 irishsnake (353), Oakland, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 27, 2006 (on-tap at Cato’s) pint is a very pretty, clear amber with a thin white head that holds well and leaves good lace.
very full nose is a combination of sticky-sweet maltiness and citrus-zest hops. smells a bit like a bigfoot.
tastes a bit like a bigfoot, too. lots of sweet sweet malt flavor shoved up against a lot of tart, citric hoppiness, and a big IBU finish.
this beer kind of fell apart for me. I felt like I was drinking a much bigger, heavier beer. (is that 8% right?). kind of like the anti-Pliny the Elder, which is a biggish beer that drinks smaller than it is.
ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 26, 2006 6th annual Bistro IIPA fest. Molasses (?) aroma, and not really hoppy. Hazy, dark gold color. Mostly white head. Nice lace; head diminishes. Slow, rising carbonation. Very sweet with a lot of alcohol. Not much bitterness. Flavor profile reminds me a bit of DFH 90 minute IPA; is it the yeast strain? Very good.
1FastSTi (2580), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 11, 2006 Updated: Oct 25, 2007Tap @ Del Mar location. Pours to a nice copper colored body with a nice white head and good lacing. The aroma is very nicely hoppy. Oranges, lemons, fruityness, malt. The flavor is a nice caramel malt, pine, grapefruit, oranges. Delicious. The palate is medium bodied, coating, bitter, lingering in an excellent way. This is such an awesome beer. 8, 4, 9, 4, 18 = 4.3
Tap @ Scottsdale location. Pours to a hazy rusty amber body with a thin, wispy white head. The flavor is very floral and perfume laded. Spicy too. I couldn’t tell what kind of hops were used. The crystal malt in this pops in the background. The aroma is sweet caramel and what seems like an exotic honey, the hops are so floral. The palate is carbonated, warming, resinous. The beer was listed at 9.4%. 7, 3, 7, 4, 13 = 3.4
beeryum (652), Norcross, Georgia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 5, 2006 Cask, Naja’s from early December. Golden pour. Lots of citrus and orange hop aromas, with some light caramel malt backing. Slightly sweet caramel flavors with generous amounts of citrusy piney and orange hops, with notes of candied fruits in there as well. Very nice.
jimbowood (956), Athens, Georgia, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 1, 2006 Updated: Aug 8, 2007Tasted on draft @ Mission Valley location. Floral hop aroma with strong hop bite. Very smooth with good balance of fruity, floral, and citrus present.
Dickinsonbeer (3497), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 17, 2005 GABF 05. Very light pour with a thin white lasting head and a sticky lace all around the glass. Lots of citrus and orange aromas with some grapefruit- simcoe throughout the aroma and flavor. THis is the typical west coast DIPA with almost no malt profile and just straight up resiny hops in the aroma, flavor and finish. Great DIPA.
tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 7, 2005 Assertive hops in the nose with an orange, resiny, pine, spruce character presage the strong bitterness that can be expected to follow. Some notes of vanilla are also apparent in the toasted malt base. Brilliant, clear golden body is topped with a decent and lasting, fine bubbled, white head that leaves some lace. Earthy, resinous, orange, pine, spruce, tangy hops dominate the flavour with assertive bitterness while malt character is dry and well attenuated. Well named as this is all about the hops. Some notes of alcoholic fortitude are occasionally apparent. Medium light body with moderate carbonation and some alcohol warming. Sampled at GABF 2005.
Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 11, 2005 On tap. Tasted during trip to California. Golden colour with a lance white head. Aroma of nice mixture of fruit and sourness. Very nice full body. Very hoppy flavour, yet seems very delicious indeed. Not much bitterness at tha end. Overall a fantasic IPA.
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