 kmweaver (2396), Sebastopol, California, USA
Sep 18, 2009 Draft @ Sierra Tap House, 2008 vintage. Pours a slightly hazy, effervescent reddish-orange color; solid, light-tan head with good retention and lacing that coats the glass; a nice-looking pour. Spicy, earthy bitterness in the aroma; nice relaxed hop character and candy sugar underneath; dry. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lively citrus and mineral bitterness, chewy, still quite dense; candy sugar and earthiness underneath; even a touch of marshmallow and breadiness that show through; very, very nicely aged. Lengthy hop finish: toastiness, minerals and citrus; mouthdrying at the far end.
Fratto (670), Arlington, Texas, USA
Sep 17, 2009 Six pack from Majectic. Tastes like a Christmas tree. I’m not celebrating.
Brew4Dug (136), Houston, Texas, USA
Sep 17, 2009 Perfect balance of high-alpha hops and malts. Tasty treat, but don’t leave one of these out for Santa or he’ll probably crack his head on the chimney on his way up!
petematte46 (212), Dallas, Texas, USA
Sep 1, 2009 Orange colour with a small beige head. Aroma of malt, hops and fruit. Malty flavour with notes of fruit, that ends up with a nice and lasting bitter finish. Nice IPA.
williamherbert (461), Syracuse, New York, USA
Aug 30, 2009 2008 version. Cloudy, luminescent dark orange. Big puffy head, rocky and dimply. Specks of sediment float as if suspended in primordial amber.
FLowery pale aroma, a tad bready. Bitter woody/resiny hops; second sniff is citrus and perfumey flowers.
Bitter woody hop flavor, with another bitter citrus hop at the end. The first hop slaps you, the second apologizes. Crystal malt presence is great, along with some sweet caramel.
Feels fizzy and thick; creamy and with a bite on the way down. A challenging, hoppy beer (bitter and sweet both). Really top notch.
tgncc (796), Bellmore, New York, USA
Aug 29, 2009 Beuatiful aroma, like a IIPA. Malty backbone, nice citrus hops right up front. Orange/red color, white head, true to style. The flavor is caramel malts, citrus hops some piney hops emerge right after. Nice. The finish is mainly a piney hop bittering, which settles in and lingers. The mouthfeel is medium/thick, creamy, also very nice. A well crafted IPA.
danielst (131), Vienna, Austria
Aug 27, 2009 A celebration ale to celebrate my first 100 ratings! 2008 version: I was afraid that the hops wore off already, as this was bottled more than half a year ago, but, pow! pungent hop aromas leaped out of the bottle, tickling in my nose. An amazingly spiced fruit cocktail of honey melons, lemons, grapefruit, goose- and strawberries and much more. The flavour is of honeyish malts with a luscious piney, pithy hop bitterness and a mouth-drying finish. A hazy dark red colour with a vanishing off-white head. The flavour is a bit weakier than the aroma, but it’s still an amazing beer.
Sonicdescent (374), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 23, 2009 Appearance ..Good color that kind of runs between a dark red and gold with a cream colored head. The head poured about two kunckles and slowly disappeared, leaving a thick lacing.
Scent is Hops Hops Hops! Good for this style and very fresh smelling.
Taste is Surprisingly good. Goes in with a light fruity hop and a lemony aftertaste. Not particularly a favorite style of mine, but as far as beers of the American IPA style that I have tried, this is really good.
Palate..looking at this I figured I was about to take a carbon bomb, but it goes down really well. Carbonation is just right and the beer walks the good line with a medium body.
If I walked into a bar that served only IPAs, I’d be all over this.
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