3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20On tap. Pours out a orange/amber topped with awhite head. Aroma was of citrus, pine, and some sweetness. Taste was more of the nice hop mix along with some caramel malt notes.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at the brewpub-pours light orange with a small white head and some lacing. looks very nice! nose is dank pine, pine and more pine!!!!!! like a fresh cut pine forest, almost evergreen ish hop character. flavors are very piney and resinous with lingering minty quality. very solid and this is my type of ipa-straight forward and bitter. the typical flagship ipa however, in a very good way!
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at the brewpub. An amber beer with a big sudsy head. There’s a nice floral aroma, and this drinks with a nice pine-laden hoppiness and a solid malt backbone. Rock solid American IPA. (#4678, 7/7/2012)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had at MBBF in Idaho Falls
Cloudy golden with a white head. Citrus and grapefruit makes for a very nice and easy drinking IPA. Clean
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft. Murky orange yellow color. Aroma of orange and tropical fruit. Taste is very bitter fruit. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Served in a Boulevard tulip from a 22oz bottle; my first attempt at a review.
A: This is an amber color beer, with only a little white head sticking around.
S: I get a sweeter smell from the malt portion, and some citrus and floral notes from the hops.
T: There is a really nice hop presence here and it has a pretty bitter follow through. The sweeter malt is present for me at first and then the hops take over... a nice blend.
MF: Nice carbonation in this one, as well as a dry finish.
O: This was a nice IPA from the Mountain region! The flavors worked pretty well for me to give a good hop presence while also maintaining some malt identity too. This one doesn’t show the alcohol off in the taste, so it makes it seem like it’s not really there so much. I could see myself drinking this fairly regularly if it were available to me all the time.
3.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Orange-amber with good white head. Modest nose of citrus, pine, and bubblegum. Good carbonation with somewhat thin body. Not a detractor for me, though. Sweetness is outdone by big piney/resinous hop character. Pretty good.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at GABF. Pours a good looking deep gold with a sticky head. Nose is fresh and popping with citrus and some resiny simcoe. Faint malt in the background. Clean overall. On tasting, the hop notes are really nice. Not overly astringent or drying, just fresh and clean. Malt profile is robust enough to support the hops. Solid.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
draft. lightly hazed copper. fresh and vibrant simcoe/cascade hop nose, PtE-like in both fresh juiciness and softness. clean and snappy up front; juicy cirtus across the back; medium to heavy bitterness. almost spot on for the kind of IPA I dig, if it weren’t for the green celery juice flavor I get (heavier in the finish). medium+ body, good crispness across mid-palate. tasty.
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