 CharlesDarwin (1323), State College, Pennsylvania, USA
May 30, 2008 On tap at the brewpub. Pours a deep, lightly clouded chesnut and sienna, with a fringe of gold and rim in silky off-white. I’m pulling off a faint, lightly musky nose initially. Dank but distant. Wow. Flavor lives up to the hype. This is some dense hoppiness. There’s some really nice, lightly toasted chewy malt that glides in initially and sets up the stage for some real hop dance. Alcohol flames the fire and brings hops higher into the nose and palate. Bright and really concentrated. It’s hard to pull any one, single hop flavor out of this. There’s a lot of pine, resin and citrus that lights up as a real bready grapefruit. A bit of yeast off-product produces some depth. A very nice, well-done IIPA. Sorry, no growlers of this.
heemer77 (3609), North Liberty, Iowa, USA
May 6, 2008 Snifter on tap at the brewpub. This is a glorious brew for hopheads. The body was a very cloudy medium copper with an offwhite head. The aroma is massive grapefruit with some almonds. There is also some bread crust. The taste is palate ruining grapefruit with some almonds shells. Well made and an absolute monster.
goldtwins (3672), Nesconset, New York, USA
May 2, 2008 Many I wish I was sharing this with other raters. Growler. Poured a hazed amber with an off white head. I haven’t had a DIPA like this in quite a while. Strong hop forward aroma of pine, grapefruit and sweaty hop aroma. I am guessing there is malt in there by the sweetness. The flavor is a mix of hops and malt but leans definitively to the hops. Pine flavor in the middle with a moderate amount of bitterness that runs for quite a while on the dry finish. Medium body with no signs of alcohol. That is until I down the growler, then I will be the sign. Another winner for Short’s and my new MI hookup Derek
hopdog (4371), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
May 2, 2008 Thank you Derek for the Growler (I owe you one!). Poured a deep and cloudy amberish color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of pine, citrus, grapefruit peels, floral green hoppiness, and a trace of caramel. Tastes of grapefruit juice, grass, cigrus, and some caramel. Light maltiness with very nice hoppiness!
TomDecapolis (2340), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
May 1, 2008 Growler shared by hopdog. Pours a lightly hazy ruby orange with a medium creamy/bubbly off white head that left some nice sticky lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, orange, a bunch of fresh American hops, caramel, toasted malt really nice hop aroma, no off flavors or grassy notes. Flavor of grapefruit, pine, earthy, tons of hop flavor, caramel and toasted malt.
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