 mrant (330), New York, USA
Feb 1, 2008 Smells of sour citrus hops. Pours a clear copper with a big foamy off-white almost tan head. Taste is pungent hops with a very dry/bitter finish to it. A very nice IPA, not quite as good as I imagined Sierra Nevada’s IPA would taste though.
ChetLemmons (87), orlando, Florida, USA
Jan 31, 2008 copper/bronze with nice, frothy 2 finger head, slight haze. big hop aroma with slight malty notes. not the smoothest for me. was not what i was expecting for a "seasonal," in that i generally expect a warm malty beverage. this one does however have a night balance of hops and malts. i prefer this one straight out of the bottle. not bad by any means, but not great. would go great with a hawaiian pizza!
AbeerWolf (27), USA
Jan 30, 2008 A very nicely balanced IPA??? Almost too much so to be an IPA. Great crisp hoppy taste that finished well with malty sweet notes. Not too heavy to enjoy a couple. Supports itself nicely from first to last sip. Nothing outspoken about this beer, a definite solid choice for the friends.
thill25 (216), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jan 29, 2008 On tap...Pours a slightly hazed copper color. Citrus and malt nose. Easy on the palate for an IPA. Very piney flavor w/ typical hop bitterness, the finish was was slightly sweet. Overall, a good IPA.
fredandboboflo (1395), East Setauket, New York, USA
Jan 28, 2008 Updated: Dec 18, 2008Bottle. Really nice aroma of citrus, floral, and perfumy hops mingling on the canvas of the malt. Flavor is predominantly the citrus, but still remains rather complex for such a hop-dominated brew. Nice IPA to slurp down on a slow night. 8-4-7-4-15-3.8 Rerate 2008. Lordy, I cannot taste anything above the unbelievable level of astringency. Had some nice citrus hoppy notes and caramel malt notes in the aroma, but once it got in the mouth...yikes.
mgumby10 (1844), Jupiter, Florida, USA
Jan 28, 2008 2007. Pours a lightly hazy amber color with a medium off white head. Pretty powerful hop aroma, alot of grapefruit citrus in this as well. Definitely get some hints of malts too. Nice aroma. The hops are pretty big and bol but the malts really show up too give it some balance and slow the bitterness somewhat. The citrus is mostly in the finish as the front was pretty piney. Damn solid IPA, lot going on in the flavor with nice balance overall.
MaliMisho (208), East Meadow, New York, USA
Jan 28, 2008 It had an amber body and was delicious. The flavor was not as hoppy as I would have expected from an IPA, but it was still great.
killjoy966 (215), Washington, USA
Jan 27, 2008 Not as hoppy as the uber-IPAs normally rated this high. Smells delicious, but excessive carbonation masks some of the more subtle flavors.
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