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Beaucoup plus près d’une IPA américaine que d’une pale ale. Très fort arômes et saveurs de houblon du début a la fin, de même qu’une longue persistance. Pour les hopheads!

Bottle drink by 01/10 I think. Initial aroma is of dry-hopped Cascades. Amber-red body, great head with lacing. Malty body, slight crystal malt sweetness, turns hoppy at the end (grapefruit/pine). An American-style IPA, if not a super hop bomb. Good.

This dark amber ale poured with a thick fluffy beige head and a toffe aroma. There is a rich caramel malt flavor with a powerful hop finish that leaves pine on the palate. This is a very tasty brew.

11.2 ounce bottle in pint glass. Caramel color with lasting dense head and lace. Caramel biscuit and hop aroma. Toasted caramel biscuit bread and peach sweet fruitiness with very dry hoppy earthy finish. Medium body great mouthfeel. High quality balanced beer, unfortunately, a lot of us (me at least) prefer really crisp hoppy dry piney citrusy IPAs. Still, nice.

12oz bottle from BOTW. Pours a bright amber-orange with a nice head of creamy white lace that clings to the glass. Aroma is hoppy, but restrained. There is plenty of caramel here. The caramel is almost toasted in character - really nice. Flavors are well blended and artistically done. The malts are quality and really well developed. The hops are clearly west-coast. Well done IPA.

Deep amber with a thick off white head. Aroma is a heavy earthy hoppiness, caramel, dried fruit, toffee- very sweet aroma. Taste is a light fruitiness, faint hops, light alcohol, caramel. Not sure if the date on this bottle but I’m guessing it’s older due to the lack of present hoppiness.

12oz bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours a hazy rusty brown color with a 2 finger beige head that left some spotty lacing. Nose was over run with sweet malts and candied tree fruits. The hops were not very prevalent. Flavor was also quite sweet with a touch of hop bitterness. Its a good thing I like IPA’s that have been sitting around a while, it seems like this one has.

Tasted 4/6/09. 12oz bottle. Filtered with an amber hue. Lacing bone white head. Bright aromas with notes of citrus and oranges. Touch mutes body with low effervescence. Big and piney earthy hops. Mildly sticky, but totally doughy. Mild rye, but still in a bready sence. Decent, but well below average.