 riversideAK (1632), Shoreline, Washington, USA
Jun 8, 2007
Bottle labeled 2006. Sweet fruity aroma, some vanilla, and some caramel malt. The rater below me definitley got it on point, it smells like many barley wines. Pours orange, hazy, with nice lacing on the side of the glass. Some grapefruit hops come through initially, followed by intensely sweet malt, then followed again by the dry citrus hops. Sweetness hangs around in the mouth, coats it, and kicks it for a minute. Very well balanced sweetness and bitterness, but as far as I like my Double IPAs, it is far too sweet. I am glad I got to try it though.
juiceisloose (336), Orlando, Florida, USA
Oct 6, 2008 2007 bottle. This pours a glowing orange color with a medium, foamy white head that slowly recedes to a thin film. Rings of lacing hang around the glass. The aroma shows some citrus and piney hops with a huge amount of sweet toffee and caramel malts that overpowers the hops. A hint of vanilla cream adds some smoothness as well. The flavor follows with the toffee and caramel malts shining through with some hops bitterness on the backend trying to balance things out. The vanilla cream and orange hops blend really well to make a great, sweet flavor. Medium-full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel with a long, bitter-sweet finish. The hops seemed to have been toned down a bit from the age, but this is still very good. i would love to try a fresh bottle of this stuff. Really nice stuff.
jgentgesdo (544), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Oct 5, 2008 Pours hazy brownish orange with a smallish white head. Nose is cookie dough and powerful floral and citrus hops. Flavor of very strong floral hops, slightly less citrus hops, and tons of malt. Rather bitter. Very heavy, velvety mouthfeel. Lingering malty finish. Quite sweet. Very very good.
travita (762), Lewisville, Texas, USA
Sep 16, 2008 Copper orange color, murky in look with a light white head. Smell is grapefruit, citrus, hops, and pine. Taste is medium bitterness with more sweetness than I expected as citrus, caramel, and pine.
mcmd (56), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Sep 14, 2008 Pours a thick cloudy burnt orange with a nice foamy white head - Looks great. Aroma is sweet malt and honey, grapefruit, pine/grassy hops. Flavor is sweet honey malt with a nice balance of piney hops at the finish. Full-body and sticky on the palate. Very nice imperial IPA even if overpriced.
JCB (1061), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Sep 3, 2008 12oz (2007 bottle) from mashmaster - thanks, Tom! Big cloudy orange pour with a still sizable head and a vigorous, well hopped aroma. Surprising that this beer has held up so well in the hops department! I had a few fresh 2006 bottles which were very strongly grapefruity. This isn’t quite up to that description but is a splendid IIPA nonetheless. Nice Cascade hop flavors emerge with the warming malts, which also deliver a pleasantly creamy mouthfeel. Very enjoyable beer.
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