4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Finally Southern Tier hits Georgia.
Tap @ TacoMac, Alpharetta. Dark orange color, White head. Sticky, sticky. Aroma of huge citrus hops. Nice caramels, and sticky. Flavor is a heavy bodied, sweet and sticky malt. Toasted caramels. All hidden beneath a nicely hopped bitterness. Lots of grapefruit, pine, and oily hops. A very huge IPA. Absolutely lovely. Drinker’s beware: Do not have two of these on a completely empty stomach. It hit me hard. Very yummy, 40oz of yummy. and heavy. YUM, this is my new favorite IPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Moderate caramel and light bread for the malt, light to moderate pine for the hops, light soap for the yeast, with hints of date and pepper. Head is small, frothy/creamy, white with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is clear amber. Flavor starts lightly sweet and lightly to moderately acidic, then finishes lightly to moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, oily with a carbonation between soft and lively and a dry finish. A pretty good IPA, just nothing truly outstanding.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Keg (Pikkulintu, Helsinki)
5 Stodgy sickly malt aroma
3 Bright orange, keggy head
6- very messy taste. Bold and almost harsh bitterness. Too sweet.
2 Sweet and unbalanced. Sickly. Finish raw and unsophisticated. Too sweet.
10 Drank these last 3 beers in the wrong order, ending on the worst, Moor’s revival was way better. Now I’m pissed off... And did I mention this was too sweet?
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours golden with white head, aroma is some nice floral and grassy hops. Taste is grassy, floral, bit of pine, leading into a nice sweet bread that finishes a bit bitter. Solid IPA.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A great, great IPA. Aroma is a full nose of hop and toffee. Pours a dark amber with a white head. Taste is a really nice palate of hop bitterness. Smooth body and well balanced. Small toffee and biscuity aftertaste. I’d easily drink this many times over.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught. Pours clear light amber with large white head. Taste is bitter. Palate has a medium body, thick mouthfeel. Aromas have citrus, pine, leather.
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12oz bottle.Pours a clear amber with a fast fading white head.Nose is piney hops and some citrus notes.Taste is pretty nicely balanced.There is not many detectable flaws in this IPA.Unfortunately this beer falls into the "always available and affordable 6 packs" category.Other members include Sweetwater IPA and Bells 2Hearted Ale...great everyday IPA though.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz. bottle at Green’s on Ponce De Leon. The beer had what I thought was going to be nice head retention, but it faded away to a wispy little pathetic excuse for a head. Transparent peach/orange/gold appearance; this looks like a nice I.P.A. to me. Nice and clean citrus hop profile. Smells of fresh oranges. There is a slightly sweet malt backing. Decent balance between the hops and malts, but the aroma is not pungent. Strange burnt malt flavor that shows up at first. The citrus orange hop flavor is nice, and leaves a nice lingering bitterness on my taste buds. A very well made I.P.A. This has a fairly nice texture. I could see this as a regular drinking I.P.A., but with Two Hearted in town, I’m not so sure.
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