 crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
Jan 30, 2008 Thanks Mike. Copper pour, medium white head with lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is grassy, citrus, grapefruit and malty. Flavor is malty, biscuit and crisp tasting. Lots of clean hoppy goodness as with the aromas, grassy and just clean with low bitterness. Biscuit malt on the finish which I love, a hopped up amber is never a bad thing.
dsm (109), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Jan 28, 2008 Bottle. Pour an amber with a small disappearing head and nice lacing. Smells of lots and lots of hops. Tastes of hops and grapefruit. Tons of bitterness. The finish is a little strong for my taste.
miketd (679), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Jan 28, 2008 Pour is a nice amber/copper with a decent white head. Good lacing.Aroma of fresh piney hops and just a hint of sweet malt. Very bitter up front...easing into a slightly less bitter middle and finish. Flavor is mostly bitter pine/citrus.
Medium bodied and smooth.
Hoptagon (132), Arlington, Virginia, USA
Jan 28, 2008 12oz bottle. Thin quickly dissipating white head. Aroma is lightly hoppy with some pine, but doesn’t smack you in the face in the same way as as most 2IPAs. The hop flavor is where this beer really shines, lots of Summit hops followed up by some well balanced sweet malt and a touch of astringent bitterness. Overall well balanced and a bit dangerous at a deceptive 7.5%. Excellent session beer for hopheads.
Speedle (262), Mid-Atlantic (Tour 2007-2008), Virginia, USA
Jan 28, 2008 beautiful looking beer...amber color with a big rocky off white head...nice hop aroma of sweet grapefruit....sweet star, a little watery....hop bitterness in the finish...finishes clean....sweet malts and well balanced I LIKE IT
vadavid (131), Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
Jan 27, 2008 Pours crystal clear reddish-orange with a very thin head. Aroma is crisp citrus and pine. Despite the strong hop aroma, there’s a nice maltiness that comes through as well. The nose gives ample forewarning of what is to follow. The taste is a mix of strong pine and citrus hops, with a nice bitterness in the aftertaste. The malt backbone carries the hops well. The mouthfeel is slightly resiny and slick. This is a fine beer that I look forward to each Spring. Troegs calls this an "Imperial Amber Ale". I think that’s a better classification than IPA.
bp (447), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 26, 2008 Bottle: pours a dark amber with a thin white head, aroma is full of floral hops and some grapefruit, taste is full of hops, the finish has some balance but the hoppy flavor has a strong presense in the aftertaste. Nice brew but I have found that I prefer a little more balance in my IPAs and DIPAs.
MrManning (1634), London, Ontario, Canada
Jan 25, 2008 12 oz bottle- Pours a dark amber liquid, capped with a foamy off white froth. The aroma is quite full of pine, wood, grapefruit, and orange peel with good floral presence. The flavour profile is quite hoppy. Resiny pine, floral hops, rose petal, bready malts and lots of caramel. Quite well balanced. It’s a bit of a sipper, and was a touch too dry, but well made overall. Good.
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