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RATINGS: 828   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.97   IBU: 99   EST. CALORIES: 186   ABV: 6.2%
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Like Hops? You’ll like this fire-hued beer. This is the beer I have always dreamed of making. This is the beer that would come to mind while spending the last two years tearing down walls, hanging sheetrock, moving kegs, power washing the ceilings, arguing with various agencies, and cutting the water main. Without Golden Promise malt, made by family-owned Simpsons Malt, Furious would just be pissed offed. From Scotland, this malt is still produced in the tradition of turning over the barley by hand, resulting in a malt that is unsurpassed in its quality. Golden Promise is also used extensively by premium whisky distilleries such as The Macallan. This malt provides the backbone for the intense hop character. Four American hop varieties are used at a rate of over three pounds per barrel. The result is a rich malt sweetness infused with bright hop flavor and aroma from beginning to end. Oh yeah, it’s about 6% alcohol and around 100 IBUs.


3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
KimJohansen (10337) - Copenhagen V, DENMARK - AUG 3, 2008
Clear amber with medium white head. Sweet and hoppy aroma with caramel and hoppy notes. Flavor likewise. Ends bitter.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
kp (9999) - Woodstock, Georgia, USA - SEP 1, 2007
Date: 11/04/2006
Mode: Can
Source: Tasting, Bend Brewing

muddy amber, whispy beige head, huge sweet carmel malt and grapefruit aroma, big body, sweet malt flavor with lots of grapefruit character, sticky sweetness, long bitterness
-------- /> Date: 12/17/2006
Mode: can
Source: trade

pouring much clearer and with a bigger head and lots of drippy lace, otherwise still the nice sweet grapefruit and caramel beer, more earthy bitterness keeping it in balance, picking up some additional malt character like a touch of biscuit and vienna malts, a great drinking beer but the bitterness does tend to build up on the tongue

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Oakes (9997) - Gibsons, British Columbia, CANADA - APR 3, 2008
Thick hazy amber - ugly body with a rich "we used a lot of hops" head. Big hop nose - orangey, wood with an earthy, breadcrusty background. Fat body is resiny with hops, in a pleasingly moderate bitterness matched by caramelized sugars that are only slightly sticky. An assault of hops - perhaps lacking the sense of style you see in the best PNW examples but this is nonetheless well-structured.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
bu11zeye (9614) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - JUN 16, 2007
(Can) Pours a mahogany body with a small white head. Aroma of pine, grapefruit, and caramel. Flavor of hops and toasted malt with a bitter finish. Big thanks Mark!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
harrisoni (9608) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - AUG 13, 2007
Can at Chris_o Shindig. Amber, ashtray sour and grapefruity hop aroma. That’s got a lot of grapefruit in it. Toffee. Good grapefruit and one of the best canned beers I’ve ever had.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
anders37 (9280) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAR 27, 2009
Can @ chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy bitter piney aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter piney flavor with some hints of grapefruit. Has a sweetish malty bitter hoppy piney finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Dedollewaitor (9254) - Odense, DENMARK - JUN 6, 2009
50cl can. Thanks to Bu11zye. Pours cloudy orange/amber with a creamy white head. Nose is malts, caramel, citrus and pine. Medium bodied. Smooth. Very well balanced. Was surprised how malty sweet this was. Good!

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
argo0 (9034) - Washington DC, USA - NOV 29, 2006
(1 pint can, thanks MilkmanDan) Large beige head atop a clear amber/copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, floral/orange, grapefruit, caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, floral, orange, some caramel, light smoke. Nice bite. Medium body with some resin, the hops linger for quite some time. Quite drinkable.


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