 djd07 (733), Houston, Texas, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Apr 2, 2009 Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy orange golden with a medium frothy white head. The aroma is a strong hop with floral notes and pine. Good sticky lacing on the glass. The taste is a smooth grapefruit with a sweet hop and pine with a nice bitter finish. Easy to drink great flavor, not overpowering in hops all around a very well done IPA from Bells.
Narnad (689), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 1, 2009 Pours a golden color with a thick white, foamy head and lots of carbonation. Aroma is very strong of citrus hop bitterness, slight pine bitterness in the background and some hidden sweet malt aromas as well.. Flavor starts off with a strong smack of grapefruit which lasts through the whole tasting. A slight piny flavor kicks in about mid way through and melds with a solid two row malt sweetness ending with a nice dryness and taste bud puckering feeling. Carbonation is perfect for delivering the flavors, great lacing on the glass and the density is much heavier than it looks all the while not emphasizing the alcohol content at all. Overall, I wasn’t expecting something this good. This is a very solid IPA and one I could drink a whole six pack of in one night, it’s just that good.
Coltrane (108), South Carolina, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Mar 31, 2009 The best IPA I have ever had. Of course, I am biased being from Michigan and ’growing up’ on this one. Still, the citrus and the smoothness make me completely happy. Even the damn fish on the bottle brings me joy.
shawnm213 (913), South Bend, Indiana, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 30, 2009 Updated: Aug 30, 2009draft. cloudy golden orange pour. Floral aroma, citrusy hops. nice sweet malty backgroup. I love drinking this beer
ogivlado (3036), Zagreb, Croatia
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 29, 2009 Bottled(355ml). -Courtesy of heavy ( thanks!), shared with Doggythedog.
Murky orange coloured, medium sized white head, strong floral fruity nose (a bit unpleasant). Aromatic hoppy and fruity taste with notes of orange peel and touch of grapefruit in the finish.
fidelis83 (712), Clinton, Iowa, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 29, 2009 Pours slightly hazy amber with a 3 finger chunky off white heat that has great retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is huge on fresh citrus and pine hops, there are some floral notes in there but citrus dominates. Theres also melon, strawberry taffey, light caramel, toast, straw, a tiny bit of sour malt. Flavor is really hard to beat. Starts off with light caramel, berries and grapefruit. Then hints of apple, mandarin orange, citrus and pine hops, fresh honeydew melon and starfruit. Finish is bitter grapefruit, burnt sugar, melon and hints of pine. Palate is perfect for the style starts out slightly creamy medium to light thickness and lively but not overbearing carbonation, juicy and refreshing in the middle and slightly drying but still a little sweetness for the finish. Overall I have to say this is one of the best IPAs I have had I just wish it were more readily available in my area since I hadn’t seen it for 3 years or so before today.
monkeychugg55 (222), Joliet, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 28, 2009 Updated: Oct 21, 2009Pours a slightly hazy orange with a solid white head. Nice lacing. Aroma is mostly citrus, with some floral and earthy hops, too. There is also some English style caramel malt detected. Sweet malty start with a nice hop bite at the end. Well balanced. Medium bodied and lightly carbonated. Great beer
ims080198 (2), , Indiana, USA
does not count  | 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 28, 2009 A great IPA. Bells has great beer across the board. Nice hop aroma, great hop palate.
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