 emacgee (1859), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Feb 25, 2008 Thanks bmartin. Pours a pretty hazy red with a ridiculous head. Man its absurd. Four fingers thick, creamy, tan. The nose is really nice, sweet, caramel, spicy and piny hops, some alcohol. The flavor is very big, very rich, sweet caramel malts are balanced well with spicy hops, citrusy grapefruit peel, a little hot from the alcohol, dry. Very nice and full mouthfeel. Warming palate that leaves waxy citrus peel at the side of the tongue.
aubreya (676), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Feb 25, 2008 The color was a deep ruby. The head was very thick and frothy. The aroma was citris, hops, alcohol, and light pine. The flavor was alcohol, caramel malt, hops, waxy/bitter, and citris. The palate was very thick bodied. The finish was hoppy.
durhambeer (1186), Durham, USA
Feb 21, 2008 Updated: Sep 11, 2009Loving this one. Always into the imperial reds, and the bottled conditioning is a bonus. Pours nice dark hazy red-orange with generous creamy off-white head that sits around for awhile. Great balance of malt and hops. Slight floral notes, nice fruits and caramel malt. Somewhere between a double IPA and a barley wine. Wonderful.
mcbackus (725), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
Feb 21, 2008 bottle: pours witha huge off white creamy head above a reddish brown body. aroma is very piney and grapefruit hops a ice sweet malt behind all the hops very nice. the flavour is very hoppy with earty pine, grapefruit citrus and some very good malt. the finsh is a bitter hop.
k4df4l (154), DTown, Pennsylvania, USA
Feb 17, 2008 Bottle - pours a lightly hazy dark copper/deep red with a massive off white creamy head that lasts through out the glass. Big hoppy nose of mango, citrus and pine...west coast style to a T. Flavor is a lovely combination of caramel/toffee malty notes with that tropical fruit and light pine hop flavor and light alcohol in the fairly viscous finish. The massive nose leads to expect huge bitterness up front but the focus is more on the hop flavors.
cgort (52), mission viejo, California, USA
Feb 16, 2008 Updated: Mar 15, 2008pours red with a large head that retains. aroma is hoppy. flavor isn’t directed but has hoppiness/maltiness to it. The palate is good but overall I would probably go for a different beer in the future.
thooper41 (384), Oregon, USA
Feb 15, 2008 22oz bottle: pours a dark hazel red with a huge head. aroma is slighty sweet but the hops ofset it pretty well. flavor has a weell balance one two punch of sweet malt and bitter hops with none being over the top. off the top of my head i cant name the hops in it but i know i have brewed with them before, i want to say horzion. all and all a great beer with great balance one i will buy again next year.
beerhandy (195), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Feb 15, 2008 22 oz bomber all to my self
Clear copper pour with a thick billowy off white head. Aroma is citrus ,vanilla, butterscotch,piney hops The taste is big malt subdued by intense hoppiness ,perfumey in the swallow and the hops build in the back of your throat.Very thick mouthfeel definitely chewable, a little overcarbonated but a very enjoyable beer but I would say for hop lovers only!
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