 wetherel (1641), Encinitas, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 3, 2007 Nice malty wort aroma. Brian from Stone/Holiday said the smell was funky and off, but I loved it. Taste was good, but a little mild.
SledgeJr (3003), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 26, 2007 On tap at thr Rogue Ales Public House in SF. Pours reddish purple in color with a huge yellow umber head. Smells like a barleywine. The head is concrete. Has a tart flavor. Finishes medicinal and quickly bitter. Very long sourness at the end blends to a trite bitterness.
maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
May 25, 2007 WBF-Raleigh. From John’s Locker Stock. Dark brown body with a large creamy light brown head. Heavy malt aroma. Caramel molassas and roasted malt flavor. Somewhat unbalanced with the heavy bitter malt.
ChainGangGuy (2613), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Apr 4, 2007 Appearance: Dark, hazy brown body with a medium-sized, khaki-colored head.
Smell: The aroma smells mighty strongly of hops, with an assertive pine scent leading the pack. Far, far behing the hop scent is a roasty, chocolate malt character.
Taste: A slightly sweet, slightly bready flavor is almost immediately replaced by no real hop flavors, just a pure, raw bitterness that is quite unforgiving. Great, another resentfully hopped Rogue brew. Eventually, all the flavors become completly drowned out by the intense acrid bitterness that continues to build up in the back of the mouth as each sip becomes more toilsome to swallow than the last.
Mouthfeel: Medium-full body, with a slight chewiness. Carbonation remains low.
Drinkability: Enough bitterness to make finishing this pint a truly gruelling ordeal.
Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 3, 2007 (On tap) Slightly hazy dark brown with an orange hue. Creamy, beige head. Fresh, piney aroma. Lightly caramelish flavours dominated by great aroma hops and some accents of peach. The finish is distinctly bitter. 240307
pintocb (518), Darsville, Georgia, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 31, 2007 Dark brown with a white head. Bitter hoppy smells. Some dark sweet tastes and lots of piney bitter hops.
bdjames29 (272), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 17, 2007 Draft (like everyone else) at Dilly Deli. Double Dark IPA as Peanut described it - I believe that fits well. A deeper, malty, less fruity aroma than a typical IPA. Dark amber color and fairly clear. Confusing beer to drink as the appearance makes you think dunkel or the like. But the flavor and mouthfeel is IPA with some slight variations. Dark than most American Strong Ales - a new category perhaps. My full rec.
AllAboutStout (605), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 17, 2007 On draft at the Dilly Deli.
Pours darker than any other IPA I’ve ever had. Has a nice quarter inch head on it when served. Smell is dark and a little roasty. You don’t really get the flavor in the nose. It’s all in the taste. And this is where the hops take over. Lots of bitter/astringent piney hops. Just enough to be assertive and not kill the drink.
It has a thicker mouthfeel for an IPA as well. This is a very good beer that I could easily drink a few of.
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