 luckygirl (1221), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
May 23, 2006 Bottle at the brewery. Beer is a clear light caramel color with a frothy, off-white, frothy, mostly diminishing head. Long arches of lacing on the glass. The aroma was more fruity and sweet than I’d anticipated: malty with light notes of toasted grain, cookie and caramel; hoppy with moderate-to-heavy notes of apricot, resin/pine and grass; yeasty with a moderate note of dough/bread; light note of honey. The flavor was heavily sweet, moderately acidic, moderately-to-heavily bitter with a long, moderately bittersweet, lightly astringent finish. Moderate doughy aftertaste. The body was light, the texture was watery and the carbonation was fizzy.
nolankowal (854), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 20, 2006 Pours a transparent orange...off whit ehead with decent retention. The aroma is heavy with caramel malt...citrus...lemon zest. The flavor is similar with the cirus coming out a bit more as well as the lemon zest. Malty and sweet in the front with a very small bitterness torwards the back...the finsih is dry and a bit bittersweet. Not a bad IPA, very drinkable though personally I prefer more of a crisp hop punch though I won’t complain about the balance.
GregClow (2499), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 16, 2006 Updated: May 17, 2006Bottle shared with a bunch of folks - courtesy of HogTownHarry. Golden amber colour. Aroma holds lots of hops, with a bit of skunkiness, but the pleasant, weedy kind, not the "dead skunk in the middle of the road" kind. Flavour of honey and grapefuit, balanced by some caramel malt. A very well-balanced IPA.
MullMan (1084), Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
May 16, 2006 golden amber color with tall frothy off-white head. aroma is mild floral hop, sweet and fruity like orange zest. flavor is mostly hoppy, and bitter like an IPA, but the balance from the aroma isn’t there - - malty sweetness doesn’t even play a supportive role. the caramel malt is is only there for a flash at the back of the palate. lacing on the glass like cumulous clouds. bitterness in the finish, but also reveals a light to watery texture.
blankboy (3214), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 15, 2006 Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, GregClow, tupalev, jerc, R. and the rest of the gang -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a sparkling clear orange with a nice size diminishing off-white head. Slightly mild but pleasant hoppy aroma -- but not as hoppy as expected or desired. Flavour of hops and malt is nicely balanced and tasty but a tad thin. Light bodied. Enjoyable and easy to drink but needs more body and hops.
tupalev (2618), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
May 14, 2006 Bottle shared with a bunch of fine folks. Nice hops, orange aroma, bubbly white head. Wonderful balanced hop taste. Thin but balanced. Resiny hops in aroma as well. Excellent.
jerc (3947), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 14, 2006 Bottle. Orange amber bottle, small white head. Muted citrus, orange hoppy aroma. Not a lot of malt, which makes the hoppy astringent bitterness much more pronounced. A bit more malt and a touch more hops would be lovely. Average to thin palate. Decent but I was hoping for more from Southampton.
HogTownHarry (4020), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 14, 2006 Bottle (650ml). Shared with blankboy, GregClow, jerc, tupalev, DougShoemaker, R and others - my bottle. Poured clear copper-amber with a smallish off-white head. Dry aroma of light hops, toasty malt - simple, pleasant. Taste is a straightforward balance of light malt and light pine/resin hops, the finish is long, definitely bitter, but restrained - the body is a touch light, astringent and adequately carbonated - nice IPA, not a sipper, you want to *drink* this one ... could use a bit more body though.
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