3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
It pours a hazy auburn with golden-orange highlights; the head is a fluffy off-cream colour. The aroma has notes of: pineapple, grapefruit, and treacle. The taste is a medium bitterness that finishes with a long bitter note; it has notes of: grapefruit, toffee, and bread. The palate is medium-full bodied, slightly oily, with lively carbonation that fills your mouth *wink*. Overall, it’s an Imperial Pale Ale… generic at best; boring.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours deep orange with a small white head. Aroma is pine, weed, citrus, and caramel. Full-bodied, silky mouth feel with big hop flavour. Finish is beautifully bitter with a slight alcohol presence and a touch of orange peel. The hops aren’t too overwhelming - some of the American style DIPAs I’ve had are too much and hard to finish, but that definitely wasn’t the case with this one. It still has big hop presence, but was balanced enough to make it extremely enjoyable. Wonderful!
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is one of my all time favourites. Strong and skunky on the nose. I just opened one I had been saving since around May 2011... it had developed sediment, but was still as good as the first few bottles I had last year.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This was poured from a 22oz bomber, it pours a hazy amber color with a 1 finger white head that vanishes to a cap., it also has some small amounts of lacing.
The aroma gives off some light malt notes and some light citrus. It is somewhat boring for an IPA.
I pick up some good warmth from the alcohol, it has light carmel and big amounts of grapefruit. It is mostly dominated by the back end with a big multi hop presence. It should have more malt tossed into the mix to stand up to the bitterness.
It finishes with a burning sensation and you guessed it a lingering bitterness. When you consider everything though, I think this beer could still stand with the best of them
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
650mL bottle pours a cloudy amber color with massive head that settles to a nice lacing. Predominantly hops on the nose. Taste is malty sweetness balanced with a big hoppy bitterness which is very pleasant on the palate. This Imperial IPA rivals some of the bold American versions of this style. Very nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is a fabulous IPA. The flavour and aroma are both dominated by a multidimensional hop character with prominent pine and citrus notes. This is balanced with a surprisingly full body and great, pronounced caramel malt profile.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
pours with alot of carbonation and leaves alot of lace. is red/amber in colour.Amazing aroma! hoppy pine cones with a malted backdrop. it is quite leafy and resinous as well. the palate is as expected, wonderfully hoppy, some malted mid palate notes and finishes super hoppy. an amazing brew!.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
650ml bottle. Pours a hazy amber with an light amber head. Aroma is full of resinous hops, sugar syrup, orange, faint wood and vanilla cookies. Possibly the most full bodied IPA I’ve had, with initial sweet notes (dried fruit, malt) followed by a wallop of piny hops that by the end make you forget about the sweetness. Better balanced than most of the IPA’s I’ve had recently, and worth trying if you can find it.
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