4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a murky orange brown. Great creme head. Smooth hoppy nose and the flavor is niiice. Real great smooth and bitter edge that is an underlining theme. I almost want to say there is a grapey edge on here. Only reason I pull that one out is a very small bit of this reminds me of Cantillon St. Lamvinus at its best. Raelly though it is just nice and smooth. A real pleasure to drink. This on cask would probably be great.
I have had the Target and Centennial besides this, and this is my favorite to this point.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Rating in comparison to the reson of the IPA project, Jan ’08 @ Spuyten Duyvil, Brooklyn) I’d never had Nelson Sauvin hops before, and I really enjoyed them. What jumped out at me in the aroma and the finish is lychee fruit. Grapes and light fruit also prevalent in the aroma, fairly bitter as well.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear orange color with frothy off with head. Great lacing. Citrus fruity aroma. Lighty sweet taste. Fruity with grapefruit and pineapple notes throughout. Nice oily body.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the Phoenixville location. Poured an amber color with an off white head. Very nice aromas that consisted of citrus, pine, some caramel, and grapes (had a nice wine like characteristic to it). Tastes of citrus, pine, caramel, and lighter grapes. This is one of my favorite of the IPA series. I want more of this one!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Hop Devil. Wasn’t crazy about this, though the keg was a bit old.
Before I start writing, let me say that, before I was big in to craft beer, I was in Nelson, New Zealand. We were on a bus ride, and we drove by a hop field that the driver pointed out. He said what kind of hops they were, which I don’t remember in the slightest, but I bet it was these.
Pours deep orange with a decent head. Weird, acrid bite. Kind of oily. Earthy hops. Kind of cheesy. Quite bitter. Didn’t enjoy this too much, though I do think the comment about using this as a saison hop is right on.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Orangy deep copper color with aroma of piney hops, citrus, and caramel malt. The flavor is very hoppy and citric, with the hops being very sticky and almost syrupy, leaving this one with a pretty dry and floral finish.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Appears a hazy copper toned amber with a small head that fades into a mild cap. Lots of lacing is left all around the glass.
Smell is of juicy grapefruit, perfume, melon, cherries, and flowers, along with a hint of white white tropical aromas.
Taste is of the mentioned aromas with a deadening flower like flavor that stops in the middle of the tongue.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, crisp, and very bitter.
A different hop that would go nicely in a Saison, IMO.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught at Pete’s Waterfront Ale House, Brooklyn. Orange color with a frothy head. Bright grapefruit hop aroma (like someone twisting a rind under your nose). Prominent citrusy hops (grapefruit and underripe orange) define the overall flavor, but they never overpower the underlying caramel malts. In the few Sly Fox varietal IPA projects that I’ve tried, as here, there is always a consistency in the hop character-- not a sharp and biting bitterness, but a steady and mellow to moderate and lasting bitterness which remains tingling on the tongue. These Kiwi hops are wonderful. Fresh and light citrusy and not overly resiny or woody. Another great one in the SF IPA varietal series.
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