 beerbuzzmontreal (2701), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Dec 9, 2005
Clear dark brown pour with ruby highlights and a thin light brown head. Interesting aroma of oranges, slightly earthy hops and malt. Good flavor of oranges, very strong hops but also a decent malt base to give some balance, the finish is very very bitter and lasting. The body has a light to medium thickness with a creamy and dry mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. A good IPA but finishes way too bitter.
groot (7), USA
does not count  Mar 27, 2007 on tap within its home. this beer is one worth traveling for. pours a rusty red with a creamy head. best first sip in all of VT... aroma screams hops with the perfect malt backbone. hell yeah through and through.
VTHopHead (673), Barre, Vermont, USA
Jan 6, 2007 Draft at Brewpub - Poured a very dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma is very piney with some grapefruit/citrus also. Flavor is very hoppy (Yum!) flavor with hints of peppery mals. Quite bitter finish. Awesome... a true hop head’s beeer....
Glouglouburp (1943), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 28, 2006 Updated: Jan 1, 2008In short: India Dark Ale with more pine-tree hops that can fit in a pint. Intense, unique and just wonderful.
How: Tap at brewpub december 2007
The look: Clear mahogany body topped by a long-lasting medium tan head
In long: Intense nose of pine-tree. What a hop-fix that beer is!!! Roasted malts is dominated by an enormous amount of pine-tree type of hops and the body ends-up feeling like roasted wood. Roasted malts develop light chocolate notes in the finish. Light orange notes. The beer is totally unbalanced which usually constitute a problem but in this case the roasted malts work so well with the hops that it was just perfect. Powerful bitterness. One of the most intense bitterness I have ever experienced. Right now the main issue talked about in the beer community is the worldwide hops shortage. I now know who to blame for the Simcoe shortage.
erway (1001), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Jan 11, 2006 Cask-Pours a very deep brown withe a big beige head. Nose of PINE and some grapefruit and caramel. Light diacetyl. Body is medium with a really great creamy texture. Well Conditioned. The flavors are just huge pine and light caramel and bread. Finishes intensely dry and bitter with resins just clinging to the tongue. One of the most bitter East Coast brews ever. Really enjoyed it. Like a great Homebrew.
Rastacouere (5270), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Dec 26, 2005 Dense 1-inch light tan head appears irregular, but mostly lasts atop the darkest brown body with crimson reflects. Explosive hoppy nose blends with the expressive roasted malts and somehow avoid the overwhelming acidity trap to head into a tobacco like, highly leafy and piney, ahses-like flavour range. In mouth, it is obviously highly tasty, growing sheets of bitterness with every sip, obviously made to be the last beer of the day (which it was). Well roasted, foresty and aggressive bitterness can’t help, but create some astringency, the its level remains minimal. Medium bodied, well displayed carbonation mostly removes the gummy feel. Remarkable for something so far of my usual likes.
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