 j12601 (1151), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Aug 3, 2009
BCTC. Pours a hazy golden amber with a thin white head. Light citrus aromas. Body is mostly caramel and malt. Finishes with a light bitterness.
Jblauvs (531), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Aug 3, 2009 on tap at the barley pub. Orange pour with a slight offwhite head. malty without a strong hop presence in the nose. What is detectable is a little piney. Flavor is malty with some bitterness from the hops but not as much as id like. This makes for an unballanced and uninteresting brew
PilsnerPeter (2585), Flushing, New York, USA
Aug 3, 2009 Bottle at BCTC 2009: Hazy orange golden with an off white film of head. Astringent vegetal aroma- some sweet grains, almost donut like with a sweet pine note. Weird flavor as well with some citric orange covered by residual sugary character that is, again, donut like. Quite odd. Doesn’t have any bitterness. Weird.
coldbrewky (716), Saugerties, New York, USA
Jul 10, 2009 Tap at the brewpub in Portland. I made the mistake of jotting my notes on their busy beer mats and I can make out the following: A deep golden in the glass with a thin white head. Pretzel rods at the bar add a nice dimension to this. Thin Carbonation. Sharp hops throuth this distinct and stoic beer. Slightly reninicent of SNPA. Fryes leap has a bit of diacetly jutting out near the finish that throws it off. Nose of bitter hops.
smcolw (314), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
Jul 2, 2009 Cloudy yellow gold color. Very nice head that leaves some lace (because much of it slides down the glass).
Strong caramel aroma, not like a typical IPA. Slight refrigerator smell and nearly no hop.
The taste is big improvement from the smell--there’s lots of hop in this, although there is little in the finish. Very nice body, perhaps the best component in the beer.
If you get by the malty smell, this is a decent IPA offering.
twitcher (293), framingham, Massachusetts, USA
Jun 26, 2009 Bottle.
Middling copper color with a thin head. Relatively weak aroma- despite apparent use of plenty of C-hops, not much citrus comes through in the nose- more floral notes. Plenty of burnt malt sweetness on the nose as well. Flavor shows way too much malt, and said malt has a metallic burnt sugar aspect to it. Decent bitterness, and some hop character, but too muddled and ill-defined. Decent on the palate. Overall, a pretty uninteresting IPA with a poor malt character.
TheCaptain (526), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Mar 16, 2009 Bottle shared with Philly gents- Hazy orange pour, decent white head. A thin sour feel on the nose and into the pallet with a hop bitterness that gave a sour note I’m not that fond of.
rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Feb 14, 2009 Sour malt aroma with a good amount of hops mixed in. Clear light orange color with a small white head. Mild dry floral hop flavor.
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