 MaxxDaddy (207), New York, New York, USA
Feb 18, 2008
Bottle. Pours clear copper-red with a little bit of head. Aroma is piney hops for sure, lives up to its name. Taste is hop-dominated as well, go figure. More pine trees with little malt support. For whatever reason, I wasn’t terribly in love with this one. It felt like something as missing, maybe it was some heft. Mouthfeel was average at best and finished bitter. This bottle came from PA a couple of weeks ago. Now that I can get it in NY, this may deserve another visit.
nearbeer (1076), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Jul 17, 2008 12 oz, bottled 12/26/07. Clear copper with a two-finger head that lasts and laces well. Aroma is fresh grapefruit drizzled with honey. Earthy-dirty honey and molasses flavors are mixed with tea leaf, grapefruit, peppery wood, and pine resin. Medium body is a little sticky and tongue tingly.
Parrothead (161), Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 11, 2008 Amber/orange in color, semi-cloudy. Bright citrus/piney nose. Decent off0white head that doesn’t last too long, but doesn’t disappear either. Smooth palate, silky. Nice, well rounded flavor, there’s sweet malt there but the hops are the star here. Good, good stuff. Troeg’s ales outshine their lagers, IMHO.
JorisPPattyn (4246), Antwerpen, Belgium
Jul 8, 2008 Amber, clear beer with small off-white head. Cat’s pee, valerian, grapey hopse, sweet oxfat. Again cat’s pee in the taste, valerian and cassis. Hop’s cake, nearly sweet in the aftertaste, rosewater-like. Medium bodied, bit flat. Nice beer, but "Imperial" is ridiculous, but this is definitely "amber" on a different level. Thanks, CK !
badbeer (391), Iowa, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Clear amber-ish color with a white head that retained well and left good lacing. Smell was plenty hoppy as expected; piney, resiny hops dominate, perhaps a bit of citrus too. There is a little bit of malt prescence, emphasis on the little; this one is plenty hoppy with the same attributes as noted in the nose. Highly carbonated with less than medium body. This is pretty good, would definately drink more of it and it would probably find a good home in my fridge if not for it’s distance from me. Luckily for me I have a somewhat-local brewer making a hoppy amber so no worries for me. Worth trying if you run across it.
snackle (3), , New Jersey, USA
does not count  Jul 4, 2008 this is one of my favorites which i haven’t seen anywhere locally in a bit :( delicious ale with a great orange/lightish copper complexion and a thick, thick creamy head that remains long after the pour. has a definite citrus flavor with a perfect balance of bitterness. i love it!
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