 Dmalone102 (221), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 2, 2009
Poured from a bomber, purchased in Littleton, CO.
Aroma- Grapefruit citrus, and candy. Resinous. Biscuit is medium.
Appearance- Dark Orange to Amber in color. Perfect Rocky head that stuck around until the last drop. A little hazy (but they must have dry-hopped the bejesus out of this beer!).
Flavor- Huge, intense hop flavor. It’s citrus/piney and very resinous. Lots of sweetness. Big biscuit flavor. There is a spiciness, probably from the hops, not phenols. High Bitterness. Palate- Gigantic body, the long lasting head is indicative of the very chewey body. I swished a little in my mouth and it turned to foam right away. With all of those sugars and resinous hop oils, this is a very chewey IPA. Medium carbonation All of the hops give somewhat of a dry aftertaste.
Overall- Great flavor, and I expect a lot out of an IPA from port (Hop15 is one of my favorite beers ever). The huge body detracts from the overall experience, you shouldn’t have to chew through an IPA, even a DIPA. Ironically, the big body gives points to the appearance because of that long-lasting head. Even though the body and sweetness are big, that hop flavor definately matches it. It’s worth the money for sure.
LinusStick (1852), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 2/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 24, 2009 Courtesy my Secret Santa-thanks man! A nice west coast hop bomb. Aroma was a thick heavy citrus. Pour was a cloudy bubbly medium orange with a one finger off white head. Taste was perfectly balanced. There was a strong piney and citrus hoppiness with a solid caramel malt backbone. Very little carbonation. Another great beer from Secret Santa 09
faroeviking (6126), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 16, 2009 Botella. Hazy deeep golden color with a nice creamy off-white head leaving a good lacing. Sweet hoppy, citrus , fruity and malty pleasant aroma. Good mouthfeel indeed. Sweet quite hoppy, citrus, fruity caramel malty bitter flavour. Sweet and bitter well lasting finish. Hides the alcohol quite well.
pineypower (1104), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 Bottle thanks to Dmac. Pours out a moderate copper color with some slight white lacing remnants of a head. Notes of citrus hops and some sweetness lingering around with a touch of alcohol. Taste is rather boozy, some citrus hops and some sweet malty grain notes make an appearance, but the hops and the alcohol duel it out and the alcohol wins big time.
dmac (1503), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 22 oz bomber from Capones. Pours a murky orange with an average foamy white head. Aroma has lots of fruitiness with caramel and toffee sweetness along with citrus hops. The flavor has some serious noticable alcohol throughout the entire flavor along with lots of grainy malts and harsh citrus rind. Interesting but tone down the alcohol and balance this one out a bit.
SuIIy (1486), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 Bottle. Pours a hazy bright copper color with a foamy white head. Nose is spicy hops with a big malty caramel sugary background. Palate is syrupy and bitter. Flavor is thick bready malt and sticky hop notes with light alcohol warming.
IrishBoy (2722), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 Bomber from Ledgers! Nose of pine, citrus, and floral hops. Cloudy copper orange with a medium glass lacing beige head. Flavor is bitter with some light caramel malt. Finish is nicely bitter.
nimbleprop (947), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 3, 2009 Bottle shared at the DC Local tasting. Bomber pours a transparent orange, amber with a creamy, slightly off white head. BIG nose: perfume, pine, lemons, candy. Flavor is mostly grapefruit, very astringent, pine tar. Finish is a little hot. Some light sweetness.
Ober (1232), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 2, 2009 A little hazy dark golden colored beer, with a thick foamy off white head. The aroma is some sweet with hop bitters, malty and fruits. The atste is dry bitter of hops. It’s burny, with spices like pepper and some alcohol in the back. The aftertaste is bitter and spicey.
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