4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a pale golden orange amber color with pale golden yellowish orange hues when held to a light source and a 1.5 finger frothy off-white head.
Sweet citrus hop aroma with a subtle malt backbone and pine presence. Lots of grapefruit and lemon and orange peel along with some mango and pineapple. This beer is bursting with fresh floral hops and I’m picking up all kinds of complex aromas. Subtle biscuit/graham cracker malt laying underneath as well as some faint pine.
Slightly chewy, resinous medium body with a lot of delicious fresh floral hoppy goodness. Lots of sweet citrus flavor, especially lemon and orange peel, mango, pineapple and grapefruit. The perfect amount of dry piny bitterness balanced out by a subtle biscuit/ graham cracker malt backbone. The ABV is excellently masked making this beer dangerously quaffable. I love this beer and wish I had constant access to fresh bottles of it.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz bottle. Pours a deep orangey gold with a medium-thin white head that leaves light spots of lace on the glass. Hoppy aroma - light flowery aroma with deep bitter citrus. Light, dry bready malt aroma in there, too. The flavor starts hoppy tangy with a pleasant malt quality that is both malty and bready but also dry and hoppy. The beer gets a strong spicy citrusy bitterness at mid-palate. The finish is long, hoppy, and bitter. The mouthfeel is medium in body and rather lavishly carbonated - which gives a subtle tickle/sting to the tongue and accentuates the bitter finish. Overall, a pleasant and very drinkable IPA - dry and bitter like a good American IPA should be.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Poured a copper orange with an off white colored head. The aroma is hops and malt. Taste is malt with a slam of floral hop bitterness.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle. Great nose of C-hops and pine. Taste much of the same but much lighter. Strong grapefruit and other citrus. Thin body and no much malt, which I like. Good IPA
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very drinkable IPA. Light hop nose for an IPA but has pleasant sweet, cereal, & citrus aroma. Medium-light body. Medium hop/bitter load for an IPA but has a fantastic balanced sweetness.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Light copper with big fluffy head. Big pine and citrus hop aroma. Big citrus in the taste and enough malt to balance. Bitterness is moderate and lingers, but never too intense.Well done.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma: Fruity hops (citrus, pineapple) but aroma is weak. Appearance: Dark golden with a nice small but dense head that leaves good lacing. Flavor: It’s got that floral hops that is a signature of sweetwater beers. Other flavors are grapefruit, touch of pine and caramel sweetness. Palate: medium body, lively, bitter with medium finish. Overall: This is a good & very drinkable beer. It would appeal to the first time IPA drinker b/c it is lighter than many others. It’s good and could be a session beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Opened the bottle and was overwhelmed with pineapple...nice and clean. A little grapefruit and smooth. Tons better than the Sam Adams IPA I bought earlier.
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