Three Floyds Fantabulous Resplendence (XI Anniversary Ale)

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Munster, Indiana USA

Bottle. Orange, lemon, and floral (jasmine I assume) aroma. Amber color with small head. Sweet orange malt and light lemon grass hops. Smooth drinking with mild hops. I like it but probably wouldn’t be a favorite of hops lovers.

Hazy orange with a medium sized white head. Sweet aroma with oranges, malt, pine and hoppy notes. Flavour was sweet and peachy with hops, pine and malty notes. Finished bitter.

Bottle, i wasn’t crazy about the X, and this kinda followed the same path. A copper golden body with an off white head. Big dusty spicy jasmine notes, stale dust y hop character, some floral pine and spice notes. Loads of caramel and malt y warming. Decent.

A murky dark orange color with almost no head. Aroma of caramel sweetness. Full bodied and lots of sweet flavor. Hop profile is somewhat muted and is not a profile I particularly care for. Reminds me of that rubbing alcohol sort of experience. Getting hints of sticky resiny pine but on overdrive. Malt profile is nice with all the caramel and toasty grains.

Bottle 22fl.oz.
Light light unclear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, flowers - jasmin, spicy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090922]

Pours a hazy orange-copper into the glass, with an initial soda-esque head that diminishes to a tiny cap, leaving sparse lace. The nose is of candy orange slices, balanced by earthen hops. The flavors are of candied oranges, some grapefruit-citrus, and a touch of pine toward the finish. There is a light (ever-so) bready contingency throughout the pull, but not highlighted by any one aspect of the brew. The bitter back-palate is a tad underdone (especially for 3 Floyds), but the integration is nice in the mouth. It’s not necessarily complex, but has a smooth mouthfeel that makes for an easy quaff. Again, not the most intricate or best-represented IPA out there, but it definitely makes for a nice rating, and a brew that I’d have on more than just "special occasions". Decent, but nothing to write home about.

bottle, thanks to Ughsmash! Pours a carmel light amber with a thin off white head. Strong floral aroma with some pine and sweet orange. Nice toasted malt and toffee body, nice and sweet, with a light bitter hop finish and a noticable jasmine note. This is more sweet than bitter but the off kilter balance is enjoyable. This could appeal to alot of people, and I’m one of them.