3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of floral hops, slight toasted malt, slight rye, slight dish soap, and pollen. Poured copper in color with a medium-sized, dense, tan/off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Fair lacing. Flavor is slightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Tastes of hops, slight toasted malts, light pollen, slight artificial sweetener, and a hint of rye. Medium body. Lightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Hoppy, lightly sweet, lightly dry finish. I am a bit disappointed in this beer. Rye flavor is lacking IMHO. Troegs Scratch 18 is a better Rye IPA.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Barcade. Deep amber colour with a thick white head. Aroma is quite spicy. Lots of rye malt character and a bright piny simcoe spiciness. Quite fresh and piny tasting. The palate is very crisp and firm with a nice assertive hoppiness. Light grapefruit flavour as well. Hoppy but not all that bitter. Solid IPA.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(draft) Crystal clear copper body topped by beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, rye spicy, some caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some pineapple, rye, caramel. Medium body, some resin, light acidity.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ Capone’s: Poured a reddish brown color with a nice head. The aroma was citrus, flowers, pine, spice and hops. The flavor was grapefruit and flowers, with a spicy hop finish. Overall, not as smooth as some IPA’s, but still pleasant to drink.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Won’t be a fair rating since I’m no big fan of big hops. Aroma was distinctly grapefruity and therefore obviously hoppy. Pour though was a beautiful amber/red with nice read retention/lacing. Flavor was bitter from hops and rye, though medium body and very dry which was nice
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Capone’s. Pours blackish with dark brown edges (I was surprised by the black color in this) with off-tan head. Nose is rye oumpernickly malt, spicy hops, roasty caramel, some earthy peaty notes. Tastes a bit more significant than it smells, with hefty rye malt, caramel, dark chocolate, some nuts, hoppy citrus, and some spiciness. Very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Draft @ Capones] Poured a brown amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, citrus fruits, pine, caramel, and toast. Taste of chewy rye, caramel malts, toffee, nuts, pine, citrus fruits, and a dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Reddish-amber color with a medium head. Aroma provides a big rye presence with some floral and citrus hops along with a bready sweetness. Flavor has some mild rye and floral/citrus hops. Good, but my (slight) disappointment here is that they failed to capture the Double Simcoe magic and match (or come close to) Dock Street’s Rye IPA. Overall good, but could have been much better.
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