skortila (2914), Bunnik, Netherlands
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Nov 5, 2009 Bottled. aroma has wood, pine, citrus, some caramel. Clear, amber coloured with an oof-wite, lasting, medium head. The taste is quite bitter, has sweetness, some brandy, citrus, wood. Sticky palate. The oak aging is not to overwhelming and adds some nice balance to the heavy hopping. Very nice brew.
luttonm (329), Belgrade, Serbia
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 29, 2009 Sweet, honey, orange pour with hazed head. Oak really takes the edge off of piney-citrus hops. Very sweet, tart hoppiness. Thick orange, smooth, subtle. Vaiz (174), Netherlands
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Dec 29, 2009 Pours a hazy orange color with almost no head. Aroma of citrus, orange, grapefruit and many more fruits. Flavor is sweet with orange and peach, but mostly bitter with a thick bitter finish. Very well balanced. Medium carbonation. M’ARCOlizzo (15), Italy
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Dec 29, 2009 Bottle. An amber beer with lazing beige head. Aroma is dry and pinewood hoppy. Medium body, very sweet caramel and fruit accents., leading to a dry alcoholic and hoppy finish. Frovigalning (472), , Sweden
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 28, 2009 It poured a hazy dark golden liquid with a small white foam that left very little lacing.
It had a smell of wood, nuts, hops, malt, dill chips and some warm alcohol.
It had a smooth mouthfeel with a thick body and a medium bitterness. The strongest flavour was wood, but also grassy hops and some honey-syrupy sweetness. Nice! I liked this one better then the original. curly (759), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Dec 27, 2009 Pours slightly hazy orange with a medium sized white head. Aroma- pine, orange, pineapple, bready malt. Taste is rich bitter hop and thick malt sweetness. Bitter resinous finish. Thick body, smooth carbonation. 5000 (2634), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 19, 2009 Draught @ Brouwer’s Café:   Ambery, large rocky off-white head, nice lacing, moderate carbonation, nice lacing.   Acertive woody aroma, reminds me of cedar.   Strong enough that I couldn’t tell you what the underlying beer is.   Strong woody aspects on the tongue, sweet, hardly tell this is an IIPA.   Minor citrusy sweetness.   More of an IIPA on the backside, but up front its pretty strong in the wood category.   Is there such a thing as a syrupy woody strong ale?   The normal IIPA pales to the remainder of this brew.   Clean, sweet, very woody and warming.   Good beer, but the wood aspect dominates more than I would like.   Still prefer the original.
fiulijn (7500), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 | Dec 18, 2009 Hazy amber color. The classic American hop aroma (resiny and fruity) is made milder by a nice vanilla component. Good body strength; sweet toffee flavor, with some caramel and fudge; it has a good amount of fruity American hops, and a nice note of vanilla oak; the alcohol gives a pleasant warmth. This beer successfully add the oak/vanilla component to a strong IPA. alagnak (376), Littleton, Colorado, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Dec 9, 2009 Bottle from theisti. Nose is more pronounced (but different) than the normal Un*Earthly. Lots of wood and wine tannin-like smells. Musty/earthy sugars, too. Flavor is a rush of caramel and sweetness to start, with some piney bitterness showing up later. Hint of boozy heat, but less than expected. The wood is more noticeable at first, less so as it warms. The wood character takes the edge off the bitterness, which may not necessarily be a good thing, since the sweetness dominates in this one. Good, not great. Thanks, Tim.
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