 sayravai (2992), Helsinki, Finland
Apr 29, 2008
(Bottled, thanks Esa K.) Slightly hazy darkish amber with a small head. Surprisingly mild, slightly stuffy aroma with some exotic fruit. Very intensely aromatic flavor with a mix of all possible hops. Backed by nice maltiness, and a very long, bitter aftertaste. Almost full-bodied with soft carbonation. Not quite in balance, but the intense flavor is very nice.
mar (505), Dallas, Texas, USA
Jul 15, 2008 nice orange pour with a thin cream head. grapefruits, fresh hops and oranges on the nose. nice and smooth on the palate with an awesomely smooth flavor of hops and a really bitter piney hop finish. awesome imperial ipa.
GAManiac (200), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle. Pours a clear dark golden orange with a decent off-white head that dissipates to a ring fairly quickly leaving sporadic lacing. Smell is like walking into a pine forest and breathing it in. There are some citrus aromas and a bread malt background as well. If the aroma is breathing it in, then the taste is like chewing on a pine cone and sucking in the pine resin. Serious pine hops here with some grapefruit and a bit of a bready malt sweetness. The pine hops leave a massive hop bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is super sticky with the pine resin and full bodied with a stinging pine bitterness. This is a great example of a DIPA and extremely enjoyable though the over-the-top bitterness takes away from the drinkability a bit. Highly recommended!
MakeItDrinkIt (50), Portland, Oregon, USA
Jul 14, 2008 This Imperial (Double) India Pale Ale is a deep golden color with a medium to thin fluffy off-white head. The aroma is rich on the hops - piney and grassy, with some malty sweetness. Flavvor is big resinous hops in the front and good maltiness in the back, but well hidden by the big flavor and big bitter from the abundant hops.
Funknmilla (489), Absecon, New Jersey, USA
Jul 12, 2008 Bomber from trade....thanks Mashmaster..:)....Its a gorgeous copper color with red highlights, and beige foam....Aroma---sweet malty and a pungent floral hop scent....just a wonderful balance of the 2...this is the scent I enjoy, a typical IPA aroma, but amped...a perfect nasal balance.....on to the taste....bitter initially...then mellows out by the finish.....it has a very piney taste, the malts are actually blanketed here...its a hop shiner...but I can tell the malts are there doing their job of keeping the hops in their place...a stickiness left to the lips...a bitterness on the finish....a very good beer...it is exactly what a imperial IPA should be...just yum and more yum...the fresh hop flavor lingers on and on
robbmotiwalla (50), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Jul 12, 2008 sweet and sticky on the palate. hops out the ass but well rounded with a creamy molasses twang. reminds me of dogfish 90 minute only better
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