mcmd (134), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Nov 8, 2009 Pours a golden yellow-orange with slight haze and sudsy thick white head. Huge aroma of pine, grapefruit, pineapple. Taste is a quick sweet malt initially then all hops- grapefruit, lemon, and piney resin, huge bitterness in the finish. A very solid ipa. mcferc4 (56), New Jersey, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 | Nov 8, 2009 Bottle from a transAmerican trade with Ryan, RAGE brother. Beautiful pour. Nice, fluffy white head. Strong and complex aroma -- fresh hops. Caramel, pine, citrus. Finish is long and sweet. Very well balanced. Great lacing. In the same league with Two Hearted (and that’s really saying something, as that might be my favorite beer). Fairly light bodied, in a good way. A great one. ogivlado (3050), Zagreb, Croatia
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 | Nov 2, 2009 Bottled 500ml. -from City Beer Store, San Francisco. Orange/golden coloured, medium sized white head that went away slowly, grapefruity hoppy nose. Piney hoppy and fresh citric with touch of spices. Pleasant bitter finish and long-lasting artertaste. Decent IPA. dand645 (92), Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Nov 1, 2009 pours hazy golden with a bunch of white head...nice resin, pine, citrus nose...flavor is much the same...very dry jwbrewing (1), Reno, Nevada, USA does not count | 5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 | Oct 27, 2009 I’ve had this fresh of the taps at Russian River. One fine IPA. I believe this is one of the best IPA’s around. Great Aroma! Miksu (2218), Jyväskylä, Finland
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | Oct 27, 2009 Bottled, thanks Vode! Copper color. Thick juicy hop aroma with pine, orange, lemon and herbs, excellent! Dry bitter flavor with pungent piney, orangey, grapefruity and herbal hops. Excellent fresh hop aroma and flavor! Miver (561), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 | Oct 25, 2009 Draft. Poured golden orange in color with a medium fluffy white head that left fantastic thick sticky lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, grapefruit, sweet fruit. Nice body... Taste is resiny, with piney hops, grapefruit, caramel. I could drink this all the time. Fantastic. KornDogg (187), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 | Oct 25, 2009 draft at The Drafting Room, Exton PA. Aroma of hop/pine... strong rich flavor of pine, hops with a bit of a grapefruit aftertaste... great balance between the floral and citrus notes
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