PKPMarine (32), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 31, 2009 22oz bottle from local store. Pours deep golden color with lots of bubbles and frothy white head. Fruity aroma with notes of apricot. Refreshing and complex flavor with apricot, cloves, and banana coming to the forefront. Relatively strong alcohol presence, but not too overwhelming.
 dmschefke (371), Eastpointe, Michigan, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 30, 2009 Pours a cloudy gold with medium thin head. Aroma of citrusy hops, spices, and biscuit. Taste is sweet with a hop bite and a spicy finish. Not bad at all.
unclemattie (2432), Georgia, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 25, 2009 22oz bottle. Bright golden color, bright white foamy head. Big citrus, Amarillo hop aroma with lots of clove. Grapes and pine. Wowo. I cant stop smelling it. Very complex. Doesn’t taste how it smells. Very dry. Straw and bitter hops. Lots of citrus, a little pine. Complex, dry and bready. Both a Belgian Ale with the West Coast IPA hops. whoo. Good. My fave of the epics.
thebeertourist (2822), Oslo, Norway
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 25, 2009 Bottle. Clear golden with a medium head. Complex aroma promising banana, clove, pepper as well as citrussy hops. Good citrussy and peppery flavours blending with fruit. Very bitter. The best of both worlds- West Coast IPA meeting a complex Belgian tripel.
bfeldmann (1042), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 23, 2009 One of the better Verticals. Pour was a nice light cloudy golden color. Arom was tons of light fruits, pears floral hops. Flavor was much the same. Very good mouthfeel was a little off to dry for me.
GardenGabe (129), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 22, 2009 Pour from 22oz is mostly clear yellow with creamy head white head and some lacing. Tart nose a little fruit, a little yeast. Medium body that sticks in the back of the throat. Taste of spice, hops and alcohol.
bubbleflubber (898), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 21, 2009 Pours just a slightly hazy golden into the glass, with a nice pillowy eggshell head that leaves soapy lace. Fruit and yeasty notes to the nose, which gives the bouquet a banana and melon hint, with some spice hues. The flavors are nicely integrated, of mellow citrus, some yeast, rind/zest notes, and pie spices. The drier notes show forth toward the finish, introducing a nice closing crisp hop and lingering with just a hint of alcohol. A lively mouthfeel makes this definitively quaffable, going down easily. Although maybe not the most highly complex brew, Stone has come away with a very good offering here... it just pulls off as well-integrated and linear from the beginning to the end of the pull.
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 18, 2009 Bottle shared at tasting. Thanks! Pours a clearish gold color. Smell is fresh, hoppy, fruity and bright with light belgian candi sugar. Taste is candi sugar, bubble gum and fruity hops. Medium body and carbonation. Much better than the 07 07 07. Tasty, and surprisingly much better than expected, but not one to age, in my opinion.
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