 kosko20 (302), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 26, 2008 2008. Pine, citrus hop aromas. Pour is a cloudy gold with nice thick head. Flavor is the pine hops more than any other. Nice bitterness.
durhambeer (1200), Durham, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 26, 2008 12th release 2008 bottle. A few weeks old, I guess. Deep gold orange pour with generous off-white head. I like this beer quite a bit, and it seems like a somewhat unique beer for Sierra Nevada. More earthy, more malty than their other pale ale styles. Hops are certainly there, but not in a totally dominating way. Floral spicy hops as well as the requisite resin and citrus. I think I’ll go pick up another bomber of this one...
SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 26, 2008 had at boondoggles with my boy scoobs (after we bowled like champs)and the tim stranger... pours a dark gold with a great grade A head ... lots of pine and sticky hops ... enjoyable and very sessionable .. i had 3 before i even got my bacon and potato skins ...
adavis234 (133), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 2008 12th Release Bottle. Pours a dark amber with a thick, off-white head. Strong citrus and pine hop aroma, just as advertised. Pine flavor even more prevalent in the taste along with an understated bitterness. A unique and delicious brew.
jpiper (6), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
does not count  | 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 A fairly hoppy IPA with a floral and citrus nose; there was malt on the palate and a piney hop flavor dominated. Good, but there are plenty better.
changeup45 (788), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 2008 batch. Pours an amber color with a very nice thick off-white head. Lacing all the way down the glass. The aroma consists of hops and malts but it’s surprisingly more malty and grassy. The flavor starts off malty, quite a bit of bready-caramel malts here, followed by a fresh dose of greeny hops. Some bitterness to this but it’s not an aggressive bitterness and this beer drinks rather easily. Very solid.
DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 (Bottle. 2008 12th Release). Aroma intensely grapefruit. Reddish amber body, beautiful off-white head with intricate lacing. Flavor has plenty of grapefruit, but also balanced with slight caramel, leading to a lengthy subtle bitterness for a finish. This is a ’wow’ ale, different from the intense single-minded hop wallop of DFH, but on a similar level of enjoyment. Fantastic.
joshwilfong (776), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 25, 2008 light brown appeaance with large white head. hoppy nose. some caramel malt, but not as much a malt presence as I would desire. very nice hop flavor due the the wet hopping with a solid bitterness. a good version of the style, but not spectacula
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