 beerguy101 (3468), Newark, California, USA
May 3, 2008 Tasted at the February Northern California Beer Tasting. This IPA pours a medium orange gold color from a 16oz(?) can. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity, tropical even and piney hops. Medium bodied Double India Pale Ale. The malts are caramel and fruity. The hops are piney and a touch citrusy. Nice balance. Good carbonation. I like it, a DIPA in a can. Hides the 8,5% alcohol very well. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is crisp and clean. Aftertaste is slightly bitter
estoppel (1014), Buffalo, New York, USA
Apr 19, 2008 Draft at the brewpub. C-hop nose, darkish amber body, nice white head. Well-balanced hops with crystal malts. Best beer I tried from this brewery.
blutt59 (624), Dallas, Texas, USA
Mar 26, 2008 on tap at the brewpub, golden orange color with nice grapefruit hop taste, very smooth with good body to it, a nice one
stoutlover72 (1320), NorCal, California, USA
Feb 26, 2008 NorCal Feb ’08 - One of the more rare beer styles found in a can. Suprising too because you’d think that maybe a can might preserve it’s contents a bit better than a glass bottle. Either way, this beer was decent. The beer is copper in color with a nice two finger thick white head. Aroma was very tropical-like, that shifted gears from time to time with a piney hop attack. Malts were sweet, peppery with an unerlying nail polish like aroma ot the whole beer. Flavor was sweet, with a nice citrus hop character to it. No way I’d consider this a double IPA. IPA at best and it’d be a nice one. But a DIPA? Uh-uh.
Davecooks (1140), Bay Area, California, USA
Jan 30, 2008 Can (which I got privileged access to). Caramel color with a light ivory head. Malty aroma with tons of piney hops (I’ll never get tired of opening these cans and getting that face-full of hops!) Bitter and very hop forward with a nice caramel malt presence. Somewhat oxidized but it fits nicely with the flavor.
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