 hellomynameis (794), Mayer, Minnesota, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 5, 2007 this bottle has some age and may be why the aroma is lacking a bit. Never-the-less, nice hippy aroma without much else. The body is quite good and the flavours ends up being a bit plain with some bittering hops in the forefront and not much for real hop flavour. Has an uninteresting malt profile. Not bad by any stretch of the imagineation but not really very exciting.
joebrew (608), Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 5, 2007 Updated: Oct 8, 2007Thanks to Yesper for sharing. Pours a fiery reddish orangish brown. Very perfumy flloral hoppiness and a good dose of citrus. Holy citrus hops. A nearby friend said "I believe they have defined IPA" and that is very true. Killer citrusy finish. Wow is this good!
after4ever (2840), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 27, 2007 22. Thanks, Maria! Good stuff. Pours glowing orange-amber under the light, more of a deep burnished copper when it’s set to the side. Big thick rocky white head. Nice floral, slightly grassy nose--understated by most beer geeks’ reckoning to be sure, but still very much in the American style. Medium body, nicely balanced tingly carb. Caramel and dry leaves and a bit of pine on the mid-palate, with a nice tingly herbal cling to the finish. This is a pleasure to drink.
Miksu (2241), Jyväskylä, Finland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 14, 2007 0.66 l bottle. Copper to amber color. Hoppy aroma with apricot, pineapple and other exotic fruits. Oily, herbal, flowery, hoppy, honeyish and sweetish flavor with some sharp alcohols. Piney finish. Nice exotic hop aroma.
kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 06/09/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog 3D
clear dark gold, wispy white head,
sweet fresh citrus hop aroma with a light fruity character,
sweet malt flavor, lots of hop flavor and bitterness with a citrus edge, touch of fruity sweetness, hint of alcohol,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4
Glouglouburp (2887), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 29, 2007 Partly cloudy golden-copper body with a medium off-white head. Very hoppy on the nose with orange and pine-tree aroma. Crisp toasted malts with a thin layer of caramel spread are dominated by the juicy hops. Best feature is the juicy flavour bitterness of medium-high intensity. Excellent beer although I slightly prefer their similar but superior Stateside IPA which offers more in the malt department. Still this is an excellent west-coast style IPA. As Californian-influence as a skinny over-tanned Danish fake-blonde with big implants.
Proteus (98), Finland
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 28, 2007 Bottle. Hazy copper color with a lovely frothy head. It’s remarkable how little it has aroma if you compare it to the flavor. Aroma has some hops in it and hint of the caramel malts but it’s the flavor that really makes this beer (luckily). Great taste with some sweet alcohol coming thru with an exploding bitterness in the finish from the hops. The malts give a more deeper experience to this IPA, very well balanced!
MartinT (5075), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 25, 2007 My Bottom Line:
Vivacious pine resins and various herbs proliferate on the tongue, producing citrusy, perfumy fruit allusions in this remarkably drinkable American-style IPA.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam laces all around the hazy amber.
-This Green Gold does not have as much of a caramel malt apport as their Stateside IPA, but there’s plenty of malt to support the hop flurry nonetheless; just not the same flavor contribution.
-This is as good as any other Mikkeller IPA I’ve had, so no surprises here; it’s juicy hop goodness.
-The long resinous hop bitterness is neither exaggerated nor restrained; a perfect middle ground for quenching purposes.
Bottle; best before 21/02/2008. Thx David!
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