on tap-pours an off white head and gold color. Aroma is nice, sweet citrus/grapefruit hops. Taste is nice, sweet citrus/grapefruit-bitter hops, plenty of medium malt backbone. Solid medium body. OK carbonation.

<b>Date:</b> 04/04/2006<br /> <b>Mode:</b> Draft<br /> <b>Source:</b> Brewpub<br /> <br /> opaque orange, whispy white head, a touch of lace, strong sweet grapefruit aroma fills the air before the glass even hits the table, medium body, piney sweetness that grows nicely as it warms, a bit of alcoholic heat shows un in the finish but is hidden by a long bitter finish that accumulates until you need to scrape it off your tongue<br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>Date:</b> 01/20/2007<br /> <b>Mode:</b> draft<br /> <b>Source:</b> brewpub<br /> <b>Score:</b> 3.6 to 3.7<br /> <br /> clear dark amber, dense beige head, lots of lace, a bit more balanced than last year with both the sweetness and bitterness reeled in to a compramise of rich caramel and good hop flavor and a long easy bitter finish, <br /> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <b>Date:</b> 01/27/2007<br /> <b>Mode:</b> atl cask fest<br /> <br /> sweet pine and citrus aroma, sweet flavor takes the initial lead but the bitterness kicks in for a long finish, <br /> <br /> <b>Aroma:</b> 8/10; <b>Appearance:</b> 8/10; <b>Flavor:</b> 7/10; <b>Palate:</b> 6/10; <b>Overall:</b> 15/20<br /> <b>Rating:</b> 3.7/5.0<br /><b>Drinkability:</b> 7/10<br /> <b>Score:</b> **4<br />

Pours a slightly hazed copper with an excellent head. Pine blends with peach in the aroma. The flavor brings the caramel malt to the front and the hops meld with the malt sweetness to create a touch of citrus fruit and conifer candy.

On draught at Max Lager’s on P-tree. Poured a nice amber-orange colour, with noticeable haze. Virtually no crown whatsoever with wispy lacing. Aroma is very floral and citrus, but not as hoppy as I would have expected for an Imperial IPA. Nice drinkable nature to it, with a delicate hop character. Extremely nice balance of malts to hop. Palate starts out thin and remains thin throughout, but with the bitterness increasing through the smooth hoppy finish. Definitely would not have been able to guess that it was 11% ABV. More of a regular run-of-the-mill IPA than Imperial IPA. Very nice beer I’d drink again, though.

Pours a hazy copper orange with a thin, wispy off-white head. Big fresh citrus hoppy aroma has a nice, sweet caramel malty balance. Body starts lightly syrupy sweet turning slightly harsher and more bitter toward a very warming finish. A little too bitter and alcoholic and doesn’t have enough malt balance. Perhaps over-attenuated.