jjpm74 (3448), Connecticut, USA Feb 21, 2008 Fresh growler from the brewpub and cask at the brewpub. Pours a hazy gold/amber with a white head.Smells of oranges, some pine, caramel. Taste yields a nice bitterness balances with some oranges, resin and dry malt. Very solid offering! JoeMcPhee (3899), Jackson Heights, New York, USA Feb 18, 2008 Cask at the brewpub. Slightly hazy golden amber beer with a thin white head. Aroma is very hoppy and fresh with a soft piny aroma over a light grapefruity citrus character. Lightly resiny as well. Good balance, soft palate. Light pale malt, grapefruit and a bit of citrusy character. A tasty simple IPA. The cask works well for this one. Soft lingering bitterness. jcwattsrugger (4087), Florida and, New Jersey, USA Sep 28, 2007 @VT Beerfest–on tap-pours off white bubbles and hazy gold color. Aroma is bitter citrus hops. Taste is bitter citrus hops-northwest, resin. Dry. DYCSoccer17 (2049), Davis, California, USA Jun 21, 2006 12 ounce sample at the brewpub. Mild metallic, pine-like aroma with a bit of weird graininess as well. Sort of smells like dirty socks. The aroma is definitely off. Moderately hazy copper color with an off-white head that is small. There is good lacing, though. Bitter, grapefruity PNW hops to start, turning a bit more citrus and orange-like. Light toasted malts in the middle with more dry, bitter, grapefruity hops to finish. Overly dry and lacks malt balance. asheft (1017), Marburg, Germany Jan 31, 2006 [on cask at brewpub]
Misty bronze with a frothy, beer pump head that clung to the glass. Fruity aroma full of fresh hops in good pine/grapefruit balance--also some toffee. Grapefruit bitterness plus fruit flavours from fermentation lead gently into a delicate toffee malt all backed up by a british-like bitterness that lasts for a bit. Very good session beer with low carbonation, light to medium body, and an almost crisp finish.
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