4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20UPDATED: AUG 30, 2009 Pours out a slightly hazy light gold color with a medium head. Amazing herbaceous, grassy hops aroma with notes of wildflowers and honeycomb. Bracing bitterness held up by some nice understated malt notes with many of the aromatic elements showing up as specific flavors as well--highly concentrated hops profile. Very crisp with great lightness in the body.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Crown and Anchor, Brixton. Hazy orange, small bubbles. White head with great lacing. Slightly funky, earthiness on nose but fruit still there. Earthy, grapefruit, not much malt and ending in boozy bitterness. Not too shabby.
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 12/20
I liked this poured a copper color with a nice malt mouthful and a hoppy finish overall a great beer
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Copper color with a big fluffy head. Huge hop aroma. Lots of grass and pine scents. Flavor is not as bitter as the aroma suggests. Easy to drink. Highly enjoyable!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours amber with a white head. Good hop aroma. Grass, grapefruit, pine, resin. This is a good but not great DIPA.
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3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hoppy (of course) and citrus aroma. Beautiful frothy white head. Golden color on the lighter side. Got a nice hop but light taste, kinda like the smell. Bright floral and herbs taste! The Hop Monster strikes again! I would like to eat this with hops...i mean lunch, like a BLT. mmm.BLT. agaaggghhh.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a mostly clear copper with two fingers of fine, off-white head. Good retention with some thin sheets of lacing. Aroma is hoppy, resinous, piney, citrus, and fruity/floral. Flavor is piney and bitter up front, citrus, apple, fruity, with a hoppy finish and bitter aftertaste that sticks around. Rather good masking of alcohol. Moderate carbonation, medium-light body, and crisp texture. Overall an enjoyable beer, a fruity, hoppy, relatively strong IPA. Has long been one of my favorites.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAY 7, 2013 I read other reviews of this beer and note that people downrate this beer for lack of malt. There is plenty of malt, at least for me, up front. It quickly gives way to the namesake "hop wallop". Piney, resiny, and a hint of grapefruit, I finished it off, and almost a half hour later I still had the bitterness on my tongue. Not for the novice, but true hopheads should love it. Defintely would buy again, but won’t replace my go to Lagunitas’ Maximus and Brown Shuga
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Beer was poured from a bottle. Beer appears golden with white head. Smells bitter. tastes like bitter citrus.
3.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Not sure about the higher than average rating, but a enjoyable brew non the less. Would not be a top pic as far as 2x ipas go, and not really living up tp to the HOP wallop it is named. Abv is a little low for the style. But still an enjoyable brew very sessionable at the least for style.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
From tap. Pours a deep clear golden color with thin white head. Aroma was fresh and piney with some floral notes. Taste followed but the bitter overpowered the malt. Still good.
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