4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Enjoy by 4-1-13 on tap @ First Street Alehouse (on 3-15) with a B.L.T.A. Clear, golden brew with a thin white head. Smelled like a very fresh DIPA, floral and fruity - great aroma. Typical DIPA tastes of citrus, grapefruit, then earthy, hoppy, with a slight bitter hop aftertaste - typical Stone brew. As it warmed it did get a slight malt backbone which balanced it nicely. Would have never guessed it was a 9.4%. Could have kept drinking these all afternoon...
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Enjoy by 04-01-13. Massive eruption of floral and citrus, citrus, citrus. Stone at its best on aroma. Nice pale orange with a full white head. Flavor is similar to aroma. You can get the freshness here with some mown grass as well. Very good.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Enjoy by 4-20-13 on tap @ Chuck’s 85th. Pours bright golden with thin lacey head. Aroma is earthy herbal fresh hops. Taste is slightly sweet caramel malt with big bitter fresh hop punch on the finish. Notes of grass, pine, and a bit of citrus. Incredibly fresh tasting. As a DIPA, not in the same class as Ruination 10th anniversary, for example, but clearly the fresh hops are the star here. Kudos to Stone for committing to a program like this, bet they’re one of the few who could/would.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Enjoy By 04-01-13 Bottle poured a magnificent clear golden with a large foamy white head, and significant lacing. Aroma is huge citrus upfront followed by notes of tropical fruit and caramel malt. Taste is tangerine, mango, floral notes, finishing with a wave of palatable bitterness. Clean, crisp finish with flavors lingering.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from Julio’s in MA. Ar- hops,pine,citrus,weed,grapefruit. Ap-light, sight haze, finger head. T - hops,pineycitrus blast, slight bitterness, grapefruit, resin,mild alcohol bite. Delicious. Wish I bought more.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Tap from Relax Chillin and Grillin in Hollister, CA. This was the enjoy by 4/1/13 variety. Beautiful golden color. Great fragrance. So clean and fresh. Pine, citrus, hope, bitter. Extremely fresh and very drinkable. Awesome IPA.
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4.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Got the 4/1/13 enjoy by. Aroma is a nice grapefruit, citrus and floral scent. Flavor is a complete hop explosion, citrus, grapefruit, really nice floral bittering hops also, very suddle malt backbone. An amazing fresh hop beer!! I hope it comes to MN so I can enjoy another bomber!!
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Had the Enjoy by 04.01.13 batch. Aroma is VERY strong and extremely hoppy, about equal on the evergreen and woodiness; it has subtle citrus, malty and resin tones. Pours a clear amber with a thick but not persistent off-white head. Robust flavor all but assaults the palate with strong and bitter hoppiness, like drinking a liquid pine tree. Citrus, malt and even a snippet of herbs manage to peek through. Firm, smooth texture has a hearty fizz and leaves a hoppy, resiny, tingly finish. If the appearance had been as good as the rest of this beer, I would have given it a perfect score. Anyhoo, enjoy this one whenever!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz. Bomber (4.1.13)
Appearance - Clean gold body, bone-white head
Aroma - Fresh hops, grapefruit, grassy
Taste - Citrus, bitter, honey
The separation of flavors in this IPA are great! Thanks OmegaX! So much fresh bitter fruit and dry hops, while a touch of sweet malts in the end revive your tastebuds. Cheers!
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Enjoy By 04-01-13. Bottle into snifter. Nose is big dank hops, well water, citrus galore, some light pine, herbal and flowery. Strong hops with almost no hint at malt in the aroma. Pour is orange colored with a white head. Flavor is semi-sweet with a big citrus and earthy flavor. Honey, caramel, and tropical fruit flavors stick out. Pretty damn good with some spicy alcohol as it warmed up. Almost too sweet. Great!
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