 Zinister (1207), Houston, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 27, 2007 Bottle. Huge hop nose...resin, pine, citrus...typical flavors. Taste is the same, with some great grapefruit flavors...ripe and ready. I feel the flavor lacks just a bit of the nose....but still a great example of a West Coast IPA.
RagallachMC (631), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 12, 2007 22oz bottle from Secret Santa. Aroma: Hop aroma practically leaps from the glass. Tons of pine, grapefruit, orange, and resinous aromas. Some toasty malt and light caramel aromas in the background. A faint herbal note comes through as it warms. Appearance: Deep golden in color and slightly hazed. Off-white head was full and frothy with great retention. Great lacing. Flavor: Juicy grapefruit comes through the strongest throughout, with pine just trailing after. Resin, grass, and a light minty note as well. Bready, toasty malt with a good caramel note. Medium-high bitterness leads into an unsatisfying wet finish. Palate: Medium bodied. Medium carbonation. Light alcohol warmth in back of mouth. Overall: Another ’if only the flavor matched the aroma’ beer. Smells great, but the hop punch is offset by the wet finish.
jason (1627), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 7, 2007 Bottle. Thanks to my AZ connection cbkschubert for the bottle, nice choice. Pours a golden amber body with nice head. Aroma is a pleasant citrus hops, sweet malt. Taste has a sugary ceral like quality, nice malty flavor and loads of hops in it. At 8%, I couldn’t tell and it tastes quite sessionable. Well done.
HumuloneRed (750), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 6, 2007 22 oz. Bottle. The pour is a clear orange with a white head and lacing. Nice pine cone nose with some malt. Very piny and citrus in the flavor with a nice light malt background. Not overly bitter but still has a nice lingering bitterness in the finish. I can thank my friend Doug for this one!
crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 6, 2007 Thanks MikeTD. Orange pour with small white head. Citrus hop aroma. Orange and light grapefruit hops. Slight caramel background. Dry-hopped like crazy with loads of citrus flavor and aroma. Hops and nothing else with tons of flavor and little bitterness, great beer.
theisti (1693), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 4, 2007 22 oz. Bomber from South Bay Drugs Pharmacy via mail order. Pour is slightly hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is pine and grapefruit hops. Taste is the pine and citrus - grapefruit hops, with some malt in there as well. The finish is clean, crisp, and refreshing.
johnadam2002 (529), Hainesport, New Jersey, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 31, 2007 Poured copper with off white head. Aroma of hops and citrus. Flavor started strong with hops and finished with a smooth sweet malt background. Citrus hints are present. Refreshing.
kmweaver (2501), Sebastopol, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 26, 2007 Updated: Oct 1, 200722oz bottle?, courtesy of some fine soul @ BCTC 2007. Pours a clear, dark yellow-orange color; off-white head with patchy lacing. Dense, resiny citrus and orange hop aroma; some tea-like malts. Medium-to-full, chewy mouthfeel: dense, resiny citrus with a pleasant tea-like malt character; pleasant hop presence. Medium, dry citrus finish.
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