rallison (53), USA
Jul 9, 2008
Finally, a nice fresh bottle from which to try this brew.
Pours a dark-ish amber color with a 1 finger white head that leaves some lacing.
Smells deliciously hoppy and resinous with touches of sweet malt.
Wonderfully bitter and resinous in the hop character, almost verging on being of the harsh variety - but luckily it straddles that line on the enjoyable side. Lots and lots of lingering bitterness. Impressive malt body behind it that plays a non-trivial role but still lets the hops shine, especially on the end. This one leans more toward the bitter versus aromatic hops, but they pull that off nicely.
Mouthfeel is relatively crisp despite the significant body with a nice level of carbonation. Drinkability is very good.
Highly recommended. I had a bottle before that didn’t do it for me - this one really seems to be a drink fresh or don’t bother sort of DIPA.
 heemer77 (3955), Savannah, Missouri, USA
Jan 3, 2009 I have been wanting to try this one for years and it did not disappoint. A deep copper body with some bronze. A dense yellow khaki head on top. The aroma was strong grapefruit with some tropical mango. There was also bread crust. The taste was sweet grapefruit and burnt bread crust. There was also a little bit of peanuts. Awesome.
Rciesla (1580), Brick City, New Jersey, USA
Dec 25, 2008 Bottle. Thank you BrianK for the share. Pours an amber orange body with a white creamy head. Sweet hop notes of citrus, and a tangy grapefruit. Light pine and floral hop resins. Good brew!
Hophead22 (462), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
Dec 11, 2008 22oz bottle, again thanks to my brothers freind John. Nice dark copper color with a good lacing head. Very nice piney aroma, just screams dipa mmmm.... Nice smooth hop bitterness, very well balanced and really freaking good.
carl4beer (310), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
Dec 6, 2008 22 oz. bonus from agentsteve. pours a hazy deep golden with an nice white head. aroma is big and full of pineapple and citrus hops... very inviting. Mouthful is good eht big pineapple hop, nice and sticky chewy. finish is pretty crisp, leave your mouth watering a little. Nice DIPA for sure...
caesar (2696), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
Dec 5, 2008 Tap @ City beer, SF. Clear golden color, short head. Aroma of grapefruit, hint of citrus, loads of hop ofcourse. Good bitter taste, fruity, citrussy, good malty body. Great stuff.
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