4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours an golden color with amber tint, nice strong white head with good lacing. Aromas of citrus and hops followed by the same flavors. This beer has a great balance to it with the malt playing off the hops very nicely. Medium bodied with a nice lingering finish. It is 7.3 abv, but very drinkable. A very good offering from Swamp Head.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Excellent IPA, good bitterness that is balanced by a decent amount of malt,
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft @ FBGBF ’010. Pours deep gold with some haze and thin off white head. The modest aroma is peppered with pine and somewhat grassy hops with some citrus hops around the edges. The aroma is on the mild side but very inviting nonetheless. The taste is nice and forward and full of pine and citrus hops with a thin layer of malty sweetness there for support. The taste remains solid pine and resin and citrus along the edges well into the finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On draft at OTH. Pours orange amber with an off-white head. Nose has got a nice maltiness to it and a caramel presence with strong citrus hop flavors like apricot, grapefruit, and the like. Flavor is very similar with caramel and malt coming to the fore and the hop presence emerging later. Lingering malt and bitter in the finish of this medium-bodied Florida IPA.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Date: March 10, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Market Street Pub
Appearance: hazy orange, fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: big citrus hop aroma hits your nose as soon as the glass hits the bar, closer inspection reveals sweet crystal malt to enhance the citrus hops for that big grapefruit character
Flavor: well balanced flavor with the sweet malt in perfect balance with the citrus hops and lingering bitterness
Overall: all about the hops
Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: ***+ /4
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at Ravenous Pig. Very nice. Bright amber color and served with a thin head. Sweet and citrusy with piney hops and light malt. Spicy bitterness compliments the tropical fruity sweetness nicely. This is quite good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap flight at House of Beer. Nutmeg color in the glass with a white head. Interesting aroma that reminds me of Grape Kool Aid. The flavor is very similar. Very unique but pleasing. Finish is more like a traditional IPA. Soft, fruity, and flavorful.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tampa Weekly Gathering @OTH-on tap-pours a dissipating offwhite head with trailing lace and gold color. Aroma is Pine/herbal, some medium malt. Taste is pine/herbal hops with some bite, 2nd slightly sweet light/medium malt. OK carbonation.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a brilliant orange with almost some ruby hints to it. Nose is big citrus, pine and sweet caramel. Flavor is sweet malts, caramel, earthy pine hops and pungent citrus.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at Common Gounds (Gainesville, FL). Poured a dark copper orange color with a white head. Tons of piney citrus hops in the aroma and flavor. Great aftertaste too!
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