 TheEpeeist (1428), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 10, 2007 12 oz bottle, 2007. Cloudy yellow brown with a chunky white head. Lacy clouds coat one side. Fresh orange juice and honeysuckle; very nice. Wasn’t expecting the intensity of this one. Sharp gin and grapefruit then lemon custard. Dry, spicy finish slowly fades. Interesting brew.
emobassfoo (178), Webster, New York, USA
Nov 10, 2007 Rated while drinking: Pours a bright tangerine-yellow with a bright white head, but quickly diminishes. Reeks of oily hops, a bit of citrus and maybe cough drops. Sweet and malty at first, but turns into (as someone else said) a mary-jane taste. Very grassy. Medium-bodied and very bitter all throughout. A bit chunky in the mouth at times, but definitely drinkable. Definitely a hybrid, but unlike other failed experiments, this is actually quite tasty.
SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
Nov 10, 2007 bought after the flat tire fiasco: Pours a slight hazy golden yellow ... Pours with quite an impressive head, lacing is also very impressive ... wow, very bitter; not at all balanced and the alcohol is not really hidden at all... I like what Mr. Koch was trying to do and i did enjoy this brew to some extent but this is not what i was expecting.. its not a pilsener, its not an IPA, its not a IIPA , not even a high grade malt liquor but shows a bit from each category!
Juelze (889), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 10, 2007 Updated: Nov 11, 2007Blech. Pours a hazy amber color with thick off-white head. Aroma is fruity with bits of citrus and cherry, with some light lemon and juniper. Taste is of citrus hops, and that cloyingly sweet mess of a fruit salad. For me, this beer was a mess.
FOAMer (37), Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
Nov 10, 2007 Pours very cloudy, most likely a hop haze. Deep golden with a light tan head. Floral notes, slightly fruity. Malt sweetnes in the back ground. Intensly bitter up front with malt back-bone balancing in the back ground. Bitterness lingers and adds a slight astringent character. Medium to Medium fill body.
Overall a nice beer with lots of character, I would like to see a little more malt for balance as I think it is slightly out of balance leaning to the hops
ShawnMalloy (119), Auburn, Massachusetts, USA
Nov 9, 2007 Sam’s attempt at a brutally hoppy lager. has a slightly skunked odor. pours a murky orange with a giant frothy head. taste is comparable to that of marijuana. leaves an unpleasant unceasing bitter aftertaste that takes many a pretzel to bury. I’m a fan of most of sam’s brews, and i’m a fan of all kinds of really hopped out ipas and such, but this was quite a letdown for me personally. I just couldn’t get into it.
Mike4686 (120), Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Nov 9, 2007 100th rating - pours a cloudy dark golen color with a frothy head, nice strong hop aroma, wonderful taste lots of hops, like an IPA, nice and bitter, nice mouthfeel, i can’t believe this is from sam adams, incredible stuff here.
crushinat0r (227), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nov 9, 2007 Opaque amber in colour. Light lacing head. Smells hoppy, strong and bitter. Tastes very clean and hoppy with a bitter and slightly salty aftertaste, just as expected from the smell. Overall, one of the best pilsners I’ve tried.
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