3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice pale orange color, Solid head. Citra hops dominate the aroma, fresh, tropical, citrus, and mango. Some pine and malt balanced. Tastes like it smells. Amazing, flavor. Refreshing, mango, grapefruit that plays nicely with the malt. Very drinkable, very good
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a light orange with nice tight foam. The citra hops really come through in the aroma, lots of grapefruit and tangerine. Again the citra comes through strong in the taste, but leaves room to play with the light malt notes. The finish leaves you with more citrus but is very clean. This is a very session able beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled at 4 Hand’s Lupulin Fest 2013 - Pours hazy yellow / orange with an off-white head. The aroma has tangerine, mild sweetness, grapefruit, cotton candy and mustiness. Medium / light body with a mild amount of carbonation. The flavor begins with fruit, tangerine, mild toast and a bit of malty sweetness. The finis has lots of grapefruit and tangerine. Promising start to the fest here.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
REVIEW
Style: India Pale Ale
ABV:5.8%
Purchased at: Red’s Alehouse, North Liberty, IA on tap.
Pour: Orangish pour, nice medium-sized head, tons of lacing.
Aroma: All citra hop aroma. The smell is amazing.
Flavor: More citra hop, grapefruit, lemon, and orange mixed with a bit of pine. Wonderful!
Ratebeer.com rating: 98/100
Beeradvocate.com rating: 95/100
Overall: A
My recommendation: You don’t necessarily have to wait for the bottles to arrive, (hopefully 2 months?), bars and restaurants around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City continually have TG brews on tap, or make the trip to Decorah and get it as fresh as you can. These guys are the real deal!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Growler. Medium orange pour, nice spotty lacing and carbonation with an aroma nice floral hops. Flavor is lightly creamy oranges, hints of a little resiny pine and finished with a nice balance of malt & lemon hop bite. Pretty nice, and worth the $10/growler.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours a bold gold .. . mild foam .. . sap and an easy resin .. . light mouth .. . a good little ipa, a sneaky beer .. . . dinosaur beer
.. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qBaBb1Y-U
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Citrusy and earthy. Light body. Cloudy. Pine. No head. Very slight carbonation. Pretty good.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Growler from Casanovas in Hudson, WI. Very sweet citrus floral hop notes, little pine and pineapple. Taste is nice pineapple sweet with a little pine hop bittering finish.
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4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to Ekroper for the growler took to RBWG, shared by Adam (Burg326). Adam shared so many great beers and is also an awesome guy to drink with, like everyone there. Fuck yeah, I love me some fresh citra. Lots of tropical fruits and citrus, lightly resinous, and a very light sweetness. Awesome Iowa Beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thanks to Ekroper for the growler took to RBWG, however once I shared it with 3 people and I took a sip of it I became selfish and kept the rest for my personal enjoyment. Poured a light orange color with huge citra aromas. Flavors are the same amazing citrus flavors. This was a great beer, that I hope they bottle soon.
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