 GMUcrew7 (178), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Dec 19, 2007
12 oz bottle. Pours beautiful hazy deep orange with faint white head. Scent is hoppy with citrus notes. Flavor is very well balanced, although it is a hop heavy beer it is not overwhelmingly bitter and very smooth and easy to drink. The beer that steered me towards ipa’s and other "hophead" beers, and still the best ipa i’ve had.
ahalloin (45), Arlington, Virginia, USA
Aug 29, 2008 This beer pours a dark coppery hazy color with a full off-white head that lingers for quite a while. The aroma is strong for sweet grapefruit and pine with a underlying sweet caramel quality. In the flavor, one finds pine, lemon, dark dried fruits, and sourdough bread. The beer finishes with a bitter tang. The palate is medium-large. Great IPA!
timsilvia32 (198), born in Michigan, North Carolina, USA
Aug 28, 2008 Cloudy copper pour, off cream head. Floral with some malty aromas. Citrus, biscuit, raisin, malt a good mix of flavors going on here, real good for an IPA. Bitter hop finish lingers just enough. Better on draft if you can get it IMO. Another good potent Bell’s offering.
laguerita (71), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aug 27, 2008 HOPS! Bitter! YAY! definitely one of my faves. super easy to drink which is amazing considering the mix of strong flavors.
Biddle_Brau (135), Midland Park, New Jersey, USA
Aug 27, 2008 Pours a beautiful orange/golden color with big fluffy dense head with a big floral hop aroma. I’m waiting for a big hop bite based on the aroma from this IPA which it delivers but extremely smoothly. The hop bitterness is there but then it slips away to leave a very nice hop flavor that is so well balanced with the malt that I forget this is an pretty potent IPA. This is one of the best American beers I’ve had in a very long time, not over the top but super flavorful and well crafted. Cheers to Bell’s.
Salamanderslam (3), , Missouri, USA
does not count  Aug 26, 2008 This fish clad bottle is a giant. If the beer was a fish, it would be the one that always gets away, the one you fantasize over and once you finally get it, you then give up fishing altogether.
I can’t say it is the most even taste. I can’t even say that it is consistent even in one glass. This, however, is the beauty of it. On tap isn’t that much better than in the bottle in comparison to other beers. It fights with your mouth all the way down, but in a fun way like the punch in the arm from the girl you like, and it hurts for real, but you enjoy it too much to ask her to stop.
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