hanniku (12), Jyväskylä, Finland
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 |
Jun 17, 2009 Bottled, thanks vode! Pale amber color. Small white head. Intense and rich sweetish aroma: a lovely pungent hoppiness with citrus, grapefruit, apricot and pine. The rich and full flavor follows the aroma with a very strong but also well balanced and even soft hoppiness. The drying hoppy aftertaste is enduring and rich too. A magnificent double india pale ale, especially when it is possible to drink the beer as fresh.
 DaMenace123 (251), Houston, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 16, 2009 Had the draught. Piney hop smell. Flavor was great, hoppy but balanced with a nice bitter edge and aftertaste. Very good IPA.
Alasdair (76), New Zealand
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 15, 2009 What else can you say about this legend. Great aroma; massive flavour. The balance, rounded bitterness, and drinkability really did it for me. What a beer!
Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 15, 2009 Tap, at the Falling Rock Taphouse in Denver. Gold with very fine, long-lived white head. Ultra-fresh bright hop flower aroma, hops green and crushed right off the vine. Abundant fresh green hop flavor, very lively and pungent, just a light malt backdrop. But then a husky hop pellet flavor begins to show up, and a lot of the magic is tainted. Not at all too bitter, just that horse-feed sack quality of lots of pellets that just really distracts from the pleasure of the flower thing, which had been going so well. Brilliant aroma, and still impressive, but not what I want my hop bombs to taste like.
beernbourbon (263), chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 14, 2009 Thanks to hophead22 for this one, rating 900 for this beer. Pour is hazy copper with medium off-white head. Aroma is huge citrus hop, mostly grapefruit and oranges. Only small amount of malt detectable in aroma. Very clean scent. Flavor is true to nose with huge hop flavor all over: grapefruit, pineapple, orange, and late pine. Finish is subtly malty with a melange of hop flavors, some bitter, some piny. This beer drinks very very easy for an I IPA. Really is very crisp and refreshing.
humulushound (113), British Columbia, Canada
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 14, 2009 Had this on tap at Malt and Vine in Washington State. Amber-orange color with one finger of dense off-white head. Smell is an inviting combination of floral, citrus and piney hop oils. Flavor is an aggressive tornado of hoppy grapefruit, hoppy pineapple and tangerines, caramel-hops, light yeast-hoppiness, and a hint of biscuits with hops baked into them.... The hops just seem to romace every over flavour.... Somehow the finish remains smooth and lingering without being predominantly bitter. This beer is truly miraculous, both powerful/complex and smooth/drinkable. Cudos to the Brewmaster at Russian RIver for creating such a masterful and venerable Imperial IPA.
thebeertourist (2777), Oslo, Norway
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 12, 2009 Sampler tray at Naja’s place. Clear golden with a medium head. weak citrus aroma, much more mellow than the Younger. Good hop bitterness. It tastes just as bitter as the Younger, but the latter punches your nose in a way the Elder would never dream of. A much more balanced approach.
bobbypaulson (100), , Minnesota, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jun 11, 2009 500ml bottle pours a darker orange then the younger with a nice cream color head. The smell is floral and hopy. I love IPAs. The taste is much more complex the younger it’s sweeter and citrusy the hops hit at the end and it’s glorious. The after taste is much longer and I love ever second of it. I wish I had more of this brew its amazing!!!! A must try to all you IPAheads out there!!!
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