 Bigsilky (322), Charleston, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 8, 2009
Tarnished copper hue with a thin head. French vanilla oak dominates the nose with a touch of hop spice and some caramel malt. Certainly complex. A firm hop bitterness grips the palate as waves of sweet malt and fresh oak shavings cascade. Round sweetish finish with some hop cleaning power. Overall, strange. The nose is huge oak, and seems to define the entire effort. Hops don’t show hugely in the nose or the mouthfeel. A tasty beer for certain, although I would like to see the oak a little more restrained. 15th plays well into the pantheon of aged, strong ales from Great Divide. Not so much to their wonderful portfolio of hoppiness.
beernovice39 (307), South Carolina, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Maybe, I got a decnt bottle of this stuff. Three of us tried it, all enjoyed, I was greedy and took the lions share. Its not a hop bomb and has a small burn. Unique
deyholla (739), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 Bottle. Poured a clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma was full of pine hops as well as a strong wooden notes. Flavor began with a nice pine hop bite with a bit of wood towards the finish.
5000 (2600), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 21, 2009 Bottle: Coppery amber, fairly clear, moderate to large off-white frothy head, nice lacing, light carbonation. Woody nose, well pale woodiness, seems a little sweet and sugary. Imperial IPA seems subtle, very minor hop
or juicy citrus on the nose. This one is woodish all the way. Falls flat in the malt aspect for an Imperial IPA. Rather woody, not as sweet as the nose suggested. Just minor, this one isn’t big at all and ends up
with this huge woodiness without a sweet malty background to compliment it. Body and mouthfeel, you guessed it... average. Somewhat dry on the finish. Lordy, no sweet malty or citrus aspects. This is more like an
IPA or even Pale Ale in that it doesn’t see anywhere near as big as even a weak IIPA. Yeah, liking this less and less as I drink more and more. Simply unbalanced.
jsquire (2123), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 17, 2009 Deep amber color with a big, rocky beige head. Buttery barrel nose with hop resin. Lots of wood in this one, with orange peel, vanilla bean, and grapefruit rind. I still don’t think that most IPAs benefit from being wood aged.
Tejas (703), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 6/20 |
Dec 10, 2009 What a disaster. Tasted like I sucked on a towel soaked w/ Jack. No beer flavor at all. No good hoppy bitterness. Just weird and big and whiskey flavored. Can’t believe I wasted $10 bucks on this crap. Fuckers!
mspindler (351), Alta Loma, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 9, 2009 Bottle shared by DuffmanSW. Pours a dark reddish copper with a light orangeish tan head. Aroma is caramel, vanilla and citrus. Flavor is caramel and woody earth with a moderate bitterness. Full bodied with moderate carbonation.
WabashMan (817), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 Good, but I had expected more from this beer. Surprisingly mellow, for an IIPA, with a very underwhelming hops punch, but significant notes of sweetness and malt. Like many IIPAs, it seems to bleed a little into barley wine territory, with the alcohol and sweet, caramel, toffee notes, but I’m still very surprised by how moderate the hoppiness of a beer like this is.
Suttree (2743), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Very caramelly, sweet toffee-ish aroma. Flavor is very malty sweet at first -caramel and toffee, of course, but also blueberries, which is kinda odd. Hops are bit understated for a DIPA, but still nicely bitter. The oak flavors are in the background. This is a pretty tasty brew.
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