 axilla (962), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 21, 2008 Pours a clean red/orange with a sticky off white froth. Aroma is sweet carmel and rye malts with some citrus. Flavor is sweet, somewhat cloying at first, rye malts and pretzals with some piney and grassy hops and mild alcohol notes. Smooth oily palate. Thanks to Capt. Cougar.
TheBeerGod (3171), Newport News, Virginia, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 19, 2008 Bottle courtesy of hopdog. Thanks Steve! Pours amber with a small fizzy white head. Soft sticky lacing. Aroma is rye, caramel, light toffee, and hops. Taste is citrusy and hoppy with more caramel, sweet malts, and light alcohol. Body is sticky with light carbonation and a medium overall feel. Finishes with more hops, citrus fruits, orange peel, caramel and sweet malts. Tasty!
kmweaver (2489), Sebastopol, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 7, 2008 355mL bottle, vintage 2007, courtesy of kp. Thanks, Keith! Pours a slightly hazy, bright amber-orange color; off-white head with fine-bubbled lacing. Plenty of candy sugar and rye in the aroma; a bit of alcohol poking through. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: plenty of candy sugar, dried fruits, and alcohol upfront; sticky sugars, for the most part, and the hops seem to have diminished enough to bring out some of the warming alcohol underneath; this is reasonably tasty, but for 8.5% one would like to see more malt complexity, especially, and less obvious alcohol. Not a trainwreck, at least. Medium, candy sugar and dried fruit in the finish; quite sticky and sweet.
MaltOMeal (653), Land of Sugar, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 30, 2007 12 oz bottle from TheBeerCellar. Pours a clear, darkish, orangish amber with a thin white head which dissipated quickly. Aroma was of sweet malt, bread, caramel and hops. Malt more prominent than hops. Flavor was sweet malt and hops, more balanced than I would expect from an Imperial IPA. Mouthfeel was medium, creamy and a feel of alcohol with a bitter hops aftertaste.
matt7215 (995), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 28, 2007 355 ml bottle from my secret festivus pairing john. pours clear brownish - orange with almost no head and a little carbonation. aromas are intially all sweet malts but as it warms a big hoppy nose comes out. flavours are more malts then hops but these are big hard hitting flavours and are balanced very well. for my first double IPA i was a little dissapointed. not enough hops for me. reminded me more of a barley wine. a good beer overall.
franksnbeans (265), Columbus, Maryland, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 23, 2007 Pours a clear copper with a frothy cream head that takes its time to die into slight lacing. Smells of delicious rye malt and juicy hops. Big hops start out the taste but a rush of malty rye balance occurs to leave you going from pucker to licking your lips. A little sweet, a bitter finish is on the tongue. Feels medium in the mouth with great carbonation. ABV is non existant and seems like a silly suggestion. Drinkability is up there as well. A wonderfully tasty brew, tastes like a Hop Rod with a little more of what I like. A must try.
desurfer (1068), Pinellas Park, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 17, 2007 Draft. Pours a deep amber with a small white head. Aroma is strong on rye and alcohol. Flavor has moderate to high hoppiness, balanced by some doughy malts and topped off with a medium alcohol warmth. Good IIPA.
tytoanderso (1387), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 6, 2007 12oz bottle from TheBeerCellar. Aroma of sweeter (but not too sweet) malt, grassy and slightly oily hops and a hint of rye spice. Pours full amber with a very creamy head leaving decent lacing. Pleasant IIPA flavor. Seems more malt forward. Sweet caramel malt with some grassy, citrus zesty and oily pine hops. A hint of earthy dirtiness and rye. Medium to full boded and quite creamy on the tongue.
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