beer4mencc1701 (21), Irving, Texas, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 6, 2009
Enjoyed at home in 750ml Ceramic. Pours hazy dark gold, with tropical pineapple sweet nose. Smacks you in the face with hops with the first sip, very sharp (almost harsh, but not), the malt-sweetness balances nicely. Cannot taste any of the fruity aroma, just hops, alcohol, hops, then bitterness. Tingly, full-boidied on the tongue & aftertaste lingers. Surprisingly drinkable for an imperial, would order again.
 j12601 (1349), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 28, 2009 Bottle. Pours a hazy orange amber with a thin white head. Citrus, and malt. A little oxidized. Medium bodied and sweet. Finishes with a big grapefruit bitterness. Really bitter.
Toxygen (366), Sanford, Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 26, 2009 (bk-ceramic-btl flp-top, 750ml, 9.2%, 57¢/oz)
§opq-gold, thin- wh-head, ^co2, patchy lace.
aroma: apricot-nectar fresh-sweet-hop.
flavor: apricot-fruity-sweet cracker T1, stale-herbal-hop ^unique vinyl-hops T2, crazy T3, hop-bitter Tf.
a sipper that slowly transitions through 100 flavors at every sip.
oteyj (799), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 24, 2009 Hazy amber pour with a half finger beige head. Aroma is resinous, earthy, and bursting with citrus notes. Flavor is sappy, citrusy, and piney. Excellent hop arrangement and character. Malt profile is caramel and toast. Palate is medium to full bodied with a great amount of effervescence and a sticky resinous finish. Unique and delicious.
jonno (603), Brisbane, Australia
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 20, 2009 Expensive Bottle. Aroma is bready and a little grapefruit. In the mouth it is sweet and and not overly bitter, due to the high alcohol - perhaps a bit more hoppy than say brutal bitter but not terribly. Nice citric tang on the back end. For the price of the ceramic I would say it isn’t worth it, but if you can get it on tap give it a go. A good beer. If I could get it in regular bottles I would drink it more often.
Chalsk (24), North Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
| 4.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 One of my favorite IPA’s. Also love Dogfish 90 Minute and Rogue Double Bastard. Rogue has great body, great balance, clean finish. Nice aroma.
sdriessen (208), Dunedin, New Zealand
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 30, 2009 On the nose I find pears, bubblegum, sour apple and a distinct alcohol. Lovely.
Nice tangy bitterness in the flavours, but not too strong. Lasts forever. Lots of fruit in between.
jbender (23), Hatboro, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 2, 2009 Citrus aroma with grapefruit. Also smell a hint of cascde hops. Hazy golden appearance with almost no head. Very citrusy hop flavor as well. Alcohol hidden well. Good carbonation, medium body. Would I drop $ 18 on a 750mL again? No. Is it a good beer? Definitely.
ricke (246), Malme, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 2, 2009 Serving date: 2009-03-02. Served in snifter. 750 ml ceramic bottle with swing top.
Golden color with brown hues. Small white and uneven head that settles at a medium pace. Chunks of sticky lacings.
The smell is very rich and powerful. Lots of hop aromas, both fruity (grapefruits) and resiny. Pine needles. Notes of mint. Sweet malts as well.
The taste is also full of hops. Plenty of tropical fruit esters (grapefruit, orange, mango, kiwi). Earthy hop notes of grass and pine. Slightly perfumy. Some tobacco. A firm malt backbone balance everything out very well and provides some sweetness. The finish is very long and bitter, bot not overly so, and has a good balance between perfumy hops and sweet malts.
A bit to much carbonation initially, but it gets calmer after a while and all in all the beer is very smooth and creamy. Medium body. The loss of carbonation goes to far however, and this does not serve the beer well.
A very good beer, and considering that it’s a DIPA it’s incredibly well balanced. However, the extremely rapid loss or carbonation and the fact that I got huge black floaties (I’m a bit worried that they are a result of the ceramic bottle) in my last pour from the bottle, decreases the overall grade. Too bad, because it’s a really good beer.
Serving type: bottle
(Copy of old Beer Advocate review)
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