 pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
Jul 12, 2008
7-12-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to the wonderful kmweaver
Beautiful rich thick glowing orange amber pour with a great dense off white head and some slight lacing. Smell is fruity apricots, oranges and fresh flowers. Flavor is fruity and rich and sweet and bitter. Mouthfeel is perfect here - it is thick but not syrupy, refreshing but not thin. Ideal all around. A great IPA in all ways. Thanks Ken!
kmweaver (1948), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Aug 19, 2008 22oz bottle. Pours a bright, bold pitty orange color; creamy off-white head with solid retention and fine-bubbled lacing; great pour. Loads of oily, resiny citrus and earthy hoppiness in the aroma; clean, crisp, and bitter with minimal astringency; a touch of pine. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: lots of orangey and citrus hoppiness upfront; lots of forward bitterness, mild astringency, and plenty of oily, dripping hoppiness; candy sugar and earthy malts underneath; solid IIPA; touch of dust and breadiness. Lengthy, bitter finish: lots of lasting hop bitterness, earthy malts, with breadiness and toasty malts appearing at the far end; reasonably dry with orange and citrus.
JohnQPublic (147), Brooklyn, New York, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Bottle. Pours cloudy copper with a big, creamy, everlasting beige head and a wall of lacing down the glass. Nose is big on hops - citrusy grapefruit and resiny pine complement the rich vanilla sweetness. Taste begins with a big, creamy, caramel and vanilla sweetness, with a sweet citrus presence ushering in the huge hop note towards the end- big citrusy hops up front, moving to a resiney pine that lingers on the palate for a long, somewhat bitter finish. Mouthfeel is hugely creamy, with carbonation to match. Hugely successful beer with no real weak points.
mabel (1583), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 12, 2008 [1511-20080704] 1pt6floz bottle. Sweet navel orange and bitter citrus rind aroma has a little musty malt and light floral hints. Murky, light brown body with a quick creamy white head. Bitter citrus flavour has a lot of heavy wooden malt. Medium bitter body. Funny label! Solid brew.
(c/o manuchampions, w/ him, jerc, tupalev)
AgentSteve (736), Livermore, California, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Bottle poured pale copper with a finger thick off white head. The nose and flavor were floral and pineapple hops.
EricE (209), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Aug 5, 2008 Hazy orange-red pour, nicely carbonated with a thick bubbly tan head. Very strong aroma of fruity hops - peach and grapefruit. Floral with some vanilla and pine. Dry bitter flavor with lots of hops but very fruity. Notes of grapefruit. Very good IIPA, but the finish is a bit too bitter and this separates from the top IIPAs.
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