. Medium golden/amber in color. Huge skunk bud aroma. Big citric/piney hop flavors going on. Somewhat dry and heavily hopped. Big bitter finish.
emacgee (1033), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Aug 28, 2008 Pours a copper amber with a lacy white head. The nose was very citrusy, soft and peachy, sweet, grapefruit and apricot. The flavor had more of a bitterness than I was expecting. Has a nice peachy/apricot hop flavor but also a lot of bitterness.
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