 DocHop (173), College Park, Maryland, USA
Apr 23, 2008
Pours a beautiful orange/slightly hazy amber with a tall and foamy off-white head and high carbonation. A perfect IPA appearance. Aroma is interesting... candied sugar, orange peel, lemon zest, piney hops. Taste is also intriguing. Orange and coriander flavors. A little citrusy. Hops are a mix between piney/floral and tart fruity. Mouth feel is highly carbonated with a smooth palate and a little dry and bitter at the end. Very surprised by this one.
Quevillon (1259), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
Jul 15, 2008 Bouteille de 355 ml bu au Beer Bistro à Toronto, le 11/7/08. Couleur paille ambrée, petit collet. Arome bien houblonné, arome de pêches et d’agrumes, presque pas amère. Goût d’houblon caramelisé, bien amère avec une finission de fruits secs. Un IPA agéable et savoureuse!
clingman71 (164), Centerville, Ohio, USA
Jul 12, 2008 Draft@the Empty Pint and assorted 12oz. bottles. Pours a pretty standard caramel malt slightly orangish amber with an averagwe white head.This has a hop aroma somewhat herbal but lighter than many American IPAs. Ther flavor is much the same, grainy bready slight caramel malt presence, not as hoppy as I would like. This is a solid beer, but not really a top notch IPA in my opinion. I would consider it a great APA, but that is just semantics I guess. I would like to see Southern Tier brew a tweener IPA between this and Unearthly.
moseslikesbeer (153), conestoga, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 7, 2008 Bottle. I don’t like IPA’s much at all but I enjoyed this one. Nice orange color with white head. Smelled very herbal and hoppy but it really wasn’t as bad as it smelled. Good dry finish. little bit o’ pine and citrus. This might not be a favorite on this sote for the style because the hops really didn’t turn me off and usually IPA’s are hop city. Either that or I’m getting a taste for them. Good drinker on a hot day maybe?
The_Captain (234), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 7, 2008 Poured a pale orange gold with small white head and a hop pine aroma. A hop grain grassy texture and the hint of pine aroma was subdued. Caramel flavor about it and smooth but just not a fan of this IPA.
Maltybones (48), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jul 5, 2008 Bottle. Pours an amber orange, with very little head an very little carb. Aroma is the best thing about this beer, with pine and grapefuit dominating, with florals and grass mixed in. Taste is fairly malty for an IPA, with buiscutty caramel notes coming up on the longer lasting bitter, citrussy hops. Resiny mouthfeel but dramatically under carbonated and fairly thin. OK but nothing special.
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