 GAManiac (1197), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 22oz bomber poured into a tulip.
Pours a deep, clear amber with a big creamy off-white that shows excellent retention and leaves good lacing as well.
The aroma is excellent with lots of pithy grapefruit, oranges and pineapple with some resinous floral hops as well. Doughy bread whiffs as well. Big and juicy aroma overall.
The taste follows the aroma closely with lots of citrus hops up front. There does seem to be a more prevalent floral hop presence, especially in the finish with a sticky resinous pine flavor.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied with good carbonation but much, much smoother than I was expecting. The hops are definitely there is not nearly the bitterness I was expecting.
This is my first beer from Kern river and it’s quite an introduction. This is an outstanding IPA, extremely drinkable with a massive but not scathingly bitter hop presence. Highly impressed.
pantanap (1369), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 22oz bottle from southbay... Pours a somewhat hazy reddish copper brown with a medium soapy white head... Fresh aroma of pungent and citrusy hops. Smells like it has been recently bottle which is nice... Smooth and creamy flavors of resiny piney and citrus hops that finishes off with a touch of bitterness. Very nice mouthfeel with light to medium carbonation... Wasn’t expecting too much out of this one so this was a nice surprise.
boamr (138), Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 17, 2009 Pours an orange color with a little white head. Has a heavy citrus hop smell to it. Taste is about the same but not as hoppy as I thought it was going to be. Nice IPA
beersearcher (269), Glendale, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 13, 2009 Wow. Floral aromas just jump out of the glass. Blast of grapefruit. Nice amount of bitter that doesn’t bite but imparts lots of flavor.
richlikebeer (832), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 9, 2009 Very sweet aroma. Obviously a ton of hops which made it onterting to me that it wanst more bitter than it turned out to be. Also surprisingly absent was the slick oily mouthfeel which for me was a serious plus.
BelgianBeerGal (1322), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 28, 2009 Traded bottle. Slightly hazy copper colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is well blended between malt and fruity hops. Big hop flavour that finishes with some biting bitterness. Lingering malt in the finish. Pretty nice.
AmEricanbrew (1955), orange, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 8, 2009 Clear amber with a white head. Very nice tropical fruit hoppy aromas. Medium body. Floral and citrus bitter hop flavors on a caramel malty base. Not too bad.
redave (144), squaw valley, California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 27, 2009 Picked up a growler at Kern River Brewing on the way to a camping trip up River, sure glad i did!
Pours a orange golden amber, with a decent head.
Wow what a nose! This is one of the best aroma’s I’ve had in awhile [must not have had a green flash in awhile?]
pine grapefruit.
Great taste Hoppy but a malt backbone, pretty well balanced
Wish this was closer to home!
The Growler was perfect and the carbonation was good
the staff was very nice, and this place didn’t pitch a fit with ordering an IPA for a growler like *some* places....
Will be going back some day
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