3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Pours amber with a medium tan head...lively looking...nice lacing. Aroma is balanced between caramel and sweet citrus...pineapple...and a hint of spicy hops. Flavor is more spicy than the aroma suggests and has some grapefruit and earthiness. Mouthfeel is lively and a bit light with a dry spiced grapefruit finish. This is a poor mans version of sculpin.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 ounce bottle. Hazy amber orange color topped by a medium-sized beige head. Spicy medicinal hop aroma. Tangy light toasted malt flavor. Dryish peppery hop mid taste. Brief dry hop finish. Only average.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle poured into glass. This was just a very typical, run of the mill IPA. Hoppy floral aroma, nice malt backing while the hops are up front in the flavor.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Fresh Market in Boca Raton, FL. American pint glass. Nice golden amber with thick off-white head. Aroma of pine, pine resin, malts and sweet flowers. Taste is more mild than expected. The hops are more bitter and mildew than the aroma. There’s a funky taste overall and the malts don’t balance the hops very well. Bitter, funky aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a clear, dark, amber with a thin white head. Aromas of earthy hops and caramel malts. Flavor has a good amount of spiciness and some dusty hops all the way down with some caramel malts also showing themselves. Overall not bad, but it’s not really standing out to me in any way, just a par for the course IPA.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
fruity grapefruit citrus hop and scotch pine create some funk paired with the malt in this one. some sweetness near the finish and some bitterness but that butterscotch ear wax kinda mutes things a bit.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle… Drank this one straight from the bottle on the way to the NASCAR season finale in Homestead, Florida. I have no clue what it looks like, but the aroma features toasty malts and spicy hops. Medium to full-bodied with tingly carbonation. The flavor leans just a hair toward the bitter side of balance. Stand-out characteristics include - toasted malts, bready malts, toffee malt infused with medium bitter hops. Finishes crisp with mild, lingering bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From bottle. Pours deep golden color. Aroma was malt, floral hops and booze. Taste follows. A good SC Double IPA offering.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle: The aroma consists of moderate caramel, lighter fruit, light toasty notes, metal, and faint grapefruit. It pours a transparent copper with a two finger cream colored head with good retention. There’s a good amount of spotty lacing left on the sides of the glass. The flavor starts with moderate-heavy caramel and light fruit. The finish has light sweet citrus, toasty notes, earthy bitterness, and spice. It’s light-medium bodied with soft carbonation and mouthfeel. Overall, way too much caramel and very minimal hops are not what I want in an IPA.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours clear amber with a small head. The aroma has a lot of bread and malt, a bit of caramel. The flavor has the bread and malt but no flavor from the hops. There is a nice a bitter feel to it though. Not bad.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle - gift from my friend Noel. Amber pour with a short, foamy tan head. Aroma is strong malt notes, caramel, citrus fruit and floral hops. Taste is citrus fruit, caramel, sweet malt, floral hops and light pine. Body is medium and slightly chewy with a soft creamy carbonation and light resinous feel. Soft lingering hop bitterness towards the end. Finishes with more citrus notes, light pine, caramel, sweet malt, hints of toffee and floral hops.
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