OldGrowth (1426), North Carolina, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Mar 8, 2003 Updated: May 17, 2003From the Braintree, Ma location. Good nose bitter, piney nose. Hazy orange amber color.
Bitter nutty with just enough, I'd like more, carmely malt flavor. Leaves a nice long aftertaste. Chinook hops used in dry hopping. Brewer Scott Brunelle has a winner here. Hopistotle420 (1178), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Nov 10, 2002 On tap at GIBF in Providence RI: Clean white head, honey amber hue. Slightly floral aroma. Pale malt flavor, light to medium bodied, with a big long lingering piney, resinous hoppy finish. Decent. GregL40 (97), Massachusetts, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 | Oct 11, 2002 Go to Rock Bottom in Harvard Sq on Thursday Night. Listen to Citron play tunes and this will get you FUCKED up. The overly bitter aftertaste disappears after the first beer. 10/10/02. Just went to Rockbottom again. Figured out why I got so drunk. It’s 6.1% and all the other beers there are in the 4’s or low 5’s. Slovak34 (99), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Sep 30, 2002 This is a pretty strong beer, but not overly strong tasting. It’s a very good IPA. Terminus (1955), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Sep 10, 2002 Old Chicago-Rockford, IL
on the special board as "Rock Bottom India Pale Ale", so i dont know if this was what i had, but whatever it was, it was excellent-Orange hue, huge citrus aroma with a great hop bite!!! malt presence in the middle. Davhgbrew (418), Boca Raton, Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Sep 5, 2002 I have to agree with Gregl40 on this one, it definitely fucks you up. 1 pitcher and this high potent IPA got ya. Volgon (2489), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Jul 7, 2002 Updated: Jan 29, 2004On Tap and on cask, 7/6/02 Cambridge, MA: Heavy pine aroma, syrupy palate, clear light orange color, bitter throughout. The cask version certainly has an extra hops kick, and typical cask-like differences otherwise. On tap Boston Beer Summit '02: Hazy orange color, nice hoppy taste. It got more bitter as I drank it. ravidesai (915), Bombay, India
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 1/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 | Jun 28, 2002 orange yellow color, thin head.
floral hop nose.
strong hop taste and distinct alcohil taste , a potent ipa ast 6% abv.
hadan odd oily texture and sour aftertaste
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