4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JUN 11, 2010 tasting on 3/6/10... very deep orange pour ... huge deep citrus hop notes on the nose with some earthy and grassy feeling to it... some dark fruit linger in over the body and some light banana notes as well. very full creamy smooth mouthfeel... a great IPA ... definitely not your average IPA in the least bit.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the Brat cabin. Piney aroma that is almost resin(resinous) Dark red/amber almost brown color with a small rim of head. Fermented fairly dry in the finish. Centennial hops are ver prominent nos as balanced as a Bell’s 2 hearted ale. Slight belgian lace. Resin aroma all the way through.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Can. Poured a clear golden amber with a frothy egg shell. Lots of pine in the nose, also some earthy grass and grapefruit notes are also present. Mostly full body with a round mouth feel and decent carbonation. Medium sweet with notes of grapefruit, floral hops, caramel, and pine. Finishes medium sweet with a good amount of hop bitterness.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
I am biased. I love this beer so much that it is the beer by which I measure all others. The aroma is a delightful bitter floral grapefruit. Color is beautiful reddish brown. Taste is a fantastic bitter grapefruit that lingers for minutes. Full boddied rich IPA. Just awesome.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Canned, thanks Cletus! Hazy dark amber, small head. Lychee aroma. Mid-sweet with medium body and vital, rounded mouthfeel. Juicy flavour where gooseberry, lychee and winegums dominates. Grapfruity bitter finish. Very aromatic, very good.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: JUN 8, 2011 Copper clear with 1 cm foam dissipating to a fine lace. The initial aroma is WOW! on the nose. Nice floral and spruce hops. The malt may be a bit overpowered by the heavy bitterness (99 IBU!), but some good caramel comes through. The 6.2 % alcohol is well masked (dangerous with those tall cans!) The palate was the only disappointment, with some sticky/soapy feeling on the finish. Nicely made IPA. I would definitely get it again.
7/6/2011
OK, I found some again and had to improve the rating. I didn’t get the soapy/stickiness this time. Probably a testament to unpasteurized beer that I have to transport hundreds of miles after buying. Can’t say enough about the outstanding, complex aroma of this beer.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
The first beer in a can I’ve been excited about since I was 18. Thanks to cvaypai for sending one my way.
A: Clear amber color with a good sized white head.
S: Very floral and piney.
T: Malty and caramelly--somewhat sweeter than I’m used to with an IPA, but a good bitter piney finish
M: Very nice level of carbonation, medium body.
D: Quite drinkable. I’d definitely have this again.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
16 oz. can from a trade with DalzAle- thanks, Greg! Pours a clear brown-amber color with a big rocky off-white head that sticks around. Big hoppy aroma, nice and earthy, with notes of pine, caramel malts, and some light citrus notes. A big hoppy flavor follows, a variety of hops held together by a nice caramel malt backbone, with notes of citrus and such a nice balance of bitter, sweet, and malty. This isn’t complex, and that’s just fine. It’s a basic hops-malt-citrus (and light on the citrus) IPA, but it’s done so, so well. I’ve always been partial to double/imperial IPAs but this is pretty much as good as any regular IPA.
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