 Odeed (1673), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 24, 2008 (many thanks to irishboy for the sample)cloudy yellow with a nice white head that leaves some webbing on the glass.nice aroma if hay,malt,pepper,cream,and hops.flavor does much of the same with a nice creamy and full mouthfeel.easy drinikin’ yet complex at the same time.which is very hard to do.awesome beer.
IrishBoy (2706), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 4.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 20/20 |
Aug 24, 2008 750ml bottle from Porterhouse; Thanks a bunch Kevin; wish I asked you for two! Nose of flowery hops, yeasty wheat, cinnamon, and cloves; Hazy copper orange with a big, glass-lacing, pale yellow head; Flavor was light hop bitterness, spices, cloves, bananas, caramel, and yeastiness. Finish was lightly bitter hops and spices!! New #1!!!
MoDog (917), Griffith, Indiana, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 18, 2008 Poured from a 750ml caged and corked bottle and served in a weizen glass. This beer poured a cloudy orange hue with a fluffy head of off-white foam that would not go away. Nice lacing. The aroma of the beer was made up of oranges, pine cones, cloves, and wheat. Excellent spicy, citrusy, piney hop aroma! The flavor included orange peel, tangerines, bananas, cloves, fresh pine, and some lightly warming alcohol. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with soft carbonation. Dry-hopping with the Amarillo’s really took the aroma to another level when compared to the German version. Great beer!
biznizness (934), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 Delicious. Had this the night before we left for San Francisco. Definitely a hoppy thing, big thumbs up for this one.
IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 17, 2008 750 ml bottle shared with my friend Jeff. Reads 8.5% ABV, so not sure why there’s inconsistency here, unless there have been different batches. Poured a volcanically effervescent golden with a fizzy frothy white head that lasted quite a while. Aroma of sharp grass and pine hops, overshadowing the yeast esters so much that I found the ensuing taste rather surprising. Flavors are of course the bitter and grassy hoppiness, but the banana and clove yeast esters make their way into the palate towards the finish. The marriage of the two flavors is quite refreshing, and endears a hophead like myself even more to this style. An excellent effort, and one that I hope will be more than a one-time bottling.
jsh12bama (335), Alabama, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 16, 2008 Pours orange with huge white head. Aroma of hops and bananas. Really liked the nose on this. Taste is bananas, wheat, with slight notes of citrus hops. Medium mouthfeel. Was pleasantly surprised by this. Easy drinking for a hot summer day.
asheft (1383), Marburg, Germany
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 16, 2008 [bottle--8.5% ABV]
Aroma like sniffing a hops vine! Lemony grapefruit with slight caramel and banana notes. Hazy golden orange wih lasting white fuzz. Plenty of hops flavour that has a lot more pine to it than the aroma, which was more citrus. Bitter grapefruit that is not too strong, when combined with the sweet caramel and full body. Smooth and with banana and vanilla notes in the aftertaste. Medium carbonation, slightly salty and with a little lasting bitterness.
buzzoven (333), Japan
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 15, 2008 Bottle at The Raleigh Times, Raleigh, NC. Beautiful cloudy amber golden sunset colour. Banana on the nose...corn, amber sappy pumpkin. Flavour...simply wow! This is something special. Toasted corn, more banana, light pumpkin pie, sunflower seed, slight citrus..orange peel. All of this and a head that goes on for eternity. Exceptional beer and maybe the best beer I tasted on my trip to the states.
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