 zathrus13 (1090), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
May 31, 2008
Pours hazy gold, with a white head. Aroma is grapefruit hops, pine, and some sugary sweetness. Flavor is wonderful fresh hops, with some malt and caramel. Ends slightly bitter. highly enjoyable.
Hophead22 (252), Redlands, California, USA
Oct 6, 2008 22oz bottle. Nice orange/yellow color, white head with good lacing. Very nice floral aroma, fresh of course, grassy as well. Very well balanced with the malts, not over the top on the bitterness, very tasty and very well done.
Beerman6686 (780), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 3, 2008 Poured a golden cloudy color with a small white head. Aroma was full of citrus hops, really fresh smelling and got me excited. Flavor not not quite as enticing as the aroma, malts get in the way a bit, but overall still pretty bitter, citrusy/pineapple mostly with some pine flavor mixed in.
steview (776), Oceanside, California, USA
Sep 29, 2008 gold body, somewhat hazy, small soapy head, moderate lacing; medium in all accounts, but its spiciness, which is light; aromatic note of peach, spice; flavors consist of grapefruit, lemon, pine, grass; fresh, good, best if let to warm.
nqualls (420), Tennessee, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Bottle. Poured a clear gold color with a three finger white head. Aroma of citrus hops and pine. Flavor was citrus and pine with a slight malt note. Medium body with good carbonation.
GAManiac (338), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug 12, 2008 Pours a bright, clear pale golden with a puffy white head that lingered for a while leaving good lacing. The smell was citrus hops, mainly lemons with a bit of grapefruit, with a bit of pine. Not nearly as fragrant as I expected. The taste mirrors the aroma with some citrus and pine on top of a bready malt backbone. There is a decent hop bitterness but nothing overpowering. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with decent carbonation and a slight hop stickiness. I enjoyed this one but I really think I would enjoy it much more fresh. Compared to the fresh Hop 15 I had recently, it just doesn’t stack up. I will seek a fresh bottle of this one when it’s released again.
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