 Nel (180), Virginia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 23, 2006 Pours out a ight amber. The smell of this beer is probobly it’s best attribute. The amount of floral fruity piney smell that they packed into this brew is really something. Definently one of the best beers I have smelled. It doesn’t taste quite as good, but that doesn’t mean it’s a flavor slouch. Lots of malts and hops, in a fairly traditional stone manner. Some interesting pine bitterness is at the forefront. It finishes with a malty caramel flavor that I enjoyed a good bit. Overall it’s more than I was expecting from this brew, and it’s good to see that stone still has some tricks up their sleeve. I could go either way on whether this is better than ruination. Definently a great effort on the part of stone, but I don’t think this beer quite belongs in the 99 percentile.
biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 22, 2006 Updated: Sep 28, 2006Pours thick and light amber, a bit hazy(chill haze) with a thin head. Toasted and caramel malt, resinous hop aroma with a note of mango. Heavy body holding flavors of tutti fruti, pineapple, and alcohol. Warming finish. Nice beer.
nhorween (640), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 22, 2006 Bottle. Syrupy orange color with a thin white head. Nice aroma, super flora, sweaty hops (that’s right, sweaty), serious candy sugar, grassy, alcohol, and some fruitiness that I can’t put my finger on (mango, pineapple, maybe? not the run of the mill citrus so much). Really pleasant flavor too. Big hops, warming alcohol, creamy, great bitterness, orange zest. Good crisp carbonation, thick, creamy. A really good IIPA, and a benchmark of the class. Not the best IIPA I’ve had (see Yulesmith...), but its close.
sisyphus12 (98), Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 22, 2006 Woah! I should never count out those folks at stone brewing. This is a seriously good beer! The aroma is abundant with citrus, pine and is that peach, passion fruit, honeydew, I have no idea what the hell it actually is but its damn enticing! The pour is a classic golden IPA pour that appears sappy but is much more dry to the taste. The palate is a thick body with soft, long, and bitter in texture...sounds like I’m describing a porno but I’m not. This is just one of the best reasonably priced imperial IPA’s I’ve ever tasted. Bravo!
1FastSTi (2557), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 21, 2006 Pours to a nice hazy orange/copper body with a huge creamy off-white head. Ultra-slow disapation. Leaves a gorgeous lacing on my Stone Old Guardian glass. The aroma is fruity and piney. Tropical passion fruit and mangoes with lots of caramel malts. The flavor is nicely malty with lots of sweet liquid caramel. Lots of juicy fruits and some bitter piney hops. The palate is rich and malty feeling with resiny hop oil and is bitter.
badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 21, 2006 clear amber body with no visible carbonation and tiny white head..aroma starts with sweet/tangy hops, herbs, alcohol, and apple...flavor is very biting and has the same "tang" experienced in the nose...strong bitter, piney hops dominate here as well...watery palate; one of the most over-rated beers ever!
Bockyhorsey (2515), Mesa, Arizona, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 21, 2006 Bomber #6 of 10. Great pine aroma and some floral notes. About half way though the first glass got a barnyard aroma but went away by finish. Darker orange body with decent head. Flavor had a good citrus peel flavor at the start. Body got little sweet and syrupy from middle to finish. Good citrus dry aftertaste on palate. Alcohol warming effect on the body but not overwhelming. Good Brew.
Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 20, 2006 Bomber. Holy crap this is a big IIPA! Clear amber with an eggshell head. Nose is light citrus and strong herbal hop, almost acrid. The flavor is simply a cornucopia of hops - citrus, herbal, resiny pine - it’s all there, big time! Hot finish, from the hop and the alcohol. Oily, rough palate - this beer roughs you up on all counts. Wow!
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