3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
courtesy of pittsburghkid, thanks! nice pour, but this is just soooo malty, really seems more like a moderately hopped barleywine. decent stuff, some astringent alcohol notes, slightly off aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to MSante79. Pours clear amber with frothy white head. Nose is very full citrus, apricot and hops. Taste is caramel malts, hops and citrus. Lower body than I expected.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Copper color with three fingers of foamy white head. Doughy malt, citrus, grapefruit, grass, and floral notes. Creamy mouthfeel. A high level of carbonation cleanses the palate leaving only a slight hop aftertaste.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz bottle from the brewery, bottled May 2010. Pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma has grapefruit hoppiness with toasty caramel malts and a hint of strawberry. Flavor is fairly sweet grapefruit and caramel, peppery spice and pine resin. Finishes somewhat bitter. Not the best example of an IIPA, but I do find it quite enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of stfun. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of resin, spicy. Tastes of resin, pine, caramel, sweet. Enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from stfun... Muddy red/orange in color...decent head. Aroma of some apples and fruits. Taste is malty with some apples, nice hop bite. A little sweet. Not bad... Medium texture. Overall just a decent DIPA. Thanks josh!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma very indistict,muted hop/malt yeast, nothing about the aroma says IMPIPA, taste is muddled,sweet malting and older hops,what ever the opposite of clean would describe this. Not offensive,still a ok glass of beer,just not a quality I2PA ,as is
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
reddish with a dirty colored head. aroma full of grapefruit and random citrus fruits. lacking the typical sweetness of an imperial IPA, and a few off flavors with the hops. so many good imperial and double IPAs out there, but this is one of the weeker ones.
2.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Aroma of grapefruit, orange and lemongrass. Appearance is dark gold with tan head. Flavor seemed a bit off; just really boozy, not so much hoppy at all. Palate is lively. Could use some cleaning up.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 27, 2011 This is a re-rate over a year later. This is a different beer from when I had it last. There is now a deeply robust passion fruit and strong resinous hop and light caramel malt blend along with some nice munich or kilned malt character. Still some alcohol warming sensation but you’ll have that. A little on the malt side but its way better and more west coast than it used to be. keep it up guys.
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