 gunhaver (1025), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 2, 2008 Updated: Jun 4, 2008Bottle, courtesy illidurit. Transparent copper pour, giant foamy white head, and dry, cotton-like lacing. Big piney hops in the nose, grapefruit and some vanilla cake frosting. Flavor has a lot of citrus and floral notes, followed by typical pine. Malty finish, fairly muted though. Drinkable and interesting, not terribly balanced, though.
MaltOMeal (652), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 1, 2008 bomber courtesy of .... Pours a cloudy, faded orange/brown with off-white head. Smell is citrus and peach. Taste is harsh hops and sweet malt. Mouthfeel is of massive hops - harsh and bitter. Wow, no balance here! Potent stuff!!
badgerben (3592), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
May 30, 2008 Thanks to STLWill for bringing this one to have along with their "regular" IIPA. Copper color with no head. Monster orange, citrus peel, bitter aroma. A massive smack of pine hop flavor. Big caramel malt base. Finishes with fresh orange and citrus. Now that’s a west coast IIPA!
BMan1113VR (2813), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 30, 2008 Pours with a small, creamy, off-white head covering a cloudy, deep orange body. Aroma of spruce, grapefruit, rotting fruit, and brown sugar. Taste is immediately bitter malts followed by a bild up of hop bitterness that, over the long duration, finishes clean. Slight alcohol warming noticable immediately. Creamy mouthfeel with lively bubbles. I would like to see a bit more balance in the form of some added malty sweetness.
ReademNwheat (174), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
May 27, 2008 On tap. pours a hazy copper with small white head. Aromas of piney hops and floral hops. first sip is a hop punch in the mouth. very sticky piney taste, with notes of citrus and caramel. Awsome brew for any hop head.
pforei (338), USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 25, 2008 Amber with samll head that completely dissipates; leaving lacings. Pine and citrus aroma with some perfume. Sweet malt apparent upon tasting in addition to the hoppiness. Sweet. Flat. Medium bodied with somewhat oily palate. Long bitter resiny finish with a fair amount of alcohol.
SQNfan (591), Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
May 23, 2008 This poured beautiful copper in color with a moderate off-white head that faded away. The nose was loaded with a mix of floral, herbal and citric hops. In the mouth this was powerful and concentrated that finished dry and quite bitter. There is a little malt balancing out the beginning of the midpalate but the hops really kick in on the finish. If given 6 months to let the hops fade a bit this may fall into better balance and really impress.
elcaballo (101), Beverly Hills, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 21, 2008 Wow quite a hoppy beer. For a IIPA this one definetly falls on the bitter side which was very nice. However the bitterness really lingered and I found the exploration of hop flavors to be a bit heavy handed. All the typicall hop flavors are there but it is all just a little out of balance. I enjoy very bitter beers but the long lingering finish prevents this beer from being the summer refreshment i was looking for. I will re-rate this again on a cooler day because i think the weather may have really effected my enjoyment of this
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