 illidurit (876), Santa Cruz, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 17, 2009 RBSG09 on tap at the grand tasting. Pours golden amber with a nice white froth. Aroma is hugely resinous but with some citrus and floral hops as well. Caramel malt flavor base with herbal hop resin, orange, grapefruit, and pine sap. A little boozy sharpness. Pretty damn good.
anders37 (4636), Malmö, Sweden
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 15, 2009 Bottle. THanks to DSG. Pours a clear orange color with a small white head. Has a grassy hoppy bitter aroma with some hints of caramel. Malty hoppy bitter grassy flavor with hints of grapefruit. Has a long hoppy bitter grapefruit finish with a long bitter aftertaste.
SamGamgee (1434), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 15, 2009 Draught at the RBSG grand tasting. Copper with a small white head. Big spicy, fruity and floral hop aroma with some sweet caramel and alcohol. There is a nice orange and mint touch that I really like, but there is so much going on hop-wise that it comes and goes. Big and boozy but with a nice balance of caramel and bitter, peppery hops. Sweet, but with a huge bitterness to balance. There is a ridiculous amount of hops in this, but no single quality really stands out. I guess that is what ten different verieties will do. I can feel the 11.27%, but this is still way more drinkable than you would think. Very nice stuff. Why does Valley have to be way out in Stockton?
larryLSB (148), La Selva Beach, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jul 14, 2009 Updated: Jul 26, 2009On tap at the RBSG Grand Tasting @ Drakes......poured a golden/Amber with a large foamy off white head. Nose of grapefruit, hops, pine. Taste was malty with caramel. Kind of oily finish, very nice aftertaste. Most excellent.
ajm (922), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 13, 2009 Updated: Aug 20, 2009Tap at the second half of RBSG’s Grand Tasting 09. Was very excited about this for a year and while a great beer I was actually disappointed. Nose is very vaporous and dry hoppage with unripe melon. Flavor is a notch or two down from PtY - not that being big is the point, but I certainly get a sense of multiple varietals and fruit undertones in Pliny, whereas here I get just a pretty big DIPA: the malt bill actually stands out more for me and I have had this twice at a week old. Peppery, cheddar sharp, tasty, and probably smoother than any beer of the ’TIPA’ style.
pepsican (885), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 30, 2009 Mmmmm. Copper pour with a good sized white head. Aroma is strong, syrupy thick malt backed up with a massive hop kick. Flavor was up front pine, floral and citrus, but the malt came through a bit and lent some nice honey sweetness to back it up. Finishes very bitter, yet balanced. I’d OD on this stuff if I lived anywhere near the brewery.
Fin (3415), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 23, 2009 Bottle at Craig’s bit tasting, Edinburgh, 21-03-09 thanks to Craig for hosting and for getting hold of some great beers. Pours copper coloured with a white head. Really fresh hoppy nose, makes me think a little of Sierra Nevada or Stone can’t recall which, but very fresh green hops with some nice maltiness as well. The taste is wonderfully zingy hops, hops, hops but its bathed in a wonderfully indulgent sweetness, yes its a touch syrupy but yum its lovely and is a perfect counterbalance to those hops. A really likeable beer that I can only criticise a little for the alcohol just showing a little too much throughout. A8 A5 F8 P4 OV16 4.1
cgarvieuk (4178), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 21, 2009 Updated: Apr 2, 2009Bottle at home with Fin ... Thanks to Agent Steve for this one ... Deep amber ... pig pine sweet hoppy nose ... big resiny mouthfeel ... quite bitter ... quite a lot of pine ...
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