Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet and very hoppy as well as very fruity. The flavor is sweet with light notes of alcohol coming thru the notes of grass, and leading to a dry hoppy and bitter end.

Bottled. Pale amber, average head. Rich lychee aroma. Sweet and fruity with clean, rounded mouthfeel and solid malt structure. Really hoppy with loads of oranges and lychee. salty, tarry finish. Well crafted, but does not score points for originality.

Bottled. Deep amber colour, mediumsized beige creamy head. Aroma is honey, flowery hops. Flavour is the same with the hops being really big. Quite typical IPA still.

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

Golden light brown colour. Deep piney hops with light but chewy malts. Somewhat thin body, though. Flavour continues with the aromatic themes of chewy crystal malt and piney hops. As the glass goes on, I get increasingly bored.

At Oliver Twist
Amber color. Strong fruity hops (grapefruit…). The body structure is not very complex, the bitterness is pleasant, and very long.

(12oz bottle, RBSG05) Crystal clear golden/amber body topped by off-white head. Aroma is moderatly sweet, pine, grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, light pineapple. Decent bite but no malts beyond the sweetness. Medium body.

Bottled@SBWF 2007 (BB 02/2008)
Amber color, decent creamy off-white head. Fruity-hoppy aroma. Malty background, some fruity-sweet hoppyness. Not extremely hoppy, so reasonably drinkable session beer.