 Ernest (4483), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Nov 4, 2009
Bottle.
Head is initially small, frothy, white, mostly diminishing.
Body is medium to dark yellow.
Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (caramel, toasted grain), moderately hoppy (resin, grapefruit, apricot), with notes of turpentine, walnut, shrimp.
Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter, unclean.
Medium body, syrupy texture, soft/lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic, lightly astringent.
Strange off notes that made my stomach clench up a little bit every time I took a whiff (the body’s way of telling the brain "don’t drink this", perhaps?). Syrupy, sour, and dirty tasting. An unpleasant experience.
KAggie97 (2432), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Tap at Anchor Bar, Wichita.
Pours a deep cheddar orange with a nice head and lacing. Aroma is crisp, sweet and sour grapefruit and pine sap. Flavor is floral hops with a rosy orange juice finish. Average tingly moutthfeel. Too light and floral.
drpimento (819), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Poured wth a big, off white, foamy, frothy, soap bubble head and some lace. Color is a slightly hazy amber. Aroma is of course hoppy, Fresh qualities in the nose too. Flavor is bigger with some of grapefruit qualities that personally, I’m not too big on. Body is quite good and so is carbonation. The piquant grapefruit thing is overdominant for me, but technically very well done. Finish is the same.
Fratto (712), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 Bottle from Cavie. Hazy orange pour. Citrus and hops aroma. Very dry taste is very hoppy and a little alcohol.
Beerlando (2319), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 12 oz. bottle. Pours a very lightly hazy, dark, burnt-orange amber hue. A frothy, spongy head of eggshell colored foam. Thick, ribbony swaths of lacing cling very hard to the glass. The aroma shows a monstrous, buttery, toffee malt base, with notes of honey and orange marmalade. Grapefruit and pine hops are potent, but outshined by the hefty, boozy, sweet malt. Flavors show a stark contrast between those huge honey-toffee malts and resinous, piny, orange-grapefruit hops. Traces of buttery diacetyl detract from things a bit, and the alcoholic heat proves obtrusive. The body is heavy and sticky, drinking slow and sugary. This one really falls short for me. It reminds me of 2 year old Hopslam, and that’s not a good thing.
Cavie (1384), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 Bottle courtesy of BückDich. Clouded orange color. Smell is huge sweet hops. Taste is largely sweet. Bready with bitter on the finish. Not over the top hops but an obvious high IBU.
boFNjackson (1273), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 Bottle... Poured hazy orange with a thick white head, nice lacing and retention. Zesty, pepper-like hops and grains on the nose. Well carbonated. Noticeable alcohol and bitter hops, floral bouquet to it. Fruity and nice esters. Like an overly hopped barleywine. Balanced, malt finish.
popery (164), San Francisco, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 19, 2009 Relatively light color for a DIPA, a light, golden amber hue. Some lacing. Fairly standard look for a DIPA, which is a good thing, although it’s a tad cloudier. Good orange-flavored hop scents dominate the aroma. There’s a touch of pine resin in there, too, but it’s more on the sweet citric end of the hop spectrum, almost verging into tangerine/pineapple country. There’s some good caramel malt to back up the hops, but it just doesn’t have the punch of the top tier DIPAs. The beer tends to get a bit cloyingly sweet. It’s still bitter, but the malt is boozy sweet and the hops are a bit one note after a little while. Then again, I like hops and DIPAs, and I am definitely still enjoying the beer.
arrogantb (701), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 18, 2009 I bought a four pack for $9 which seemed like a good price...Bright orange color with lots of lace and a foamy head. It smells syrupy, some hops, uh....It tastes like its got a lot of hops but it is also very syrup-like and the mouthfeel is astringent. Maybe I have been spoiled by having access to Pliny and I’m biased but this was a very average double IPA.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 11-19-2009 03:05:46
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