 Cornboy (418), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 10, 2009
This one hits hard from the start with a big hop wave crashing over your palate.
Oak is pronounced enough to shine through, but not to the point of distracting the focal point, the hops.
I think the oak also cuts some of the sweetness that you would expect in a beer this big. Best impy IPA I have had in quite some time.
Frovigalning (468), , 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 (742), 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 (7460), 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.
faroeviking (6126), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 Botella. Clear deep very nice golden colour. Very sweet and very hoppy fruity alco aroma. Great mouthfeel. Very hoppy and sweet pine bitter and dry flavour. Nice!
Pinball (3000), Allerød, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 clear orange, smooth small white head.
beautiful sweet flowery hops inthe aroma, also some oak, some sweet malts alc well hidden in aroma..
flavor is sweet malty, quite hoppy (floral and bitter) lots of wood. alc well hidden. i think i liked the non-wooden unearthly more.
KimJohansen (7143), Copenhagen V, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Clear golden with a medium white head. Hoppy aroma with malty and pine notes. Flavour ha dloads of hops, pine and grapefruits. Vanilla came through towards the finish.
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