3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Volo Cask Day 2006. Slightly hazy ruby-orange colour. Aroma of seriously pine/spruce hops - smells like a frickin’ Christmas tree! Flavour of ass-kicking hops with a faint fruitiness. Stupidly over the top, but I liked it.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled at Volo during Cask Days 2006. Notes entered in 2008 . . . go figure! Anyway, pours a cloudy dark-orange amber w/ frothy ring of foam. Big, juicy grapefruit aroma w/ notes of tobacco & pine. Thick, sticky feel. Very big, very bitter, earthy flavour w/ solid backbone of caramel & toffee.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
cask at volo, cloudy orange, hop aroma almost pine like, same on flavour nice long finish good mouth feel
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Days ’06. Nose is lemon, catty, piney cedar. Very bitter w. lots of pine, orange rind. Not quite enough sweetness for me.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, at Volo Cask Days 2006. Dark orange, a few bubbles on the surface. Huge hops and alcohol in pleasing aroma. Wow, all hops (Chinook I taker it?) in taste - mouth puckering. Alcohol hidden extremely well. Wonderful natural carbonation. Not for the whiny "it is too bitter" patrons and journalists, but for me, it was a great balanced yet over the top cask IPA. Thanks for the beer geek treat Perry!!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Foggy brown copper with a bubbly white head. Fruity aroma - resinous orange oil, bread, toffee/caramel, etc. Warm, very sticky and resinous, bitter orange grapefruit. Super bitter with some subtle toasted malts lingering in the distant background. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Volo Cask Day 2006. Pours a cloudy dark orange with a spare diminishing white head. Very nice resiny hop aroma. Flavour of fresh green hops with a long bitter finish. Alcohol’s well hidden. Medium bodied. Pretty one-dimensional but it’s oh so tasty, no complaints from this hophead!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask.
Clean soft aromatic, fruity-citrus nose, good clean well worked malts.
Appearance: fine hazy amber, plenty of fizz at top.
Green citric front, quiet hoppy front (no surprise here).More and more pronounced hop character as you drink. I might call carbonated hop juice.
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