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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.


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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
bhensonb (7143) - Woodland, California, USA - NOV 1, 2009
Can from allendodd. Thanks for this famous ale! Slightly hazy copper ale with a 3-finger beige head. Very hoppy aroma. Underlying caramel. Medium body with average carbonation. The flavor is both citrus and resin. Wow! Also seems floral. Malt? Probably. WGAS. This is a hop bomb from the old NorthWest. Woot. Yea. Moving to Minnesota. The ale lives up to its reputation.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Dogbrick (4531) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - JUL 31, 2009
Sample at the Sam Adams beer tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 07/30/09. The beer pours a hazy orange color with a medium thin light tan head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing. The aroma is mostly grapefruit with touches of pine and malt. Medium body with a lively mouthfeel and strong citrusy hops character. Notes of pine and sweet malt as well. The finish is hoppy with a lingering bitterness. Not as complex as some IIPAs but I can respect the straightforward hoppyness.

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   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
MartinT (6150) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - JUN 1, 2008
My Bottom Line:
The bursting, unfettered hoppy festivities of this India Pale Ale seduce the lupulus lover with minty, resinous, and grassy petals atop a slender caramel malt stem. One cannot help but be hypnotized by this luminosity.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam protects the misty amber copper.
-This could be a little too intense for non-hopheads, but for those looking for a hop fix, this as bright and fresh as it gets.
-This might not be balanced, but who cares.
-The mouthfeel is softly carbonated, and the malt’s just big enough to provide sustenance while never taking drinkability away.

Can.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
apoptosis (1316) - Long Island, New York, USA - MAY 30, 2007
Very nice IPA. Slightly hazy, with a beautiful, frothy lush head. The aroma is perfectly clean hoppiness but still well-balanced with sweet malts. Pleasant earthiness and very herbal overall. The flavor is full of peat and hops, and is clean and refreshing. Some minerals in the finish. Very dry, very heavy. Nice.

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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
mkobes (2121) - paramus, New Jersey, USA - JUN 24, 2007
Deep copper red in color with a little off white head. Citrusy piney hoppy aroma. Resiny hoppy flavor. Light malty character. Piney grassy hoppy notes. Medium bodied. Well balanced beer. Crisp and refreshing. Very nice.

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   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
GregClow (2645) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - AUG 12, 2007
Can via trade with piscator34. Deep copper-amber, slightly hazy with a few little chunky floaties, and a small white head. Fantastic aroma and flavour of green, citric hops and rich, slightly peaty malt. Great mouthfeel as well. This is one big, beautiful beer. Thanks very much, Kris!

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
WisconsinBeer (659) - St. Paul, Minnesota, USA - OCT 18, 2007
16 oz can. Looks about the way a good IPA should. Flavor is solid. Big hops, sweet malts, and medium bodied. Well balanced and not cloying. Somewhat dry. Grapefruit is prominent. I’m becoming a bigger Surly fan by the day.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
JK (3400) - Uptown, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - JUL 8, 2006
UPDATED: FEB 16, 2007 My thanks to Al (Pigfoot) for this beer on draught at the Blue Nile. A strange beer, and hard to classify. It tastes like an American Strong or IIPA, but the alcohol content is too low for that. This beer has an out standing hop aroma. The hops in this beer are bitter and lightly herbal, but they lack fruit or flowery characteristics. The beer is thick like syrup. Simply hops in the flavor, and loads of them. I got a light hop burn from this beer.


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