 papajohn (1055), San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 7, 2009
Taster@San Diego Festival of Beers: Hazy golden color with a small white head. Aroma is light citrus and pine. Flavor starts with a sharp grapefruit bitterness followed by a little tropical fruit and a sharp, dry orange rind finish. Light body, lively carbonation.
hoppopotamus (185), Santa Cruz, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 A straw colored hazy beer with a small offwhite head. Aroma isn’t as hoppy as it should be, but what hops are there are a bit piney, atop some bready yeasty maltiness. Flavor has a bit more hop evidence in the form of bitterness, but mostly this is not quite worthy of the style IPA. Bitter finish.
cellar (495), Dublin, Ireland
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 26, 2009 Clear golden, hoppy floral aroma of citrus, pines and caramel. Flavour is sweet in beginning with lots of strong bitternes in finish. Well balanced.
tdtm82 (19), Essex, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 24, 2009 A very enjoyable thirst quencher on tap. A little more hops could improve this considerably. A very good summer IPA in golden amber colour; such a gorgeous texture from draught. A very slight head. Citrus hops, oranges and grapefrruit on the nose. A very nice easy going summertime drink. Hope the Rake get this in for the summer too.
CelticBrew (694), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 Pours from 660ml bottle a bright, yet clear orange. Aroma of pines evident. Flavour was of a bitter beer, harsh resins with a slight malt character. Bitter to my liking, others may not. Lovely beer from my people in Scotland...
radiomgb (1977), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 Golden yellow, thin white head, light lacing.
Aroma is lightly sweet, some hops, light bitterness as well, orange citrus.
Flavour is quite bitter, dry, some citrus, grapefruit, oranges.
Very bitter mouthfeel, medium/light body, moderate carbonation.
Finishes highly bitter, dry, long.
Light aroma but high bitterness in the flavour and tons in the finish. Pretty good but lacking the juicyness of other ipa’s.
330ml bottle obtained in a trade with Boutip, thanks Phil.
Opened on February 27, 2009.
Batch #135. Best before August 10, 2009.
madmitch76 (619), , Essex, England
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Nov 19, 2009 21st August 2008. Very low carbonation. Hoppy but lacking freshness. A little bitter. Okay but this was nearly 3 months past BBE date and I probably need to try another.
ricke (240), Malme, Sweden
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 18, 2009 Golden yellow, rather pale for the style. Big slightly off-white head with good retention. Some lacings.
The smell has a slightly perfumy hop character with a decent amount of grapefruit. Pine-needles. Toasty malt aromas.
The taste is basically just grapefruit, some faint notes of lemon, pine-needles and quite pleasant hop flavors. Somewhat perfumy. The malts are restrained, yet quite sweet and has a rather toasty character. The finish is actually quite bitter and since there is not much going on that balance it, it gets slightly to dominating. Faint note of alcohol. All in all, it’s rather refreshing and good.
Medium body, quite boring mouthfeel. But for some reason, it fits the beer.
D: I kind of like this one. Certainly not the most hoppy IPA, but it’s very drinkable and refreshing.
Serving type: bottle
(Copy of old Beer Advocate review)
jeremytoni (1103), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 17, 2009 From the tap poured a clear golden color with a good amount of head. Nice hoppy flavor with a quikc bitter finish.
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