 SDbruboy (1809), San Diego, California, USA
May 13, 2008
On draft at O’Briens. Arrives clear orange-amber with a moderate sized off-white head that leaves some lacing. Piney, resiny, brash citrus aroma with a little ripe summer fruit and a hint of toffee. Definitely a hop bomb in the flavor, big, puckery hop profile, with a bit more ripe fruit and hints of earth evident among the grapefruit juice, and pine oil hops, with a lingering astringent and resiny aftertaste. Indeed extreme, but kind of one dimensional for my current tastes. Medium to full body and gentle carbonation.
oteyj (254), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Snifter. Pours slightly hazy amber with one finger beige head. Aroma is Quite fruity and floral, and slightly a-typical of the style in my expirience. Flavor is a mellow blend of sweet malt with nice but subtle balance from the hop character- grapefruit and citrus. Not overbearing at all. Quite drinkable actually. This would be a good introduction to the style for someone who was ready to take off their proverbial hop training wheels. Palate is oily, thick and crisp. Excellent mouthfeel for the style- would be quite velvety if it wasn’t for the gratuitous hop character. An excellent representation of the style.
JB175 (1269), Holland, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Bottles thanks to SQNfan and Matt from Capone’s - This one has a really pretty & glowing orange-amber color. Aroma is very sweet and citrusy with some bitter notes - monstrous! Taste is like biting from a big grapefruit, ripe cantaloupe, and some fresh hops all at once - really nice hop monster with just enough malt. Thick mouthfeel that is quite fulfilling. Maybe this one just caught me on the right night, but I think this is at least as good as Hop 15. Awesome DIPA!
elnadeau (782), Laguna Niguel, California, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Bottle. Silty gold pour, small head. Aromas are citrus/pine up front, some sweet syrup in background. Resiny, sweet malty flavors back up the hop kick, alcohol warming is nice. A very very good DIPA, me like.
railcat1 (478), Hammond, Indiana, USA
Jul 13, 2008 This was a very good IIPA with a big hop taste and a nice citrus offering to it ,poured orange with a nice fluffy head and abv is not that apparent.CHEERS!
t4h2c0 (47), seattle, USA
Jul 11, 2008 Pours a straw yellow color with slight nose, oliy hop flavor but still a bit watered down tasting. still has a lingering hop flavor that stays on your tounge. Does not taste like a 9.5% beer, watch out this one is dangerous, seems like a easy drinker but beware! I had high expectations and was slightly disappointed but still a good port brew!!
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