4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Clear light orange/amber pour with a big white head. Nice hoppy aroma with a taste to math. Citrus piney flavor is really nice and goes down easy. Very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Got this 12oz bottle from family and enjoyed at home in Ireland.
Pours a nice bubbly golden yellow with a 2 finger white head that faded away to little suds that remained throughout the drink.
Citrusy & hoppy are the main aromas and they are both very pleasant.
Tastes basically how it smells, with the grapefruit dominating the citrus tones and the hops coming through nicely too. A bit piney and grassy too, as a nice flavor.
Well balanced, not too complex and sticks to the main citrus/hops notes quite well. Goes down relatively smooth for this high of a ABV and isn’t too dry at the end either.
I’m in the middle of a sampler six-pack from Sweetwater, and have been pleasantly surprised by their IPA offering. Looking forward to the other types but will definitely try this one again if given the opportunity, particularly on tap.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours a pretty amber gold color with a thin off-white head. Citrust hop aroma that is almost berry sweet with a light malt background. Hop flavor is a bit more earthy - a little citrus with woody, bitter, malt finish. Not the hoppiest IPA out there, but a pleasant surprise.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
very nice IPA, especially given the region in which its brewed, golden color, clear, no head, citrus hop nose and caramel malt, hop flavor is a bit stale and old with this bottle, grassy hop flavors and crystal malts, pretty damn good
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz. bottle. Poured orange. Great piney, citrus flavor that finished bitter. One-sided though, too watery. Crisp going down, would be sessionable. An IPA I could drink all night.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Again, as with the 420, it is just lacking something, like it is mildly flat or watered down. The aroma is hoppy and pleasant, there is good hop bitterness, but no consistency of flavor throughout. It is slightly lifeless, ok in a pinch, or, as I said with the 420, when you are in the south and want to drink local, but not great by any means.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Golden copper, perfectly clear, pretty small white head. Bigtime nose, smells like slicing into a grapefruit on the backporch overlooking my freshly cut yard. Citrusy hops and grass dominate the flavor as well, with a nice clear hoppy finish. A world-class IPA in my book.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Appearance – Pours a ruby orange color with 1 finger of off-white head. The head consists of large bubbles resting on top of lots of small bubbles. After the head resides, there is a spotting of lace on the glass and massive bubbles left over to sit atop and watch over the brew below.
Smell – Lots of caramel, a hell of a lot more than any other IPA I have had so far. Some pine and citrus as well, but not much.
Taste – This has that taste that I just don’t find to be all that attractive of a taste. There must be a certain hop variety out there that I just can’t muster up any love for. This has a lot of balancing malts in it giving it quite a malty, caramel taste. The hops are not too strong at all, just a little bit of piney bitterness to it.
Mouthfeel – Mouthfeel is good, nice and light. There is no lingering taste (there is an aftertaste, but it is very subtle) and it glides down your throat quickly.
Drinkability – I think the hop variety kills it for me, but I can’t ding it on that aspect alone. This is a solid IPA, yet it does seem boring. There really isn’t much going on with this one, and I would say one is more than enough.
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