 JB175 (1664), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jul 11, 2007 Golden-amber color with a small-med head. Aroma is sweet and hoppy - lots of grapefruit sweetness and some floral notes. Taste is sweet and grapefruit-florally hopped, but its a bit messy. I was really disappointed, especially since I consider Hoptical Illusion to be a pretty good IPA. Just missed the mark.
thenick (746), North Bellmore, New York, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 7, 2007 Updated: Jul 17, 2007Tap @ Blue Point Brewery, Patchogue, NY. Pours a golden orange color with a small, quickly-dissipating white head. The aroma is strong hops with floral notes thrown in as well. The taste is strong hop up front with some malt and floral characteristics on the back end. This is a great Imperial IPA from Blue Point, a largely hit-or-miss brewery.
jimbowood (983), Athens, Georgia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 4, 2007 Growler courtesy of Sachin @ 5 Points Bottle. Very nice IIPA. Drinkable, yet alcohol presence hits you after a few sips. Caramel and dough in the afterteaste, w/ a huge hop presence.
michael-pollack (2753), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 28, 2007 Draught: Sweet aroma. Smells of floral hops and berries. Poured amber in color with a tiny white head. No lacing. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Flavor is bitter. Tastes very hoppy, with a hint of pepper and a big malt backbone. Light to medium texture. Oily body. Average carbonation. Dry bitter finish. Overall, a decent IIPA.
zach8270 (2139), Henrietta, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 13, 2007 (cask @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Dark copper color with a soapy tan head. Aroma is lots of hops, malts, butter, caramel, and alcohol. Flavor is very strong and loaded with malts and hops with a strong alcohol presence and a bitter and very harsh finish. Tastes more like a barley wine than a double IPA.
Sregnar35 (732), Rotterdam, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 11, 2007 Cask Conditioned at Mahars. Poured copper with small head. Aroma alcohol and hops. Flavor very strong alcohol and obnoxious hops, not great.
kenb (1101), Oregon, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 6, 2007 12 oz handbottled from a Myst Swap 2.0 (thanks Ty!). Pours a hazy copper with an average sized beige head. Nose is floral and spicy. Taste is mostly orange, pineapple and grapefruit hops. Finish is bittersweet. Quite a bit of Diacetyl. Carbonation is moderate, body is a bit light for an IIPA.
LinusStick (1856), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
May 27, 2007 On tap at Bocktown. This beer was trying too hard to be a DIPA. Aroma of toffe and malt. Taste was more sweet than anything with a little hop bite in the end. Strong alcohol burn and little else in the aftertaste. They need to go back to the drawing board with this one.
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