 jeff789 (411), Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 4, 2009 Pours a hazy golden amber with a nice white head... Aroma is sweet, with notes of pine, citrus, spice, and red fruits... Flavor is creamy with notes of citrusy hops.... Slightly dry finish, not really bitter, not really full bodied....
jimmack34 (570), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 4, 2009 Bottle shared with my bro. Smells super hoppy, like pine and grass. Tastes just as good, nice biterness, taste of pine, citric zest, and hay, but also a nice malt sweetness and brown suagr flavor counteract. Nice balance. Very good IPA.
forsides (85), union, New Jersey, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 25, 2009 amber/orange color with average head. nose - woody piney hoppiness with some spice and citrus. taste - spicy piney hops upfront with a sweet caramel maltiness at the finish. decent body... resiny finish.
MartinT (5068), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 21, 2009 Updated: May 5, 2009My Bottom Line:
Within this lush Double IPA thrive citrus-bearing wooden, spicy hops, efficient companions to the caramel and bread crumb flavors generously offered by the malts. I would expect no less quality from a West Coast I2PA and Mad River delivers with this intense yet balanced number.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam covers the cloudy amber.
-The hop fruitiness is rather orangey, quickly developing into hop cologne when accompanied by the wooden components.
-The mouthfeel is one of its best features, imho; plump, comfortable, never syrupy.
-This may not be as bright as my favorite Double IPA examples, but it sure is a very pleasant West Coast hop fix.
-Light alcohol warmth is felt alongside the hop bitterness.
Bottles.
lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 19, 2009 Pours a blush-copper color with moderate head. Lots of caramel and residual sugars in the nose, with a fair amount of resiny citrus, making for a cotton candy-pineapple aroma. Flavor has a good amount of hop oils in it, with some grassy, herbal tones and a good amount of caramel, pale, and bready malts.
Block (379), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 1, 2009 Orange pour with a white head. Aroma of hops and sweet malts. Flavor is hoppy and fruity. Alcohol and hop finish. Medium body.
fdr137 (32), , New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 25, 2009 12 oz bottle. Pours a golden orange color, with extreme amounts of haze. Offwhite-tannish head. Aroma is mostly hop bitterness, alcohol, and some underlying bready malty aromas. Flavor is some nice hops up front, with a base of malty flavor, followed with an aftertaste that is very alcoholic and then hops bitterness at the end.
DSG (1514), Tel Aviv, Israel
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 24, 2009 (11/4/08) Draught at some place called "Sneak Joint" in Mission Beach, San Diego, that is standing where Liar’s Club used to be. Cloudy orange-brown color with a stable white head. Aroma of piney hops. Bitter hoppy flavor with pine, resinous notes and a bit of malt and caramel to back it up. Medium-bodied. Decent.
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