 hopscotch (4358), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
May 12, 2008
Bottle… DLD’08… Cloudy, orange-tinted ale with a mid-sized, wispy, off-white head. The aroma bestows notes of fuzzy and citrus fruit along with evergreen and PNW hops. Great retention. Full-bodied with prickly carbonation. Mild sweetness, medium to heavy grapefruit rind bitterness and a very light dusting of salt. Bitter, earthy finish. Thanks so much to Headbanger for sharing his bottle!
carruthm (218), USA
Jul 6, 2008 V - light orange, cloudy, thin head
A - sweet sugar and caramel
T - mild, unassuming
P - carbonated
pnista (861), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Jun 13, 2008 Thanks for sharing Chris. Pours a coppery orange, nice white head, thinning over time. Big hops, a bit soapy, floral sweet light malt. Viscous creamy, low carbonation. Not quite syrupy. Big hops, sweet malt. Caramelly with alcohol and big grapefruit. Lingering grapefruit astringency. Not bad. I really can’t see why this isn’t a double IPA.
twitcher (101), framingham, Massachusetts, USA
Jun 4, 2008 Booze, booze, booze. Smells of booze and burnt hops. Tastes like... booze. And not much else. Heavy alcohol heat drowns out most of the other flavors. Some piney hop flavors and over-roasted malts, but nothing impressive.
Crap beer in a nice bottle with an elevated price tag.
Ibrew2or3 (1571), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
May 28, 2008 Big thanks to Gillard for sitting on this beer and waiting for an excuse to open when I happen to also be in attendance. I’ve been pining for this beer for some time now. YESSSSSS!!!! Now I get some. (un-havered rating to follow)
Pours hazy orange to copper with off white head. The aroma is sweet chewy sticky maltiness mixed with pine to grassy hop bitterness. Plenty of drool inducing aroma. I still get alcohol pulling up into the nose near the end of the whiff. The taste begins smooth with lightly roasted malt semi sweetness. It gets bolder quickly as the pine to grassy hop bitterness and mild pine late addition hop flavor break through to the surface. The sweeter flavor notes recede into the finish as the hop bitterness only grows stronger. Some caramel notes poke up from time to time too. Just a delicious brew.
DuffMan (1838), Calgary (back from 1yr in AUS), Alberta, Canada
May 20, 2008 Cloudy tea-coloured amber. Big aromas of cereal, caramel, and loads of peachy fruity hops. Heavy dense mouthfeel of equal quantites thick malt and fruity bitter hops. A big beer.
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