 mikalooch (163), , New Jersey, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 9, 2009 Bottle 12 oz. Pours a cloudy deep orange, nice white head with generous lacing. Aroma is pine/hops with a malt backbone, hints of flowers. Nice intense bitterness in this one, hops with grapefuit and honey, leaves a sticky resin on the lips. Very well balanced and potent, alcohol hits like a brick. Really good, wish I had more.
pressboxjoe (71), , New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 9, 2009 Cloudy orange amber, even without pouring bottom of the bottle, with rich 3/4-inch off-white head. Fresh wet aroma, nutty, piney. Well rounded on the tongue, good malt balance overall though tending toward bitterness. I really enjoy this - good alternative to Dead Guy Ale or Oaked Arrogant Bastard.
keithk (8), ny, New York, USA
does not count  | 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 3/5 | 19/20 |
Feb 9, 2009 cask at rattle n hum, nyc...this is as good as an ipa gets for me, very flowery aroma, very grapefruity aroma, nice sweet taste and bitter finish. Nearly perfect, in my book.
Brewsmith (136), Torrance, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 9, 2009 From a 12 oz. bottle send from a friend in MD. Aroma is full of pineapple like I just opened a can of Dole. Slightly sweet aroma. Color is an orange amber with a haze and a half inch beige head. Flavors are toasty, bread crust with hop bitterness and more pineapple flavor from the simcoe. A little sweet, but fairly expected from the 9% abv. Full mouthfeel that is not over carbonated and big and silky over the tongue. Not over the top. Pretty good.
lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 2, 2009 Bottle thanks to daknole. Cloudy brownish-red with a thin finger of smooth creamy white head. Aroma is powerful citrus, grapefruit and pine hope aromas. Floral and perfumey. Taste is lightly sweet caramel then a dominating citrus hoppiness with a slightly sticky feel as if you had just put some hop resin in your mouth.
coharahawk (87), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 31, 2009 On draft at World of Beer. Pours copper-orange with couple finger off-white head. Aroma is mostly pine with a moderate amount of floral and citrus notes. Flavor is hops, hops, and more hops. Does have some noticeable malt backbone. Very bitter finish. Mouthfeel is just OK. The high gravity is not completely noticeable, but this was the 3rd in a line-up of 10% beers, so who knows?
Aurelius (2647), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 29, 2009 Pretty nice, fruity AIPA aroma with sweaty cereal aftertones. Label needs work, but the beer is a nice, foggy tea-bronze with a webby tan head. Definite hop sting, metallic on the lips, moderate sweetness, grapefruit rind, caramel, boozy. The palate was the major flaw, once your ignore the basic premise of using too many hops - the beer lost carbonation rapidly, and it didn’t have the sturdiness of body that I was expecting. General bitter aftertaste with a late sweet rush. I think this is a full notch below the big AIPA’s that come to mind. MSL.
DSG (1501), Tel Aviv, Israel
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 29, 2009 (11/14/08) Bottle at Eulogy in Philadelphia. Very hazy orange-amber with a big stable off-white head. Aroma of grapefruity hops and hints of pine. Bitter hoppy flavor with some resinous notes, a bit of grapefruit, light malty sweetness and hints of alcohol. Medium-bodied. Quite good.
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