 jhumphries69 (714), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
Aug 18, 2007 Pours a lovely, clear, deep gold with a thick white head that leaves immense patches of lace on the glass. The aroma is a pleasant balance of sweetness and perfumey hops. There are citrus notes, flowery -almost minty- notes, and some hints of caramel and light honey. The flavor continues this appealing balance: a dose of flowery, bitter, spicy hops with just a touch of citrus combines elegantly with the flavors of cane sugar, light crystal barley malts, and a hints of fruit and toffee. The sweet malts are firm through to the middle of the tongue. The back of the tongue picks up a distinct hoppy bitterness. The beer finishes dry, is well carbonated to deliver a creamy mouthfeel, and is surprisingly light in body considering how much flavor it packs. Overall, an excellently-made IPA.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 18, 2007 Nice fragrant hops from an amber pour with little head. Good malty, caramel backing matched very well with hops flavor and light lingering bitterness. An above average IPA for sure
brstp (201), Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Aug 16, 2007 Bottle from City Beer Store. Pours a medium orange that looks like it’s trying to be cloudy but doesn’t quite get there. Loads of pine hops in the nose with a hint of floral, taste is similar with very chewy finish. Decent.
bbbrew (171), Washington DC, USA
Aug 9, 2007 botttle. great IPA. dark golden pour. slight white head. stong citrus and floral scents well balanced with malt. good finish. great.
kwoeltje (1313), Manchester, Missouri, USA
Aug 4, 2007 (draught - Flying Saucer, Little Rock) medium amber with small white head and nice lace. Citrus/grapefruit aroma. Nice citrus hops flavor, decent malt balance.
burpfrank (293), carpinteria, California, USA
Aug 4, 2007 This had an average aroma of hops with floralness.Color a medium amber.Average head.The taste was a medium bodird IPA with a pronouncement of hops.Had bitter finish.I was expecting this to be better.I think Stone and Bear Republic make much better Ipa’s,but this was good.
TipsyMcStager (900), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Aug 3, 2007 Nice floral hop aroma with citrus as well. Pours golden with a nice white head. Nice malt character with a smooth texture. Hop finish is lingering and satisfying.
dchmela (1406), Orlando, Florida, USA
Aug 1, 2007 Nice copper color with big fluffy white head. The aroma has some grapefruit, pine and malt but very subtle. Hoppy taste with some citrus and malt in there also. This is a very nice tasting IPA, not so overdone like some Avery beers.
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