 papajohn (1055), San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 19, 2008 4 oz sample on tap@the brewery: Golden-amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma is citrus and pine. Flavor starts tropical fruit sweet followed by lots of bitter grapefruit, a little pine and a semi-dry bitter orange rind finish. Medium body is creamy with gentle carbonation. West IPA on steriods!
jcwattsrugger (5573), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 16, 2008 on tap-pours a patchy off white head and slightly hazy amber color. Aroma is bitter hops-pine/citrus/some sweet (simcoe, cascade?). taste is dry bitter hops-pine/citrus/some sweet (simcoe, cascade?), floral, faint medium malt. Big. Sipping.
Ibrew2or3 (2766), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 13, 2008 On tap @ the Stone World Bistro. Pours copper with thin off white head. Full aroma chubbed up with pine hops, some grapefruit hops and mild sweet malts hanging around out the back. The taste is big and chewy with ample malt sweetness that feebly attempts to balance the bold pine, grassy and mildly grapefruit hop bitterness. This is a nice very nice West Coast hop bomb brew with high gravity that helps feed the malt backbone. Spot on IIPA.
wetherel (1641), Encinitas, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 31, 2007 On tap at Green Flash. Nice IPA. Medium bitterness. Medium hop aroma. Light amber color. Little head consisting of small bubbles. Light amber color.
badlizard (2380), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 26, 2007 On tap at Hamiltons. Golden brown with a fizzy white head. Grapefruit and malty aroma. Sweet citrus orange and lime taste with floral hops in the finish.
kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 12, 2007 Date: 11/29/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: O’Brien’s
clear dark copper, wispy off white head,
sweet pine and tangerine aroma,
creamy body,
sweet fruity tangerine flavor, touch of pine, hint of alcohol, lasting tongue scraping bitterness,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
SDbruboy (1832), San Diego, California, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 8/20 |
Dec 12, 2007 On draught, at the Tap Room in PB. Clear dark amber with a thin head. Brash piney hops dominate the aroma, with hints of toasty and grainy malts evident as well, but mostly hops. Flavor - lets see, how many ways can I describe it - pine needles, pine oil, pine-sol... Wow, the flavor of this one is overpowering piney hops, I never thought I’d say this but it’s too much, bitter, astringent and acidic - made me wince. Medium to full body and gently carbonated. I wish this one were bottled, so I could age it and allow the hops to settle at bit and the malts to come forward.
goldtwins (4084), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 10, 2007 Updated: Feb 12, 2008Tap @ O’Briens. Poured a golden orange color with an off-white head. Nice hop forward aroma. Citrus and grapefruit almost cover the caramel malt. More citrus and grapefruit in the flavor. The bitterness on the finish was strong but balanced. Medium body and semi-dry.
Tap @ Bistro’s 8th Annual IIPA Fest. The beer poured a slightly hazed amber color with an off-white head. Floral and pine hop notes make up most of the aroma. Some malt tries to poke through. The flavor was hop forward with some bready malt. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel. Nice beer.
7/3/8/4/15
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