BelgianBeerGal (1305), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 | Oct 24, 2009 Local bottle. Pretty heavy hitting IPA for me. Pours a clear bronze colour with a small white head and nice lacing. The aroma is pine resin and needles. The flavour adds in some malt and some clean bitterness on the finish. Just seemed a little heavy to me for an IPA. Bitterness stays with you.
jimmythechippy (23), , Australia
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Dec 19, 2009 nice hop aroma hits your nose a soon as it was poured, nice fluffy white head with a golden apearance. really nice well balanced ipa, not overly bitter which was nice for a change. shawnm213 (955), South Bend, Indiana, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 18, 2009 I wish this were just a little more bittery. Pretty nice stuff. Grafruit , pine, toffee, toast, notes. Like it a lot JCB (1781), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 17, 2009 12oz bottle from bring on BA - thanks, Barry! Been wanting to try this brew for a while, so it was a mighty sweet extra. Very clean pour, clear light orange, with crisp carbonation and a thin foamy head. Bright and sweet aroma, with not much bitterness detectable. Full bodied, playful. More grass and bitterness in the taste, lending the beer a nice combination of flavors, well balanced and with a slightly dry finish (though those sweet citrus tastes are there throughout). Pretty good. elguapo47 (9), California, USA does not count | 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Dec 3, 2009 12 oz bottle
Aroma- nice earthy smell with citrus hoppiness. malty caramel nose as well.
Appearance- golden-orange, lingering off white head. minimal chill haze present.
Taste- balanced taste up front of caramel malts and earthy hop flavors. Hops kick in, offer a bright, citrusy quality. Grapefruit bitterness comes through in the finish. bitter, lingering aftertaste not too strong. warming as well.
Palate- medium bodied. slight slickness. light carbonation.
Complex yet balanced and very drinkable. malrubius (1002), Valley Stream, New York, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Nov 28, 2009 12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Dark golden with head and lace. Fresh earthy citrus hop aroma. Mild toasty biscuit peach grapefruit with assertive complex citrus earthy pine hop and very dry toasty earthy wet pine forest and citrus finish. Excellent medium firm body. Awesome. DonBirnam (75), Wellington, New Zealand
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Nov 21, 2009 Golden-amberish in appearance. Sweet and bitter bop aroma. Not much malt flavour, but a very large hop flavour. Narrowly manages to avoid being unbalanced. Very smooth in the mouth. Lovely. andersand (373), Malmö, Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 21, 2009 Pale clear amber with a small white head. Has a nice tropical fruit aroma with peach, pineaplle on top of a light caramell foundation. Flavour is the same with a addition of a nice "off note" that I cant put my finger on. Ends on a dry and very bitter citrus loaded note. Body is medium with rather sharp carbonation. fonefan (11817), VestJylland, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Nov 17, 2009 Bottle 12fl.oz. Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, pine, grapefruit, orange. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090805]
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