4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Finally a good beer on tap at "The Elephant and Castle", The Avenue Hotel, Chicago.
Quite light in colour, a beautiful hoparoma. Wonderful taste, maybe a little too much resin in the aftertaste. But this is a beer I could drink all night, except that the alcohol kicked in after beer #2. Very easy-drinking.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
G: Poured into a Bell’s pint glass.
A: A slightly pale orange/apricot color with a good mostly-white head.
S: Hops, hops, and hops. Lots of floral and citrus aromas.
T: Again, bright citrus and floral hops with a pretty good malt backbone.
M: Light-to-medium mouthfeel with a good amount of carbonation.
D: A great night-long IPA. I was so sorely disappointed when this left Chicago, but I’m so glad to have it back.
Serving type: on-tap
Reviewed on: 04-24-2009
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
A beautiful light pour, see through with the perfect tan hue. Small frothy head. A very distinct taste and aroma of citrus. Great beer for IPA lovers, not as hoppy I was hoping but a great great tasting beer.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Notes from Tuesday, September 7 2010
Ar: Extremely fruity with great grapefruit and guava aromas. A bit of floral hops as well. About as good as it gets.
Ap: Pours a light copper with bright orange tinge. 1" head diminishes quickly and leaves nice lace. A few particles of sediment as well.
F: Follows the suit of the aroma. Big citrus notes, but more pine and floral take the place of the guava. Nice and refreshingly bitter finish. Little to no alcohol burn. Amazingly sessionable for a pretty big IPA.
P: Medium-thick body compared to other IPAs.
O: Fabulous.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I’ve had this enough times to rate - I’ve had it on cask, draft, in a glass, in a bottle.
Pours a nice orange/yellow haze. Aroma is hop and citrus, taste about the same. Palate on the cask one was memorable. A very good beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from a 12oz bottle. Loads of citrus aroma, some pine. Hoppiness was muted. Poured a bit flat. Taste was citrus and pine, medium bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 13, 2010 Deep golden clear pour with a thin but frothy white head. Immediate overpowering pine and citrus hop aromas emerge from the glass. It takes a few sniffs to get past the pine and into the underlying grapefruit and eventually the hint of malt sweetness. The sweet citrus settles nicely on the front of my tongue, but the swallow leaves a powerful lasting bitterness. The bitterness seems to lessen slightly with each sip. Tons of hop flavor without being overly bitter. Mouthfeel is medium-light but does not feel watery at all. Overall this is a nice, well-balanced IPA with enormous hop flavor.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
This beer is great love the aroma and the aftertaste.It also helps that this is an easy find in Chicago.Great stuff!
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