Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

Date: 07/18/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

slightly hazy gold, whispy off white head, touch of lace, sweet citrus aroma, bitter sweet flavor with a nice interplay beween some light carmel sweetness and lots of lingering hop bitterness, a distracting tart edge

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Bottle thanks to cheapdark! . Pours orange yellow, white head. Aroma is hops (tangerine), caramel, grass. Flavor is slightly hoppy, wheaty, tangerine. A bit weak.

Thanks to DaveHoward for the bottle. Golden color. Smell of hops, malt, caramel, grapefruit, pine and appriocots. Taste of grapefruit, hops, malt, pine, orange peal and flowers. Decent IPA.

In the bottle at Clint’s basement bar warming party. Pours an unexpected bright golden color with a thin white head. Decent citrusy pine-like aroma, but nothing to alert the media about. Flavor is smooth for an IPA with present, but not demanding bitterness. Nice beer.

Bottle. Sweetness, pine, and slight resin aroma, slight lychee and orange with a little funk – great, great hoppy aroma. Grapefruit, too! Hazy orange-golden body with an orange-tinted beige head. Hoppy taste, light-medium bitterness with light breadiness and increasing, REAL grapefruit taste (not the pink stuff they sell off in juice cocktails, but fresh-squeezed), dry with light resin balanced by a subtle sweet hint in the bg. Medium body with a dry, hop-kissed finish. Pleasant surprise!

Bottle. Purchased in Ocean City Maryland. A very nice IPA. Very well balanced, smooth in the mouth and on the finish. Hoppy finish. All the typical IPA characteristics present. Nicely done - try it if you can find it.

Bottle; poured an orange amber with medium white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and caramel. Nice aroma, balanced well. Flavor was similar to the aroma; pretty strong bitterness. Good sessional.

Nice pine citrus smell. Hop bitterness but not too over the top. Very refreshing.