4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Nose of hops and more hops with a small malt note. Slightly hazy orange color with a small beige head. Flavor shows lots of hops with a caramel note. finish is nice hop bitterness.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy deep golden/orange in color with a small off-white head. Aroma of huge citrus fruits and some resins.Green resiny hop flavor with a good attacking bitterness. Full body, nice malt palate, bitterness lingers nicely.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz bottle trade from Jah Noth, thanks! Pours a clear amber with large bubbles and a creamy head. Of course, tons of lacing left behind. Aroma hits hard of carmel notes and citrus simcoe hops. It has a medium to light mouthfeel and goes down extremely smooth with little notice of the high ABV. I was expecting a longer bitterness linger with this Double IPA, something seems to be missing. Don’t misunderstand me, this is a damn good beer.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAY 17, 2007 MMMMMMM! This is a real treat. Found a 22 oz. in Jersey after cursing myself for not picking up a case when I had the chance. What an IPA! Wonderfully sweet-piney aroma. great hoppy taste up front, full and chewy, with a wonderful finish. Using simcoe as a solo-hop is a great move. My only hope is that they start making this one more often!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz Bottle. Pours amber and hazy with big creamy white head. Aroma is pine, citrus, and hops. This is nicely smooth with a good amount of citrus. A little bready and malty. Good tasty hop kick. Maybe I’m getting jaded by all the great double IPAs out there, but I don’t see anything remarkable here. It’s a damn good beer, but I feel like I’ve had it before. The Yulesmith is still #1
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
HOPS!! Like grapefruit and weed. I don’t totally love the flavor, but you can’t argue that it is not powerful.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle-deep orange with a foamy off-white head. nose is big citric hops-lots of light floral citrus. some fussel notes in there as well-passionfruit, mangos. flavors are very soft in the bitterness category-mostly a citric-based IIPA with some candy-like malt profile. I dunno-the alcohol is there but not as offensive as other weyerbacher offerings. light finish of lingering passionfruit. lots of residual sweetness and not enough dryness. i dunno-simcoe hops seem weak for IIPA’s in bittering. I like the hop flavor, but there needs to be other hops added to bitter and dry things out.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Nose is starchy, dry, arid, spicy hops. Flavor is somewhat caustic, coarse, fruity, sticky, thick, sweet and fuesal (just slightly). Rich, fizzy, pretty good overall. Almost has some saison qualities.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A nice double. The citrusy simcoe hops hit you in the nose and the taste right away. The 9% is masked very well, and the mouthfeel is very nice. Perhaps a bit more malt would help, but it is really close to having that perfect balance.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
RBSG06: A real eye opener. Really hoppy. Everything you expect when you hear IIPA. Which is why I’m not impressed. No real balance and I don;t like hops that much.
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