 bleeng (595), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 4, 2008 Bomber. Dark hazy gold with a thick, white viscous head. Hoppy, lemony, tart nose. Thick body and very malty. Well balanced with the strong hop profile with a little tartness, funkiness, and spice coming through. Very nice beer but one is enough.
carl4beer (399), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 2, 2008 pours golden and hazy with huge head and some decent lacing. aroma is malty with some fruit and caramel, soft on the nose. mouthful is earthy with some fruity hops coming through. finnish is crisp and dry. very nice iipa, but to be #3 on the IIPA list is a bit overstated... i did enjoy the winter yules mith much more...
5000 (2409), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 1, 2008 Bottle: Deep caramel in color, quite hazy/thick, HUGE fluffy off-white head, fairly nice lacing. Combination grapefruit rind,
muted pine, wet hops, slight caramel, and soft earthen biscuitness on the nose. Soft hop bitterness on the tongue, fairly malty,
nearly an IIPA but to me its more like a strong IPA. Fairly strong grapefruit rind throughout. Moderate to full body and
mouthfeel. Semi-sweet finish, lingering hop bitterness, remains fairly malty with the aformentioned grapefruit rind. Good stuff,
but compared to last nights Oskar Blues Gordon on draft, its not as hefty, malty, or viscous. Still good, but I think a new sheriff is
in town. Thanks Paul for this beauty!
Blisscent (74), East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 31, 2007 Updated: May 28, 2009My favorite IPA. Without trying Bell’s, 3 Floyd’s, or Russian River, it’s hard to conceive of a better IPA out there. The key here for me is the melting of hops with malt, thus creating a transcendent IPA of the highest caliber.
doubleo (1104), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 30, 2007 2007 Version, 22oz bomber. This beer pours an orangish amber color from the bottle. Huge frothy, dense head. I let the bottle glug once as I poured and the head grew to about 3" thick. As it subsided it laced the entire glass like a spider web. Nothing like the heads on the brews from Alesmith (decadence, yulesmith, ipa, etc.). Not a huge nose, smells a little soapy. Deep citrus undertones and a little grassy as well.
The taste of this brew explodes in my mouth. Sweet up front but as I swallow there is a burst of bitter-sweet hop flavors. This brew is a benchmark for DiPa’s. Not too thick, not too thin, just perfect. Great carbonation as shown by the head on this brew. I really don’t remember this brew being this good. At 8.8% it’s do-able for a long session.
hrking (108), Muncie, Indiana, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 26, 2007 Loved this a little heavy on the sugar side but had a great dry hop nose. Drink smooth and not overly hoppy for an IPA..Very drinkible.I like the Winter YuleSmith better though..
toncatcher (228), Santee - SAN DIEGO, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 23, 2007 Updated: Mar 21, 2008Bottle. Pours golden amber color with a thin white head. Aroma of pine and citrus. Flavors of sweet hops, citrus, and and some pine. Avery nice summertine, anytime in San Diego, beer,
heylrule (46), Maryland, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 18, 2007 over all pleasureble beer. had the winter yulesmith the day before (which i liked more) maybe is making my review a little lop sided.
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