 JAF737300 (797), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
May 29, 2007 This was bought from Bierkraft in a growler. It had huge hop aromas of citrus and spice and the mouthfeel gave you that big hops blast that finished with a nice combo of bitterness and sweetness.
Sammy (4062), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 5, 2007 On tap at David Copperfield’s in NYC. There is a lot of hops here. White creamy head on a grapefruit colored body. SIgnificant lace. It’s unquestionably fresh, but the aroma is funky. It’s very bitter, but also offset with substantial malts. I taste grapefruit, but also lots of hops squeezed together.
PilsnerPeter (2667), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 7, 2007 Tap at Hop Devil Grill-Oak Aged: Pours a slightly hazy amberish copper with an off-white ring for head. The aroma is sweet fruityness with lots of apricot notes, a light hop hint, and backed with candy-like characeristics. Extremely bitter flavor. There’s not much hop presence or quality, rather just an astringent and assertive bitterness. With wamrth it has only subtle candy/caramel malt background notes. Apricot notes are so subtle, and even after being oak treated there’s hardly any sweet qualities to this IIPA. The finish is long, harsh and extremely dry bitterness. Although the flavor lacks depth it still has a surprisingly decent body. A dissapointing IIPA overall.
Glouglouburp (2881), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 15, 2007 Boston EBF 2007. At the EBF this was described as “aged in American oak”. I suspect it’s not usually the case therefore this might a slightly different beer than the one described in other ratings.
Cloudy golden body topped by a very small white head. This one is pretty well balanced. Well malted body, slightly roasted sweet malts with a rather intense caramel taste. Lots of hops, and I mean lots. Complex hops character moving from floral to citrusy to pine-tree. Bitterness in the medium-high intensity. Barrel aging was not apparent at all, no wood/barrel flavour to be found. Very very good so far but looses points for the alcohol presence. I would have guessed 10%. That 8% is about as well hidden as Oprah Wimfrey behind a telephone pole.
sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 12, 2007 Hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma, muted citrus and floral hops, some caramel. Flavor was very malty with some earthy bitterness on the finish. Not bad.
Sregnar35 (732), Rotterdam, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 11, 2006 On tap at Mahars. Poured light opaque yellow with a good head. Aroma not overbearing, but very hoppy. Flavor was nice and sweet hops, with a good biting finish.
goldtwins (4084), Nesconset, New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 25, 2006 GABF 2006: Hazy light amber color. The aroma was made up of apricots and earthy hops with some caramel malt. The flavor was strong on the hops. Citrus and pine with a malty backbone to help it out.
Zeswaft (1000), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 23, 2006 I remember being pumped to this and totally let down. Just tasted like an alcoholic mediocre ipa.
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