GoBlue (93), Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Oct 8, 2009 Deep copper color with lasting thick white head. Aroma is pungent with pine and freshly mowed grass. Flavor is juicy with hops and a pleasant bitterness. Nice malt with caramel. Very nice.
 gyllenbock (238), Stockholm, Sweden
Oct 7, 2009 Bottle from Systembolaget.
Beautiful copper color, huge white foam.
Elegant taste, not extreme. Pleasant bitterness. After taste was soft and fairly long.
Good beer!
zizzybalubba (335), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Oct 4, 2009 24 oz. bottle from Grape & Gourmet (2009, 13th Release). Dark orange pour with a thick off-white head. Aroma is a punch in the face of pine and wet grass. Good bitter grapefruit rind flavor balanced with toffee and graham cracker sweetness. Aftertaste is a lingering piney hop bitterness. It has been my experience with this beer from years past to try it immediately upon its release and this is the first chance I have had to drink it. This is a good IPA.
gpekar (221), Maryland, USA
Sep 29, 2009 Poured a cloudy orange/copper with a tall foamy tan head. The aromas were of pine and grapefruit. The initial taste was crisp and clean and it builds to a good hop bite. The flavors of grapefruit and pine come through in the taste as well. There is a nice underneath sweetness to balance the hops, that rolls to a good strong Sierra Nevada hop finish
Fratto (670), Arlington, Texas, USA
Sep 19, 2009 Pretty generic IPA. I’m not really impressed nor can I smell anything unmatched about the aroma. Maybe my nose hasn’t learned enough flavors.
kuphish (150), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Sep 16, 2009 2008 bottle. Pours a large, creamy, spoonable (as M. would say), off-white head. Hazy, amber body. Elegant lacing. Faint, faded citric hop aroma. No single definable hop aroma...just miscellaneous citrus, fruit and floral. Some dark fruit/raisin in the malt as well as caramel. Flavor contains more citric hops. Malty, dark fruit comes through more strongly. Chewy, melded caramel is abundantly present. Medium-full body, soft carbonation. Big sweet malt up front is washed away with the abundant hop bitterness. Lingering raisin and citrus. Light resin. Really good...would like to see how a fresh 2009 bottle compares. This one is moving towards a strong ale as the hop aromas fade and the flavors meld.
pumpmaster (473), Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Sep 7, 2009 24 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $4.99 Excellent!
arrogantb (695), Denver, Colorado, USA
Sep 1, 2009 This had a clear orange color and a musty smell, yum…the mouthfeel is like lots of tiny bubbles, weird carbonation. Taste is subtle oily hops, no bitterness and the alcohol is not noticeable. Good fresh hop ale but my favorite is Deschutes Hop trip. Sierra Nevada never seems to disappoint.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 10-15-2007 16:08:14
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