 drfabulous (1275), Columbia, Missouri, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 22, 2007 Very tasty. Strong hop flavor. But not the heavy malts that other doubles have. I guess in beer talk, it’s piney, but I’m enjoying the bit of fruit taste as well. Really wonderful beer. Yet another great CA beer we have to special order to drink. If it wasn’t for forest fires, no water, and sinking into the ocean, I would move to California just for the beer.
Angeloregon (2036), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 21, 2007 Poured a mild yet deep orange-copper color with a fluffy, entrancing head. Big "it" quality nose of fruit and bread perfectly balanced. Grand lacing. The finish completely sold me. Piquant, yet not overly bitter for an imperial IPA. I utterly love this beer!
riversideAK (2799), Shoreline, Washington, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 17, 2007 This is got to be up there on my favorite IIPA list. Huge piney aroma with a little malt sweetness, some grapefruit, and a little toastiness too. Pours a nice orange color with a long lasting head and lacing down all the way to the last sip. Flavor is initially bitter. Mostly pine, some grapefruit, and some toasty caramel malt backing. Pretty damn bitter really! Dry, resiny, and sticky. I was finished 15 minutes ago and I still have sticky drymouth. I love this one. This should be rated higher. I think its better than Yulesmith, which is apparently the third best IIPA available.
swoopjones (1923), Buffalo, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 14, 2007 bottle courtesy of Bill Metzger. Nice sticky hop aroma. sweet caramel malts some grapefruit, pine & citrus.well balanced with the malts. easy drinking DIPA. tasty
bluebullwinkle (2), USA
does not count  | 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 8, 2007 Fairly bitter - high alcohol content - taste of hops and flavor of grapefruit.
Carl (11), Issaquah, Washington, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 30, 2007 Bottle. Mellow hop aroma - strong, but not especially so for an IPA. Poured with nice white head and golden-amber color. Great almost smokey, heavily-hopped flavor with a good bitter finnish. Potent!
bfeldmann (1042), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 28, 2007 Pour was a nice amber color good head amazing lacing. Aroma ws caramel and some fruits. Flavor was citrus fruits, little bready pine had a bitter bit to the aftertaste. Mouthfeel was full, very nice beer.
mtoast (316), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 26, 2007 22oz bottle, consumed 9/26/07. Deep gold color with fairly quick dying head, minimal lacing. Flavor is real big on the hops, very little malt, lots of west coast piney-ness. Flavor is an all out assault of hops, little bit of malt hiding there, hoppiness borders on being overly abrasive with long lingering bitter finish.
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