Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

Big thanks to davehoward for the bottle!
Slightly hazed honey color with a small white head. Smell is nice fruity sweet hops. Not over the top but very nice nose. Taste is fruity, slight tea hints, but mild bitterness and agummy slightly full mothfeel. Bit of a grainy malt sweetness in the finish and very nice IPA overall.

12 oz. Pours golden with a slight amber hue. small, white lacing head that disapates quickly. Citrus and hop nose, lemon and grapefruit. Sweet start with a medium bitterness, a touch of citrus and grass. Sweetness of brown sugar and carmel, touch of chocolate. The finish is a muddle sweet with some bitter. It’s a bit heavy. The bitterness lingers through the after. Ok, that it.

Bottled. Mild aroma. Fruity with hoppy undertone, but rather dull and stale for an IPA. A bit of sour milk, too. Dull golden-amber clear, with thin off-white lacing head. Medium watery body with medium to light carbonation. Starts with some caramel malt, light brown sugar and some neutral fruity sweetness. A bit of astringent graininess and followed by mild dull hop bitterness. Medium sweet tang at the end that goes well with the bitterness, but it just a bit heavy to suit the palate. Unbalanced. After is medium dry bitterness with semi sweet brown sugar.

I have had this in a bottle and out of a 1/4 keg. The taste was much better from the keg obviously because it came from the brewery. It has a nice white head and low carbonation making it an easy beer to drink and enjoy. This beer has a wonderful aroma and if you enjoy hops I recommend this beer.

Bottled, thanks to somebody out east! Poured medium golden/orange with a bunch of floaties from the last couple ounces. The aroma picked up a nice assortment of lighter and citrus fruits above a caramel base.. took on an enjoyable juicy complexion as it warmed up a bit. Lower carbonation helped the juicy pear, grapefruit meat, and caramel maltage glide slowly over the palate.. building pear, pine, and grassy bitterness also played well in here.. sweet, yet adequately bitter finish stuck around for quite a while. Medium-bodied, and again, the lower carbonation worked well.. long, rewarding finish. Excellent beer!

Slightly cloudy amber-gold with good, foamy white head / Pine and citrus nose / Medium body with strong hops and modest malts, with good finish / Bright flavors of weed, pine, orange, and lemon /

Pale amber copper pour. Citrus hoppy smell, not overwhelming. Sweet hoppy taste with good mixture of orange citrus.

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 24 Nov 2007) Pale amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrussy notes of orange and mandarin. Fruity, aromatic taste with notes of orange peel, spruce needles and floral hops in a finish with brilliantly balanced bitterness. Malt and caramel lingers in the background. Nice balance, hoppy and tasty without being overly aggressive. Very nice beer.