 daknole (514), Plantation, Florida, USA
May 15, 2008
Bottle, thanks Acknud! Wow what a beer. Pours a vibrant orange/amber color with a soft white head. Nice lacing. Aromas are hops, honey and more hops. Flavor is grapefruit, some honey, slight malt and more sour citrus. Bitter? Hell yes! But the honey balances this beer to perfection. I wish I had regular access to ALL Bell’s beers!!
skoisirius (429), Seattle, Washington, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Uhhhhh, are we all thankful this beer exists?? YES! Leave it to Bells to flush their completely sweet and malt citrusy goodness hop BOMB with honey...to only sweeten it up even further! The palate and finish on this brew are absolutely amazing...hands down on of my favorite DIPA’s! Now if somehow I could find it on tap...
Pawola22 (31), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jul 12, 2008 12 oz bottle from Binny’s.
Aroma: Strong cascade hop smell. Citrus and flowery.
Appearance: Auburn, see through haze. Bubbly carbonation. Small head that lingers.
Flavor: Amazing hoppy aftertaste. Extremely overpowering and complex hop flavors. Way stronger than Two Hearted.
Palate: Lingering and intense. It hits the tongue and stops. Don’t feel going down at all.
Overall: Incredibly hoppy and flavorful. Amazing IPA. Love the balance for such a high ABV.
GregClow (2286), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jul 8, 2008 Bottle shared with tupalev, blankboy, HogTownHarry & jerc - jerc’s bottle. Deep golden-amber with a small white head. Aroma - hoppy as all hell (grapefruit, spruce) with quite sweet as well. Flavour of big, fresh hops, some honey and caramel - huge, but balanced. Just fantastic all around.
Glouglouburp (1872), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jul 6, 2008 In short: A sweet, alcoholised and intensely juicy hopped American IIPA.
How: Bottle 12oz, fresh, from tertons, thanks a lot Nelson!
The look: Clear dark-golden body topped by a medium white head
In long: Nose of grapefruit, citrus, pine-tree and caramel. Somewhat sweet, sweetness got a bit annoying after a single bottle. Quite a bit of honey and oily caramel. This thing has a ton of hops but almost felt unbalanced towards the malt sweetness. Interesting complex hops profile with flavours of citrus, grapefruit, pine-tree and more… Alcohol somewhat apparent. A splendid IIPA from Kalamazoo, a city that is a lot more fun to pronounce than it is to visit.
badbeer (397), Iowa, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Excellent looking beer here, blonde color with a white head that has great retention and leaves plenty of lacing. Smell is very nice too, plenty of pine and fresh grapefruit to treat your nose. Taste was very hoppy, as expected. Flavors of grapefruit, pine, various other citrus flavors were also noticed. Bitterness was certainly present, but not a harsh bitterness, was more about hop flavor than IBU’s. Medium body with a medium carbonation pair quite well with this one. Very solid beer, I would definitely have another, wish I picked up more than a single.
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