3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color, minimal head with a bit of lacing. Flavor is lots of floral hopping, a bit of candi sugar, bready malts, followed by a sort of tonic like flavor, and a dry earthy finish. This particular bottle is a little bit old so the hop zest may have diminished a bit. Not bad.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Finally available in TN. Clearish nectarine-colored ale sports thin yet persistent suds. Pungent nose is positively dank with piney/tangerine-y/tropical fruit ... Columbus hops at their finest. Citric/earthy hop flavor cleaves through the doughy/breadcrust malt body... hop-focused but not unbalanced. The mouthfeel is a little shy on heft. Lemon zest and quinine finish transiitions smoothly ito the woody-bitter aftertaste. One of the few American IPAs that delivers on hops. Outstanding
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle, courtesy of dchmela. Very cloudy dark amber color. Smells of hops............no I’m serious...Very big hoppy smell. The taste is very citrusy, and evergreen, reminded me almost of pineapple. Could drink this allday. Wish I had more of this. Might have to swing through Atlanta.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle from Suttree. Best if enjoyed by 12/14/08 stamped on the bottle. Pour is mostly clear golden orange with active carbonation bubbles and a pretty two inch off white head. Some sticky lacing is left behind. Aroma of resin citrus, orange sweet with some pine notes. Fresh hop nose, nice. Taste is the nose, pine, resin, citrus; though its not quite as fresh or bright as the nose. Some bitterness towards the finish. Some musty, almost pineapple sour present as well. Palate is medium, with earthy lingering bitterness. Overall, a nice IPA, thanks Phil!
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 12oz. Slightly hazy amber/orange body with a dense head. Very fresh nose with lots of hops and flowers. Lots of hops and citrus in the body and a hoppy aftertaste. Really good and drinkable beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a dark amber in color with a very nice, frothy, bubbly head.
Smell is very green, sticky icky hops. These come through even more in the taste. Don’t know if it was intended or the hops just weren’t ready. But it’s a bit too much to get past. Different.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle from TBS. amber pour with a 1 finger cream head. grapefruits, fresh hops and floral notes. easy on the palate with a smooth hop flavor. a nice hoppy finish with some slight background malts. overall a pretty solid ipa.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From 12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy amber and a large creamy head. Aroma is citrus hops. Taste follows suit with definite citrus hop flavor. Great taste - hoppy but not overdone. Good IPA.
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