8th April 2014
Tasting at Bruce’s Pad. Thanks to Leighton. Lightly hazy amber beer, good pale cream coloured head. Light airy palate, crispy. Lightly bitter brett. Modest dried fruits. More bretty bitterness. Okay but could do without the brett.

Bottle shared in London - picked up in the US. Pours hazy gold with a frothy, white head. The aroma holds a bit of orange, some tangerine, mango, some bready malts. Medium sweet flavor with more peach, some aged pine, ripe citrus fruits. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Light resinous hops to finish, some pine, sugary bread, citrus rind, ripe orange. Solid.

Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours cloudy orange-amber with a small white head. The nose is earthy, toast, alcohol, orange squash, acid, earth, acetic, vanilla and wood. The taste is bitter-sweet, earth, dirt, orange squash, tangerine, candy, candied peel, sugar, candy, pine, varnish and alcohol with a dry, somewhat, citric finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty alright.

12/20/13 bottle drunk on 1/15/14
Cherry-amber body shows a high clarity, leaving the sediment behind. White head is mostly receding.
Didn’t read anything about this beer before trying it, which was pretty fun, no expecations. Double IPA in the nose. Bold, resinous, juicy hops provide white grapefruit, peaches, cherries and tons of pine. I do like the cherry/peach combo, obviously a liberal use of very fresh hops at the end. Malt is full of caramel, but seems nicely attenuated, nothing sugary or syrupy/cloying here. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma. Some alcohol/ester burn, ever so slight.
Full on hop bomb flavor. Very bitter citrus, with tons of dry, bready malt and a very supple body thanks to an appropriate amount of maltiness and a lighter carbonation. Not boozy, which is great, but an obnoxious amount of bitterness. It certainly provides an enjoyable hop flavor as well, but it’s a bit too brash without as much complexity as I’d hope for. The cherry/grapefruit flavor is nice, but let’s see some more tropical fruit and some more depth of malt.

From a 50 cl bottle shared at home. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Fruity hop nose. Flavors of tropical fruits and some grassy notes. Medium heavy bodied with moderate carbonation. Bitter finish.

Label on bottle stamped bottled on 11-14-13. With batch 02 after the code. Lots of fluffy, foamy head that laced for the entire glass. Really great hop bouquet, Pine, citrus and a grassy note permeates from the glass. Must have dry hopped this with bucket loads of hops! Toasted grain and toffee malts provide a nice base for the assertive hop blast that is used in here. Bready malts give it that nice chewy medium body followed by citrus orange hops upfront then transitioning into a grassy/ resinous pine hop that lingers for a good time after the swallow. Texture is mildly sticky. This brew drinks fantastic for the alcohol level. Can this really be 9.1?!! If you can get a fresh bottle, do so!

50cl bottle pours a clear, caramel amber with some sticky, off white head. Nose is piney, orange, soap, heavy citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is lightly sweet, sticky pine, bitter orange, grapefruit. Sticky finish.