 legion242 (1585), Richardson, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 18, 2002 Deep apricot color; Head was minimal and whispy; caramel nose. Resiny and dry, dry, dry. Puckers the cheeks. Bready- would be great with some grape jam! Smooth across the tongue. Little effervescence. Hint of rye? Surely not.
Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 7, 2002 The palate here is amazing; almost oily, definitely resiny. Wonderful hopped aroma, piney, but also softened somehow in the aroma and mouthfeel by the malts, as Ramsdell has so aptly noted. Sampled at the start not as cold as usual, so I found it nearly clear with a small amount of suspended hop particulate.
herbjones (742), Orange, California, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 6, 2002 Fills the room with hop aroma when you pop this one. Not very good balance in this though. A little to over the top. But then big IPA’s have never really been a favorite. The bigger is better hop lovers might find this appealing though.
NeroFiddled (105), Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 24, 2002 Rock N’ Roll Baby!
JohnC (2282), Mission Viejo, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 19, 2002 Beautiful Hoppy flavor. It’s finish isn’t as clean as their Ruination, but it has more of a full mouth finish. Great beer.
austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 4, 2002 A terrific ’imperial IPA’. Hopheads and I can agree on this one. Unlike Lagunitas Maximus, this beer is very drinkable (must be the dry-hopping). OK, it’s no session beer, but given the insane hop level, only the wonderful aroma gives away the care and effort that has clearly gone into this well-crafted brew.
Oakes (8101), gone rambling, Cambodia
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
May 31, 2002 Chewy, hoppy, very oily and resiny but turning slightly unbalanced with too much caramel flavour to really let the hops do their thing (in the back half and finish, I mean, thus reducing refreshment and drinkability, like Shadallion said).
Suttree (2734), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 20, 2002 Very Hoppy. A little ’big’ tasting, so it isn’t as quenching as a lot of other IPA’s. Great Flavor, though.
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