 Heathen (795), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Dec 5, 2007 THOUGHTS: Intense aroma. Overall a little one sided for me. It’s almost all hops. Could use a little malt to balance things out. It reminded me of Hop Wallop.I was starting to like IPA but this is a fine example of why I didn’t like IPAs in the first place and why I prefer Double IPAs. Gets slightly better when warmer.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a flat, light orange (looked a little unnatural) with a small, white head that mostly diminished. The aroma was heavy to harsh resin and citrus ( grapefruit and orange) hops. The initial flavor was lightly sweet and moderately bitter, while th finish was heavily to harshly bitter with a long duration. The flavor was all resin and citrus hops. The light to medium body was dry but slightly syrupy with rather fizzy carbonation and a very metallic finish.
direwolf600 (30), Philadlephia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 4, 2007 I agree with most reviews. Good pale ale, nothing great, but easily above average.
Skeegle (479), Maryland, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 4, 2007 Updated: Mar 21, 2009Very astringent. It tastes to me like it used only a single type of hops and malts. There just isn’t very much flavor balance here. Super dry and not very refreshing
eyesandsmiles (179), Mission Viejo, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 28, 2007 Somewhat on par with other decent Ipas. Better than the bad ones, not as good as the exceptional ones.
KnutAlbert (3115), Oslo, Norway
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 26, 2007 Bottled.
Like diving into a pine forest. Dry, crispy, immensly refreshing!
jspruit (111), Dublin, Ireland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 25, 2007 Picked this 12oz bottle up from Case & Keg in Florida while visiting family.
Nice color upon pour-an orangey pale amber with a nice foamy head that left lacing throughout the pour and drink. Nice aroma with some bitterness to it-maybe raisins or grapefruit?
Does not taste like a simple IPA to me instead it has some strong fruit tones-particularly the grapefruit that carried through the scents from the pour. There is a dryness to the finish, but it is full of flavor and fairly easy going down.
I dont particularly enjoy the bitterness from this one and instead prefer a more simple IPA, but I do think that it is an interesting brew.
dolemite77 (184), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 24, 2007 very light color, good head and lacing... very hoppy as expected. Recommended to me from Bruisin’ Ales in Asheville... good call on this one. I love IPAs and this one just about has it right. Not much malt to it that you can tell over the hops. For a hop heavy beer, you could do worse than this one... and it would be hard to do a lot better...
thegreenrooster (1818), St.louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 23, 2007 Pour is a orange with a small white head. Aroma is a nice dry hop with not much else coming though but that is a good thing. Flavor is super hoppy and bitter with some malts coming through. A very nice example of the style.
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