 dogfish120love (268), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 17, 2009 Pours golden with a white head. Heavy grapefruit and piney hop aroma. Huge grapefruit and pine flavor but not a big enamel disingrating hoppiness like some DIPA’s with high IBU’s. Very smooth.
haddon90 (1036), Alexandria, Virginia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 17, 2009 Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a decent white head. Nice lacing around the glass. Floral aroma with hints of citrusy hops. Pleasant! Not too thick, but kind of chewy. Loaded with hops. Some grapefruit lingers in the background. Bitter finish. Really surprised at how good it was.
BrewCzar (108), St Louis, Missouri, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 17, 2009 Bottle pours a golden straw color, slightly cloudy, and a medium white head that dissipates quickly but with some good lacing. Nose of floral hops, citrus, and pine. A sugary sweet start with hints of citrus fruits(lemon, peaches, grapefruit) quickly followed by a burst of hoppy bitterness.
dkachur (2376), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 14, 2009 22 ounce bottle courtesy of cdumler. Pours a clear amber color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. HUGE floral and citrus hop aroma with notes of grapefruit, resin, peach, gummy bears. Taste is caramel, citrus, pineapple and hop resin. Full bodied.
MrBunn (1537), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 12, 2009 Bottle. (And I might add that it is an absolute bastard to get into these plastic coated gems.) Hazy apricot colored body with little head... just a few lonely bubbles floating around the surface. Crisp aromas are of soap, lemon and grapefruit with a little bit of a floral edge. Flavor is very sweet and alcoholic, which really isn’t for me.
Theis (3756), Denmark
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 12, 2009 Bottle at home - New Years Tasting. Clear golden - white head. High hoppy, amber malts, resin, pineapples, abricot, sweetness, grass, grape fruity, soapy. Nice.
tgncc (818), Bellmore, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 10, 2009 I am not sure what ST is hoping to accomplish by blending an Imperial Pale Ale (almsot an IPA) and an IIPA. But to be fair, I really like this. The nose is pitch pine hops, with a real earthiness to it. The appearance is a nice orange/red, minimal white head, more or less typical of an IIPA. The flavor is upfront a mix of the pitch pine, caramel, brown sugar, and a dusty quality, like a freshly harvested grain. The finish is more piney than citrus, but is very pleasant, and lingering. Very good beer overall, but not an improvement over Unearthly.
IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 9, 2009 Poured an orangeish amber with a fizzy/frothy off-white head. Nice citiric and bitter pine aroma with some alcohol and a mild touch of sweetness. Flavor is citrus and piney hops with some earthy and metalic bitterness to the alcohol character, like sucking on a coin. Luckily that only shows towards the end of the finish and the entire preceding mouthful is enjoyable. This beer has the nice characteristics of Unearthly that I enjoyed, but also the ashen alcoholic bitterness of Hoppe which I did not. In the end is not superior to Unearthly in my opinion.
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