Rock Art Belvidere Big IPA

Bottle. Pours a orangish copper color with a small off white head. very nice lacing. nose is dry, piney hop notes. Palate is filmy with a bitter, dry finish. Flavors of piney hops, light malty bniscuit notes, and a dry bitter finish.

22 ounce bottle in pint glass. Hazy copper orange with lasting head and lace. Medium aromatic hop slightly citrusy slightly biscuity aroma. Toasted toffee biscuits subdued and fruit and very dry assertive bitter grapefruit finish. Medium body. Fairly assertive flavor for a lower abv DIPA. Pretty good.

Deep copper coloured body with ruby tints, a dense tan head and a bit of orange highlights too - looks nice! Aroma of strong hops, alcohol, metal, malt, caramel and a bit of pit fruits. Full-bodied; Assertive hoppy flavour with alcohol and metal behind along with a good dose of malts and yeast. Aftertaste rough around the edges with a metallic twang and a hoppy finish along with plenty of noticeable alcohol. Overall, a good beer, definitely respectable for the style, which I don’t like too much, but can find the good aspects of this beer - a ton of hops and bitterness, which differentiate this to most other Imperial IPAs. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Liquor Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 03-October-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 18-October-2009.

pint @ Sunset Grille. Ok aroma, toasted wheat, minor citrus, caramel. Tad hazed brownish orange color, ok head and lace. Bitter sweet flavor, like aroma, Medium body, creamy mouthfeel, bitter finish. Eh, not much to grab me. I’ve been away from New England for 3 years and this reminds me why I had generally avoid this brewer. Nothing technically wrong, but uninspiring....

ྶoz bottle) Small beige head atop murky copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, butterscotch/toffee, some pine, caramel, light nut. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit/pine, some floral, caramel/toffee. Medium body, light resin.

Tap at Nside. Pours a lightly hazy orange amber with a medium bubbly off white head. Aroma of fresh American hops, tea, caramel, Cheerios, floral and perfume notes. Flavor of piney and grapefruit hops, caramel, toffee and some nuts. Liked how the hops came together with the malt in this beer. Haven’t been overly impressed with the Rock Art beers but this was well done.

Pours a deep slight hazed copper/amber with a foaming off whtie head. Aroma is grassy, herbal, ok citrus hops- a bit stale, not quite that powerful- some orange zest, and caramel malts in the backbone. Flavor is also grassy, citrus, herbal, moderate crystal malts- caramel and toffee sweetness, and a grassy slightly astringent finish.

22oz - Generously shared by Brian from the Wine Source. Thanks! Chill haze copper, thin off white head. Soft citric and flroal pine-like aromas ride a light caramel toast foundation. Clean tropical pine and citirc bitterness rounds with hints of peached molasses. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation, soft bitter finish. Not world class, but certainly tasty...