beerguy101 (3861), Newark, California, USA May 20, 2008 This IPA pours a medium orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel and sweet, with some citrusy and piney hops. A medium bodied IPA. The malts are caramel and sweet, some fruit and toffee. The hops are citrusy and piney. More in the English style of IPA, it has a nice balance of caramel malts and hops. Perhaps a touch of must and cardboard at the finish. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter with some juicy hop flavors Wulfstan (509), California, USA May 13, 2008 I had this on tap. This is a nice IPA. It’s copper with a fairly good off-white white head that lasts a bit and leaves a little lacing. It’s very juicy with a little pine and some clear citrus (lemon and grapefruit) without overdoing it, and has a good lightly caramelly grain and fruit. It leans toward the hops and bitterness, but has enough body, fruity sweetness, and flavour to back this up. It is nicely juicy in taste and feel without being juist one-0note grapefruit flavour. raphael (411), Portland, Oregon, USA Apr 23, 2008 on tap at belmont station. fine aroma--rsin, caramel, strawberry. light amber with barely a head. light in 6 he mouth and drying on the tongue. thin taste a little harsh, grapefruit, slight blush of honey, and alittle body to the hops but overall imbalanced ironchefscott (341), portland, Oregon, USA Apr 18, 2008 bottle from hi-times
I hope this bottle was just old.....the nose hinted at good hop flavor...but did not provide the flavor at all......hints of hop flavor.....that kinda was disappointing! and kinda musty Braudog (3733), Dayton, Ohio, USA Apr 9, 2008 Bottle: The golden-orange-amber color of this is only evident when held to the light. The held is solid and high. To me, the aroma is extremely, over-the-top biscuity,like fresh-baked cookies. that same odd flavor is in the palate. How do I describe it? ... sweet malt, metallic hop, black tea. Definitely on the musty side. Interestingly on the dark side. (#3390, 4/8/2008) Cletus (5001), Connecticut, USA Apr 8, 2008 Bottle courtesy of RiversideAK. Pours copper with a white head. Smells earthy with some tea hints. Tastes peppery with some citrussy touches. Decent. ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA Mar 30, 2008 Bonus from RiversideAK! Thanks Dark amber slightly hazy decent head. Aromas of citrus os fruity esters. Piney hops slightly thin palate with clean bitter finish hopdog (5527), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA Mar 19, 2008 12oz bottle acquired in trade with riversideAK (thanks!). Poured a medium and hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of citrus and some floral hops. Tastes of citrus, pine, and light caramel. Medium bitter finish.
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