 ultraspank (856), Dublin, Ohio, USA
Feb 27, 2008 Updated: Mar 1, 2008
Just choked down a shiner bock of all things right before this sample. That’s like eating a turd sandwich before a twin lobster tail entree IMO. Before I forget, thanks a million to my "spatial" baby "A-Lo" for trekkin a sixer of these with her on the plane from San Hizzle. Been patiently waiting forever and a day to sample this one. The nose tells me right away this one’s no joke. Heavy pine and perfumed presence followed by no shortage of citrus. Pours a sparkling golden straw. The mostly lasting creamy white head leaves very good lace. Yeah, this one’s a whopper alright. The brew starts with high IBU’s that don’t let up. The middle is heavily acidic, and the finish is long and burns bitter. The medium creamy body is lively and feels as dry as a bone at the finish. Most definitely worth the wait.
Drink4Satan (476), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Pours a hazy prange colour with a thin white head that leaves decent lacing. The nose displays a resin-like hop quality and caramel. The flavour is intanse and gently hopped while on the palate, but completely fades out in the finish as if it were never there. There is a nice citric flavour, too with some tropicalfruit flavours. It is extemely drinkable, as it displays hop flavour more than it does bitterness. The palate is thin and the finish is dry and super clean.
emerica56 (479), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Sep 30, 2008 The appearance is a cloudy orange amber with a thin head and some mild laceing allong the sides of the glass. The aroma is full of pine and spruce scent mixed with floral hops. Initially the flavor is full of pine and bitter hops and caramel malt and the flavor is well balanced. But the finish is very dry and as soon as you finish a sip of beer the flavor cuts out and nothing is left on your palate.
GuilTTy (458), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Bottle from the small beer mecca of Philadelphia, the original Foodery on 10th. Hazy glowing orange pour under a light khaki head. Big floral aroma. Flavors of grapefruit, toffee, vanilla mildly roasted malt. Solid hop presence but somewhat out of balance in the otherwise dry finish. Thin texture. A good IPA but not quite in the same league as many other West Coast counterparts.
bigrond (865), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 27, 2008 This is an exceptional IPA. Very well balanced. Not the in your face hops that some American IPA’s are.
The commercial description is dead on in this case.
I’m an instant fan of Speakeasy
thornecb (1132), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Sep 21, 2008 Pours golden amber into a shaker. Fluffy bright white micro head with excellent retention leaves sheet lacing as it recedes. Another weed bomb. Heavy resin and pine aromas. Crisp and sweet upfront with a dry, bitter resin finish.
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