3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle shared courtesy of TomDecapolis. Poured a dark amber color with a largers sized off white head. Aromas of citrus, light pine, earthy, caramel, and lightly floral. Tastes of caramel, citrus and a little eathy. Lightly sweet and lightly bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a lightly hazy golden amber with a bubbly off white lightly lacing head. Aroma orange, pine, sweet caramel and biscuit malt. Flavor of grapefruit, pine, various citrus, earthy and some caramel malt.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very cloudy dark orange body topped by a medium off-white head with medium retention. A sweet fruity orange-cake-like dessert body dominates the woody hops. Balance is towards the sweet malts which is unusual for an American IPA. The sweetness is not one of caramel flavour. Just plain sweet cake. The hops are woody but not the coniferous taste. Mixed with the sweet malts you end-up with some kind of a sweet cedar taste. Good. Interesting mainly because it is not another generic American IPA. Label says “we tried 419 batches before”. Not sure they should brag about it. I’m glad they don’t make pacemakers.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Willimantic Brewing. Coppery body with a tan head. Orange and caramel nose and flavors. Solid.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours dark amber with an ecru head. Aroma really reminds me of Mr. Bubble bubble bath, that really took me back. Pretty good hops that aren’t overpowering. Not bad and it is pretty drinkable.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This portrays the IPA category well. It is hoppy, fuckin dank, and swell. It is not as complex as some better IPAs though. I agree with the review below mine, "life is too short" to drink this beer. Drink the Great Divide Titan IPA, or the Smuttynose IPA, or Stone IPA, or Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA...as all of these cannot even receive a fuckin "reacharound" from this.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
May 7, 2007; 12 oz. bottle. Cloudy apple-cidery pour; full & sticky lacing. As good as it looks, this is probably one of the more boring & nondescript IPAs I’ve tried in awhile. Fairly mild compared to the best of the style, although the bitterness is somewhat redeeming. Nowhere near a top tier IPA; and if this is the "flagship" of the brewery, I have some concern for the fleet. Will probably pass on this in the future -- too many better ones out there, and life is too short.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
eh. not very citrusy at all, not much in the way of aroma, far too malty for my taste. nuttyness in there as well. not a favorite.
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