 SamGamgee (1420), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 6, 2009 Updated: Mar 2, 200912oz bottle from newest release. Appearance: amber with a small white head and some lace. (4)
Aroma: Grapefruit, blood orange, light pine or cypress sawdust. (7)
Flavor: Hoppy, citrus, fruity, just enough malt sweetness to stand up to the hops. Sweet grainy caramel touch. (8)
Palate: Medium bodied with fine bubbles. (4)
Overall: Doesn’t really have the malt you would expect in an imperial amber, but the massive hops do make it hard to tell. Pretty tasty stuff. (15)
Rerate: Cask at Birerria Paradiso. Huge hop nose seemed more expressive than the bottle. Have to give that a boost.
Snoop59 (71), Penn Run, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 6, 2009 Growler from the brewery. Pours a crystal clear amber-copper color with an average foamy off-white head that lasts throughout and leaves incredible lacing. The aroma is of grapefruit, oranges, and pine. Initial flavor is grapefruit and piney citrus followed by an orange-like sweetness. Nicely balanced yet short finish. Medium body. Soft carbonation. Excellent IPA.
jrob21 (1257), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 5, 2009 Looks tasty with its clear copper color. Massive flavor and aroma for a straight IPA. Grapefruit citrus hop aroma. That flows through into the flavor pretty well. There is a stabbing prickly sort of bitterness. Full body with a touch of caramel in the background balancing everything out. A little too quick on the finish but I’m being selfish because I kind of want this one to last forever. Thanks to MaltOMeal for bonusing me this one.
stoutbiiliards (17), Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 4, 2009 clear amber color, citrus aroma, good hoppy flavor, very good for the price.
forsides (67), union, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 2, 2009 mmmmm.... grapefruit anyone? pours clear amber orange with a light head. nose is sooo citrusy fresh you think your about to drink ur morning OJ (i might be exaggerating a bit, but it sure smells delicious). taste is very pine and grapfruit hoppy. uberdelicious. an awesome limited yearly release that i never seem to buy enough of before it disappears.
Dogbrick (2855), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 2, 2009 Sampled at From The Vine beer tasting Jan 30th, 2009: This beer is a transparent orange-amber color with a medium thin and fizzy white head that diminishes quickly. Small patches of lacing. Aroma of caramel and citrusy hops. Medium, clean body with a sweet caramel malt character and flavors of piney hops and a touch of grapefruit. The finish is smooth and malty with a grassy hops finish. Pretty good overall.
ThaBobfather (178), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 1, 2009 Fresh perrenial flowers. Good smell of the openning petals of a flower. Great amber color that is deeper than most. Great fluffy head. Hello hops. Like fresh topsoil. Good stuff. Leaves a great hoppy aftertaste
Dubbercody (214), Vancouver, Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 1, 2009 Bottle, First beer of my super bowl commercial watching afternoon. Amber pour with a fluffy white head. Smells hoppy, with citrus and pine mingling. Flavor of lots of nice hops swirled in with a mitigating malt presence. Hops are nicely on show here. Tasty beer. Awesome trade bonus beer!
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