 jeremytoni (1122), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 29, 2009 From a bottle poured amber with a fair amount of head. Nice strong hoppy flavor with a lasting finish.
BierBauch (650), Cape Coral Waterfront Wonderland, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 28, 2009 Updated: Oct 7, 2009Wow, this is the most impressive offering I’ve tried from Harpoon! Pours a hazy golden straw colr with some decent head and lacing. Aroma is a big pine and peach explosion with hints of tropical fruit. Full bodied and oily slick. Concentrated hop flavors with peach and pinecone notes. Overall a big hoppy beer yet a bit unbalanced. It is what it is, a big hoppy IPA.
nickd717 (1389), Palo Alto, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 28, 2009 GABF 2009. Golden-amber appearance with a large white head. Aroma is caramel malt, spice, and citrusy hops of average intensity. Flavor is a little weaker and rougher on the hops than I’d like, with hops mostly of the orange/grapefruit variety, but a little pine in there as well. Malt character is mainly caramel. Body is medium with some sticky and mildly syrupy hop oils on the palate. Overall, this is about average for a DIPA.
probstk (1064), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 26, 2009 12 fl oz bottle via Lubiere (merci!), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass.
App.: Clear light amber with a nice light tan meringue.
Aroma: Big sticky gobs of sweet marmalade and caramel, strong fruity notes of apricot and peach, what I’ve come to expect from American DIPAs.
Palate: Medium+ body, fairly full, small, soft effervescence.
Flav.: Like the nose, there is a predominance of spicy bitter orange and grapefruit with a solid caramel backbone, fairly fruity and sweet; sweet and quite bitter, drying with some strong bitter citrus notes to finish alone with burnt sugar.
Quite as expected.
ALCOHOLNIZM (65), WARWICK, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 25, 2009 Updated: Sep 26, 2009IVE HAD HARPOONS IPA AND ENJOYED IT ALTHOUGH IT WASNT GREAT. THIS HOWEVER IS GREAT. POURS A CLOUDY ORANGE WITH A NICE HEAD THAT STICKS TO THE SIDES OF THE GLASS, SMELLS OF RICH HOPS AND TASTES ALMOST OVERWELMINGLY HOPPY WITH ALL ITS CRISP BITTERNESS, DELICIOUS GRAPEFRUIT AND A LITTLE HONEY. THIS ONE CAUGHT ME BY SUPRISE, QUITE GOOD.
jcos (55), Maryland, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 24, 2009 From Norm’s Beer And Wine in VIenna, VA. Nice golden color. Semi sweet aroma. Nice hoppy flavor, with a little fizzy mouthfeel Nice tasting beer.
Cobra (1066), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 24, 2009 12 oz. brown, longneck bottle. 2009 batch. Poured out a clear golden yellow color, with a massive head. Aromas are of resinous hops, grapefruit & pine trees.
Flavors are mostly hops, slight malt flavor. Medium mouthfeel, decent body.
Alcohol is well hidden, but it does sneak up on you.
Pookie9121 (87), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 23, 2009 12 oz Bottle. Pours a nice amber color. Light to medium white head. Smells of hops. Tastes of hops and malt. Very good beer. Recommended.
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