4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
One of my fave beers of all time and I can buy it from the gas station next to my house!!!This is the best IPA in the world that you can get a six pack for 7 bucks!!!Tons of citrus and pine hops paired with rich and smooth malts.Grapefruit and pine on the nose with the perfect bitter/sweet finish!Top notch!!!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Darn good IPA w/ a strong and fresh hop presence. Maybe doesn’t have the complexity and magic of the best examples of the style but is enough to keep most hop heads interested.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep copper color with a surprsingly tan head for an IPA. Dissipates with nice lacing. Beautiful breadiness with powerful vegetal, piney hops. Beer sits well on the tongue, is smooth and weighty. Caramel flavors transition into a distinct pine and vegetal hop finish. Something I can’t pinpoint though seems ’off’ as the beer enters the mouth and plays between the nose and the tongue. Otherwise, solid.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle with Mike from Coles. nose was sweet malts and well balanced piney hops. golden color some small foam. flavor is more intense hops but still well balanced. Great beer.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap, Atlanta International Airport location. Imperial pint glass! Deep orange, tawny pour, light tan head with decent lace. Citrusy, faint nose (served a bit too cold), pine notes. Malty, citrus flavor, grapefruit, hop resin, alcohol. Finishes with a hop bite, a hint of alcohol, and some pine. A really nice IPA. Well balanced.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: MAR 11, 2009 Bottle. Pours nice darkish orange, with a medium off white head. Aroma is awesome lots of flowery hops, pinappley hops, grapefruity hops, and some resiny hops. This beer really has an awesome aroma. The flavor is also tastefully hoppy, not overdone, not trying to be a double IPA, but perfect pineapple, some spicy notes, and a bit of malts for balance. Mouthfeel is medium, this beer has session potential, but can also be savored. Sweetwater really made an awesome IPA with this one.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours dark copper with a chil haze, and a quarter inch head of off-white that settled quickly. A ring of lacework remained.
Aromatics are filled with lush tropical fruit..Oh, yea.. I’m diggin this one.
Apricots, mango, tangerine, peaches, sugared grapefruit. Some mild malt follows through, but its all about the fruit, baby.
Medium bodied and slightly chewy. Slightly creamy carbonation while retaining some tackiness.
The pallet starts off with more grapefruit and spruce juice than the tropicals. Mildly bitter with malt to balance. The apricots, peaches, and mangoes follow through along with plenty of firm bitterness and a hint of alcohol.
Finishes with lingering ripe fruit, juicy malt, and a minerally crispness.
This was a great one to follow up the Hoptical Illusion with.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a deep copper color. Piney & citrusy grapefruit aroma. Nice medium mouthfeel. Very good hop presence. Well balanced. Very good IPA
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