teorn88 (60), , Italy
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Sep 14, 2009 12oz bottle. Pours clear orange with average white head. Creamy mostly lasting foam. Aroma is not so exciting as in other good IPA: softy malty, mostly hoppy. Aniway, nothing so intense to make me benevolent towards this beer. The flavor is quite better but it misses some more bitterness and spiciness. Medium body and light carbonation. Really easy to drink but still missing temperament.
0o9i (337), Reno, Nevada, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Dec 26, 2009 Tap @ cheeseburger island style. Clear body, deep golden color, foamy white head, completely coats the glass, good retention. Floral aroma with some roasted honey aroma-pretty unique. Lint to medium body win nice carbonation, foamy, dry. Flavor is lightly sugary, juniper, roastiness, honey, pine, flowers. Surprisingly complex for a light IPA. Crisp, refreshing, a sipping beer.
jimmythechippy (43), , Australia
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 23, 2009 its been a long time coming, i waited for dogfish head beers to come to australia for a long time, waiting waiting waiting! this beer ticks all the boxes for me, a really nice malt / hops balance. gets the hop head goping in me! very sessionable at the same time. GrungyBob (40), Kettering, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Dec 22, 2009 Bottle, Pours clear golden with thick white head. Aroma, soft mellow sweetness with big hoppy citrus, pine and floral. Taste soft at first then it bringson the hops, lots of citrus and floral bite leaves a nice dry finish. The hops tingle the tongue. I love this beer. One of my daily drinkers. andersand (384), Malmö, Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Dec 21, 2009 Bright golden coloured with a dense white head. Aroma is earthy with sharp citrus and grape. Flavour is earthy caramell, lightly bready with hoppy notes of grapefruit and citrus. Overall bright and easy to drink with a nice rather creamy medium body. Toxygen (366), Sanford, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 | Dec 20, 2009 (br-btl gn-lbl with hops, also on tap at Eli Cannon’s in Middletown CT)
lct-gl, thn-wh-hd, ^eff, med-co2, oily-med-body.
deep fresh-bitter-hop-resin aroma.
§sweet-pale-malt fresh-§resin-§flrl-hop fruity-ale T1, co2 §prtzl-malt earthy-piney-hop T2, bitter-hop-resin short T3, citrus Tf, fruitier and less resiny once warm, ^flavorful.
I didn’t really like the hop character at first, but I like it better and better. I think it’s the hop varieties, not the continuous addition that i’m not fond of. And I think I like it better from the bottle than the tap. StinkBall (76), Asheville, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Dec 20, 2009 Aroma is a sharp earthy, hoppiness almost a sour bitterness to the smell. Color is a nice golden amber with a two-finger white head with plenty of carbonation present. Oily, full-bodied mouthfeel. Flavor is almost a burnt maltiness with plenty of hops present. Has a long finish. This is an ok beer but not one I would drink on a regular basis. hayduke (1673), Eureka, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Dec 20, 2009 Courtesy of Joe McPhee. This poured a clear amber with a nice white head that had good retention and left excellent lacing. The nose is is citrus and floral hops. Solid mouthfeel and very smooth on the tongue. The flavor is rich with good balance between the hops and malts. Very well balanced. The finish is long and bitter. A superb IPA. RickTStiles (52), New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Dec 19, 2009 Pours amber with a nice white head that sticks around. Decent lacing. Aroma is sweet hops and melon. Taste is rich and somewhat complex with strong but not terribly agressive hops. Very well balanced. Some fruit juice in the body as well. Finishes bitter with a tinge of sweetness. Great IPA!
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