 iwantalambic (1386), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 20, 2009
12 oz bottle: fairly clear golden straw, with flecks of yeast and other sediment that give it a shimmering quality in the sunlight. Small, thin and quickly diminishing ivory head. Strong malty aroma, full of must, spent grain and sour honey. The sweet, citrusy lemon rind is only an afterthought. Incredibly smooth, clean palate. With the must in the aroma I was expecting a thick, gooey overly malted palate, but this was clean, crisp and piney with tingly carbonation in the finish. Reminds me much more of English bitters on the beer engine than any American IPA I have had recently. I dig it!
jb (1036), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 Copper, some lacing. Nose seems like an English-style to me, subtly malty. Palate is toffee, nicely balanced, but nothing sticks out on this one. The English side seems to dominate the American side on this one.
TampaBrew (805), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 Pours a dull orange with a quickly dissapating white head. Nose is grassy, mild MILD citrus hops. Flavor is malty, grassy, hay, light citrus notes. Pale ale maybe? not an IPA.
MesandSim (5851), London, Greater London, England
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 15, 2009 A Mes rate. Bottle from Whole Foods in NY.
An excellent darkish gold with an orange hue, really clean and with a very good,lasting white head. Pleasing dusky hop snout with the trans-Atlantic varieties working really well together. Seems like a bit of Brambling Cross and some EKG. Some really good bitter alpha stuff coming from the U.S. side too. In fact, the more I sniff at it, the better it gets. That’s an adorable aroma. Faint, very faint cardboard notes make the English aspecteven more believeable once in the mouth. Tastes very much indeed like a British bottle conditioned ale with some extra hops. Superb balance of bitterness and flavour. A little too much caramel from the malt though and it’s just a little astringent in the aftertaste but other than that this is a lovely refreshing IPA with just the right amount of bite. Not overdone at all. Excellent length, bags of flavour. Very British all round really, especially on the palate. You American folks would probably call it thin, I’d call it downable, and that it is. If it wasn’t for the astringent finish and a very slight stickiness from the hops, this would be very very good indeed. As it is, it’s just great. Under-rated if you ask me.
Ron (1017), Rochester, New York, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 9, 2009 Golden to orange in color with a decent beige colored head. The smell is hops, malts, little citrus. The taste is malts, hops, citrus, and a touch of alcohol. Light for an IPA.
TampaBeer (187), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 2, 2009 Well-balanced, middle of the road IPA. A little bit of sourness and sweetness, hops, make this one a pretty good daily drinker.
kosko20 (302), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 1, 2009 Would like to try this fresh...pours a gold copper with minimal offwhite head. Aroma is pine hops which are pleasant but nothing much else. Flavor is bitter. Palate is creamy, thick and rich but very dry.
drowland (1407), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 20, 2009 Tried a sample at Brewfest Tallahassee. This leans towards the maltier, English side as opposed to the hoppy side they mention. Not bad.
hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 18, 2009 Bottle. Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished, transparent gold body, fair amount of lacing, and very fizzy carbonation. The aroma was caramel, bitter notes, and citrus and pine hops. The flavor was malty, mildly bitter, caramel ,and citrus and pine hops. Tingly mouthfeel and light-medium bodied. A very easy to drink IPA due to the types of hops used in this beer. It is not overly hoppy tasting, worthy of a try and an IPA that I would drink again.
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