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RATINGS: 276   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.39   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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Voted best English style IPA in the USA. This classic IPA has a copper color, generous hop flavor and aromas, and the maltiness of premium English barley - perfectly balanced with 6% alcohol by volume.
2010 vintage - 6.5% abv


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3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
EithCubes (4198) - New Jersey, USA - JUN 18, 2007
Bottle via jake65 - thanks! Sweet hoppy aroma, grapefruit and lychee and caramel. Orange body with medium-strong visible carbonation and a soapy beige head. Taste is crisp and very dry, but only somewhat bitter. Hop and chewy caramel, lightly floral and much more earthy. Crisp medium body. Aftertaste is bitter and very dry, with caramel lingering the longest. Very good English IPA.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
JoeMcPhee (7622) - Toronto, ON, Ontario, CANADA - JUN 14, 2007
12 oz bottle. Slightly hazy pale amber colour. Light citrus and pale malt aroma. A bit of caramel and orange as well. The flavour is okay, light sweet caramel with a hint of light grapefruit. Pretty tame on the hop front with the pale ale actually beating it out. It’s drinkable, but it’s not all that special.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Tejas (800) - Dallas, Texas, USA - JUN 7, 2007
Tons of hoppy aroma. Little cloudy. Grapefruit, hops and very flowery flavors. Dry. Borderline IIPA b/c not terrible well balanced. Good lacing. Glad I tried it. Would drink again if possible.

3.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jake65 (2316) - Williston, North Dakota, USA - MAY 30, 2007
Bottle: Copper colored pour with a small white head. Nose of floral and citrus, even a little caramel. The taste is dry and floral hops, a bit weak in intensity. Needs a little more sweetness/citrus, but not undrinkable.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bockyhorsey (2607) - Mesa, Arizona, USA - MAY 24, 2007
12 oz. bottle, Pine and floral aroma not fresh as some are on the nose. Copper body with off white head. Decent citrus flavor and refreshing citrus aftertaste on palate decent brew.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
hophead75 (2008) - Largo, Florida, USA - MAY 20, 2007
12 oz bottle courtesy of Hair, thanks! Pours light amber with a medium off white head. Aroma is floral hops and a decent amount of caramel. Taste is well blanaced floral hops, and this beer is moderately malty. Good EIPA

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 16/20
eaglefan538 (2779) - Wilmington, Delaware, USA - MAY 16, 2007
This won’t knock the socks off of the big beer American hop heads, but as a delicately flavored English IPA, I enjoyed it. The pour was golden, generous off-white to white colored head, excellent lacing, ample carbonation bubbles displayed in the glass. The aroma was light floral and honey notes, some straw. The flavor was floral and citrus notes with meloney-spicey accents left on the tongue. The lingering bitterness, almost a graininess to the mouthfeel, pretty neat stuff. Mouthfeel was a little light and watery outside of the bittering/spicey tingles from the flavor. Really, if this had more depth but with the same malt/hop balance, it would be nearly outstanding. Reminiscent so much of the SN IPA, yet with a more inviting flavor, and delicately done to keep this from being boring. A shocker from a State that I thought had nothing to offer.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
JohnBruns (100) - Cissna Park, Illinois, USA - MAY 13, 2007
Pours a amber almost orange color with at light cream head. Slight citrus smell and very flavorfull. My first IPA so ready to try more.

3.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
mjg74 (2363) - La Mesa, California, USA - MAY 3, 2007
Bottle from BevMo. Pours a medium orange/amber color. Slightly sweet earthy hopped aroma. A little citrus as well. Very earthy character with a bit of spice in the hops. Dry spicy, almost peppery finish.

2.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
nearbeer (3048) - Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - APR 26, 2007
Bottle. Clear burnt orange with small head that flits away quickly. Aroma is herb-vegetable; maybe oregano and tarragon cooked in a vegetable soup? Taste is kinda like that too, with some hops. Palate is nice, slightly dry and smooth. I think this bottle was bad, may have to try again.


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