 brokephibroke (141), Mead, Colorado, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Feb 28, 2009 Updated: Mar 19, 2009Cloudy gold/yellow pour with large creamy head. Wonderful nose. Floral, pine some citrusm but best of all it makes me salivate (seriously). Bitter, lingering fruity and drying.It is a chewy big beer The further into the glass, the more I appreciate the sweet balance of the malt, but it is the hops here that star.
slowrunner77 (58), reno, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 28, 2009 "piney and floral, inticing to the nose, and the mouthfeel and flavor are not a letdown. Big, resiny, almost chewy. Great double IPA!!! Better even than Pliny the Younger, also a solid IPA."
jake65 (1698), Williston, North Dakota, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 28, 2009 Bottle: Golden pour with a large, ceramy off-white head. Tons of sticky lacing. Sweet and fruity hops mixed with a little pine. Tastes smooth with fruityness and sweets into a lingering citrus hoppiness. Lightly piney. Very nice.
NachlamSie (1637), Tennessee, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Feb 27, 2009 [Feb 19, 2009]
Bottled on January 23, 2009. I love the lengthy warning on the label, in summary: Do not age IPA’s. Yes, those are words of the gospel preached directly to the choir. Anyway, this pours a cloudy orange with a huge fluffy white head. oh my mighty hops. I bow down before the tremendous, omnipotent, glorious hop aroma. Sheer powerful, bitter grapefruit, pine, weed. Just imagine these things as clean, as crisp, as bitter, and as strong as possible in a liquid. The super definied hop onslaught continues on my palate as it dries out my mouth. Grapefruit, orange, lemon, deeply penetrating acidity. The palate is vibrant, extreme, and scrumptulescent. The finish has hints of pineapple and wood. This is beer is extreme.
MitchWayne (264), Kokkola, Finland
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Feb 26, 2009 Big pine needle hoppy aroma, very floral, fresh and big. Taste is very resiny but also lovely dry and refreshing. Caramel balances it out nicely. The alcohol and the overpowering sensation of it all makes me feel a bit woozy but this is a terrific beer, almost worth all the hype.
nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 24, 2009 Sampled at Vintner Wine Market, thanks to gottalottaibu. Golden-amber with a small lasting disc of bubbles. Big aroma of grapefruit, resin and catspray. Flavor is big grapefruit and resin, with some nice backing caramel. Light medium body is slightly watery, tingly and lightly carbonated.
kiefdog (1588), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 22, 2009 Bottle from joint trade with markwise. Pours a hazy caramel golden color with a one finger white head that settles slowly. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of citrus, honey, floral hops, grapefruit, pine, malt. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of honey, caramel, grapefruit, floral hops, citrus, pine, and hints of ripe fruit. Generally medium body with a bitter hop finish.
alexsdad06 (1081), Ohio, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 22, 2009 500 ml bottle. Pours a clear orange amber color with a small fine white head. The aroma upon opening the bottle was inviting: caramel and toffee melded with a bevy of fruits (citrus, grapefruit, pineapple,), pine and floral notes. The flavor balances nicely between the moderately sweet caramel maltiness and the bitterness of the hops; pine, floral, and resiny. I don’t get much in the way of alcohol, probably because the aroma and flavor are too distracting. This is an excellent beer. Medium-full bodied and super easy to drink. I can’t wait to try this on tap someday.
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