 bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA
Aug 20, 2009 (Growler, courtesy of BMan1113VR) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, pine, resin, and earth. Flavor is aggressively hoppy (pine, grass, earth), alcohol, and some caramel malt with a dry, bitter finish.
hopdog (5525), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 27, 2009 12oz hand bottle (thanks John!). Poured a medium amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of citrus, floral hops, pine, and some toasted caramel. Tastes of citrus, pine, spicy, and caramel. Some alcohol in the finish.
Cletus (5001), Connecticut, USA
Jul 23, 2009 Growler courtesy of BMan1113VR. Pours copper with a nice white/tan head. Smells of pine resin, spice, sage, sweet oranges. Tastes of resin, spicy, caramelly with a peppery splash on the finish. A little rubbery astringency takes away from this on the finish.
BMan1113VR (2755), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
Jul 11, 2009 On tap at Hollister. Pours with a small, off-white head over and amber body. Aroma of orange, pine and caramel. Taste is orange and strong caramel with a very nice alcohol presence. Strong taste of alcohol for an 8.7% beer. Light and tingly carbonation. Very nice. Picked up two growlers...
SamGamgee (1396), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
Jul 10, 2009 Draught at the brewpub. Amber with a sticky white head. floral and fruity hop aroma with lots of apricot. Hoppy and quite bitter, but balanced by a more pronounced nutty and light caramel malt flavor. Maltier than Hip Hop, which doesn’t let the hops flavor dominate as much, but the hops are also a little more interesting in their fruitiness.
pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
Jun 23, 2009 Amber/Brown with an off white head. Aroma is a light hoppiness, some caramel, pine. Taste is lightly floral, hoppy, some alcohol.
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