4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours amber/orange, good head retention. Nose is all hops, grapefruit, and a huge floral bouquet. Taste is big on the grapefruit and autumn flowers, with touches of orange and pine. Sweet, good bitterness, and a touch of sour on the finish. Solid.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a hazy honey color. Thin syrupy head. Wonderful hoppy nose with musty citrus accents. Hoppy flavor that is extremely well balanced and rounded. Finishes with sticky hop bitterness on the tongue. Very good, solid IPA.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Could drink this every night. Great hops. Lots of citrus. Dry finish. Too bad the Hopslam isn’t more like this.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a cloudy dark yellow color, with a nice sized frothy white head. Aroma on this one is just amazing. I get Grapefruit, citrus, pine, floral notes, sweet malty notes along with some fruit. Flavor is filled with grapefruit and peach, along with a nice balance of sweet malt. I also get the pine and floral note, but not as much as in the aroma. Body is medium with a dry and crisp mouthfeel. Super refreshing beer. Overall, this is one hell of an IPA!
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
I’m not a huge IPA fan, but in terms of taste, this IPA blows others away. Dogfish may finish cleaner, but this is a much more interesting beer. Great color and aroma to it, if I’m drinking an IPA, I’ll be drinking this.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
There are alot of friends in Richmond, Va that believe this is the best IPS brew. This brew is great don’t get me wrong, but the hops are somewhat lacking. I consider this my 5th favorite IPA, as It does not quite make it to the finish line.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. IPAs are not my favorite style, but this is one hell of a beer. Pours a light amber with a nice creamy head. Aroma is definitely pine. Taste of citrus and wonderful hop bitterness. Full bodied and well balanced. Bells really knows what they are doing.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours from the tap with a golden orange color with a billowy, off-white head. Very fragrant, with the aroma having a complex hop character that is both citrusy and earthy. The flavor amplifies these characteristics, with notes of grapefruit, pine, and grass. There is also at least a bit of balance from an underlying caramel malt sweetness (but the malt aspect is certainly subtle compared to the hops). The mouthfeel is both crisp and resinous somehow, with a refreshing, hoppy bite that morphs into a sticky, lingering bitterness. Overall, it’s wonderfully bitter, yet quite drinkable, especially considering the 7% alcohol.
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