 BBB63 (3810), La Porte, Indiana, USA
Apr 27, 2008
Bomber bottle and sampled in my GI IPA tulip, thanks Jon!
Mostly clean bronze hue with a very nice frothy head which left excellent lace upon the glassware. The aroma has notes of very resiny and leafy hops, a MILD citric ester, caramel and bready malts, and a hint of medicinal vapours. The taste is rather raw bitterness and lacks much finesse, flabby and the hop profile seems to miss working with the malts properly, catty overtones that are not pleasant in the least. The finish is slightly peppery and there is a hint of DMS as well. The mouth feel is warming and sharp but not all that refreshing. The alcohol is very much at the forefront. Not one of the better examples of the genre I am afraid. Perhaps the hops are fading or something but I just get bitterness without brightness.
Nik925 (154), California, USA
Sep 20, 2008 Nice head, but it runs away quickly. There is something special about the hop flavor on this one. Layers of hop flavor over two or three layers of bitterness. There might be a little bit of malt in there somewhere. Crazy bitter. Amazing lack of malt flavor. Even the ABV gets lost behind this wall of bitterness and hop flavor. Way, way, way out of balance, no really, this is like hop juice, ohhhh yeah. Awesome for what it is, a little bit wild for a great score. And a wonderful lupilin hit. Mmm, lupilin!
Saarlander (1459), The Saarland, Germany
Sep 20, 2008 Very floral aroma, Lots of citrus in the flavor, slightly sticky, Grapefruit, Grassy, A very easy drinking brew, Abit subdued in the flavor, but a good drinker none the less, a classic Cali Brew.
Ughsmash (3079), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Sep 16, 2008 Bomber. Poured clear medium orange with a sticky cap of whitish head. The aroma was juicy with floral and starfruit present.. biscuit and caramel sweetness behind.. nice. The flavor opened with tangy, alcohol-amplified grapefruit bitterness with a warm caramel sweetness rolling in afterward.. grassy and citrus bitterness rode it out, but seemed somewhat muted.. finished sharp with boozy bitterness. Medium-bodied on the palate with fluffier carbonation upfront and sticky, boozy sweetness on the back.. did not transition too well. OK.
illinismitty (1456), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Sep 13, 2008 Bottle from Holiday Wine in Escondido. Pours orange amber with a huge white head. Carmelly malt and citrus hop aroma. Medium bodied that stops short of being sticky. Malt backbone of carmelly and butterscotch candy, countered by a pine and grapefruit bitterness. Average attenuation. Hoppiness carries through to the finish, which has a hint of alcohol.Perhaps a little isovaleric (thanks Aspidites), which means this may not be fresh. Typical west coast IPA, but not as good as the well known competition.
Boutip (1815), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Sep 11, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Bu11zeye: Poured a deep cloudy orangey color ale with a small foamy head with average retention and some good lacing. Aroma consists of a sweet malt base with loads of grassy hops with a dominant bitterness. Taste is an unbalance mix between some grassy and extremely bitter hops with a malt base that I just too sweet for my liking. Body is full with some great carbonation and no alcohol could ever be perceptible over this much hops and malt. I am not sure if my expectation where too high or what, but I didn’t enjoy this as much as expected – the balance between the sweet malt and the bitter and grassy hops is hard to digest…
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