4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 ChillCoat (1030) - Concord, California, USA - JAN 14, 2008Bottle via Goldtwins. Pours a lighter copper color. Somewhat murky with a white head. Textbook example of what an IIPA should look like IMO. Dank, citrusy aromas with lots of pine. Very, very nice. Hop forward and bitter flavor. Tons of tropical fruit flavors along with pine and big grapefruit notes. Bitter and musty finish. Somewhat sweet but hey, it’s 10.5%. This is a fantastic Double IPA!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 VastActiv (814) - Oulu, FINLAND - MAY 18, 2013
Bottle 0.665l at Gallows Bird, Espoo. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, grapes, hops and malts.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 DCLawyer (687) - Falls Church, Virginia, USA - MAY 5, 2013
Bomber->SA. Slightly hazy orange-gold with big white head. Aroma: dense citrus and floral hops. Taste: grapefruit, pine and citrus peel, malt. Nice double IPA.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 maxwelldeux (2241) - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - APR 15, 2013
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy light amber color with a moderate white head. Nose is a little hoppy and earthy. Taste is slightly bitter, with a hint of sweetness at the end. An odd but interesting beer...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Westmeister (940) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - APR 4, 2013
Draft. Pours a slightly hazy orange with chunky head. Aroma is sweet maltiness as one would expect from a ST IPA, with citrus and some peach. Taste is alost equal amounts of sweet caramel malt and orange, peach. In the end the sweetness overpowers the hop bite. Ok.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 BoringBard (104) - NORWAY - APR 3, 2013
Pours a transparent dark golden liquid with tiny snowwhite head. Smell wonderfull of sweet bit vert bitter hops. Taste of sweet caramell, then turns bitter and finishes with a little spice. Viscous mouthfeel. A very good ale!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20 Uhlen (173) - Trondheim, NORWAY - APR 3, 2013
Pours a deep golden liquid with a small somewhat disappointing offwhite head. Sweet and hoppy aroma of caramelmalts, peaches, pine and some yeast. Rich mouthfeel. Starts off with a sweet taste of bread, caramel and peaches. Switches and finishes with a more hoppy taste of pine and citrus. Superb.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 gunnfryd (8564) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - MAR 31, 2013
Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is hop, peaches, malt, pine. Flavour is hop, malt, peaches, alcohol, grapefruit, pine. Full body. Nice beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20 zacgillbanks (968) - Tyne & Wear, ENGLAND - MAR 16, 2013
Bottle from Trembling Madness. Hazy amber coloured with sweet orange marmalade and slight burnt toffee flavours, warming spicy red fruit, oak, leather and fruitiness on the finish. A very nice Barley Wine.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 JStax (1673) - Devola/Marietta, Ohio, USA - FEB 26, 2013
Poured from a 22 ounce bottle. Pours a hazy copper with a nice froth of white foam. Aroma is a hefty herbal and piny note. Tastes more malt forward than the aroma indicated. Maybe this is an older bottle. I can’t find the bottling date. Very carbonated.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 RexTalionis (1430) - FINLAND - FEB 25, 2013
Bottle 650 ml. Pours hazy darker orange in color with a small white head. Orange peel, some yeasty notes and hints of perfume in aroma. A bit of them soapy notes and perfume in taste. Moderate bitterness. Sweet in taste as well with some citrus backing it up along the malty backbone.
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