 Drink4Satan (586), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 29, 2007 Pours a clear orange colour with a medium sized head with poor retention, but great lacing. The nose is of strong, slightly sour manderine orange and overly sweet malts. The flavour is as sweet and malty as it is hoppy. The hops are fruity and then piney and citrusy in the finish. Sticky sweet malt and sugar also accompany the hops in the finish. The hops seem a bit flat in the taste as they are overpowered by malty sweetness, sugar and alcohol. The hops are there, they just don’t pop like they should in a double IPA. I feel the flavour profile in this brew is more like a barleywine.
coldbrewky (727), Saugerties, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 29, 2007 Bottle: Intense aroma upon opening of Hops and sweeeet malts. Heavy pour yeilds a fluffy head with swiss cheese sticky lacing. The deep golden color along with the intese aroma sings the siren song of "consume me now"! Medium body is surprisingly brief with light aftertaste ofyou guessed it...hops. Many thanks to the slob for asking me to hunt this critter down for him.
kenb (1100), Oregon, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 25, 2007 12 oz bottle via bmartin08 (thanks!). Pours a very hazy amber with a small beige nose is orange and pine with fusels. Taste starts out with some caramel, then some orange, pineapple, and piny hops. Aftertaste is bittersweet. Body is medium/full. Carbonation is medium. This is a well-done balanced east coast IIPA, not sure why it is rated so low...
WISEGUY572 (1246), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 16, 2007 Dark copper, clear but dense, small bubbles, slowly rising. Almost no head. Nose of oranges, hops, sweet malt, and alcohol. Taste more sequential than integrated and balanced. First impression is a huge slam of cascades, with great aromatics ... pine tar and oranges. Next impression is sweet malts, maybe sugar too, then overwhelmed with a slow alcohol burn. The finish is bitter, bitter hops. Dead flat in the mouth, and some real carbonation would have countered both the alcohol and the bitterness. This seemed to me more of an overhopped barleywine than a double IPA. Not especially interesting, which is surprising for my favorite style.
Bockyhorsey (2528), Mesa, Arizona, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 14, 2007 12 oz bottle from Secret Santa. Citrus orange peel and sweet malt on the nose. Orange body with off white head. Dry citrus vine and pine flavor to start with. As you get to the middle to finish beer has a thick sugar malt coating along with a good dose of sweetness. Maybe just little to sweet but still a good beer.
KingpinIPA (842), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 8, 2007 Copper color. Smell of pine, flowers, malt, hops, citrus peal, brown sugar, caramel and minor spice. Taste of hops, sugar, malt, caramel, toffee, grass, grapefruit, orange zest and apricots. Very thick and chewy. Thanks to Davehoward for the bottle.
RCL (1477), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 24, 2007 Sampled on tap at their tasting room. Nice color. Good, more herbal hop character in the aroma. Well balanced and drinkable.
BREWMUSKCLES (1074), New Jersey, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 20, 2007 I HAVE A MEDIUM LIGHT APRICOT COLOR. STRONGISH ALCOHOL AND HOP WITH A PEAR INFUSION TASTE PERHAPS A LIGHT TOUCH OF GREEN TEA. WELL MADE AND CLASSY. NICE FLAVOR BALANCE. WE WILL SOON SHOW YOU SOMETHING WESTERN COUSINS! EASY MALT CHARACTER TOUCH SLIMY AND EASY AND WARM. VANILLA RIGHT UP FRONT. WELL DONE ITHACA! THIS MELLOWS IN SHORT ORDER. BEAUTIFUL FINISH.
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