 beerguy101 (3488), Newark, California, USA
Feb 3, 2006
This Imperial IPA pours a dark amber color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is floral hops and sweet. A medium to full bodied 2xIPA. Malts are fruity and sweet, touch of rye spiciness (?). Lots of floral and citrusy hops. Touch of spiciness, but lots of hops. Despite all the hop flavors, and this beer is full of them, its not that bitter, Very drinkable. Nice beer. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth, Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
ironchefscott (243), long beach, California, USA
Oct 5, 2008 tasted off of a growler....a decent beer...but it tastes kinda grassy and lacking in the hop complexity that I assume with a top 50 beer.....and it just was rough on the edges...and super overpowering hop flavor
doubleo (825), San Diego, California, USA
Sep 22, 2008 Big thanks to Hophead84 for letting me swill off his growler. Pours hazy amber with a moderate sized white head, some lace. Smells dark citrusy and slightly floral, caramelly as well. Tastes caramelly malty sweet with some very dark, bitter citrus hop flavors. Lots of alcohol flavor as well. Full body, somewhat subdued carbonation.
Hophead22 (252), Redlands, California, USA
Sep 21, 2008 Tap at brewery. This was a great beer. Poured a dark orangish color, very dark DIPA. Nice hop bitterness, with a good malt backbone. Just outstanding.
Taverner (475), San Ramon, California, USA
Sep 13, 2008 On tap at VB. One thing I can say about this IIPA is that it is balanced. The malt is caramel in flavor, and the hop profile just tastes green! It is like drinking hop juice. Lots of florals in this one, but not that acidic (doesn’t seem to be high in Alpha Hops.) The aftertaste is a nice, grassy note that sicks around for a while. Excellent IPA that really isn’t like any other I’ve had. It almost has a cask conditioned flavor to it. The only downside was that it had a strong alcohol burn to it - this was more so fresh. After some oxidization from "growler conditioning" for an hour (the ride home) some of the fire died down.
pinkzambia (889), Boise, Idaho, USA
Sep 11, 2008 Tap @ Bistro - Hayward: Deep copper color, murky with a white head. Tangy hop aroma with a perfumy hop flavor, followed by a thick aftertaste with a weird grainy and malty flavor as well. Good to the last drop.
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