Draught at the NYS Wine and Culinary Center. Nice red-orange tinted amber with a fine head. Big cascade aroma, nice rounded caramel malt flavor. Very earthy, with big cascade flavor and a bit of chocolate. Very strong bitterness throughout, especially at the finish. A bit too highly carbonated, at least this time. Nice.

Pours orange mahogany into a shaker. Fluffy micro head with excellent retention leaves spot lacing as it barely recedes. Citrus and resin aromas. Creamy caramel upfront, turning medium and soft in the middle yet crisp in the dry grapefruit finish. Nicely balance ride.

12 ounce bottle shared by Alraomon. Thanks! Pours a brown tinged strawberry red color witha medium head. Very fruity hop aroma with strawberry, grape and plum notes. The taste is straightforward leafy hops. Not as fruity as the aroma but it does have some slight pineapple and grape notes, as well as some mild maltiness. Medium bodied.

Clear ruby beer, with a moderate lace - thick caramel malt aroma, with strong notes of rye and caraway, and a strong hop presence - taste of rye bread, seeds, cracked grains - quite bready throughout, with strong hops coming through near the finish - rye bread is pretty much the best descriptor for this beer - it tastes pretty good, though.

Nice very deep and hazy amber coloured body with brown tints and a shade of ruby. Smallish tan head with some larger bubbles on the side of the glass. Aroma of pungent hops, strong malt, toffee, nuts and even a bit of metal. Medium-bodied; Strong hops up front in the taste fading to a bit of malt and some sweet caramel flavours near the end. Aftertaste shows some hops, but mostly rounded out malt - but this could be due to the age. Overall, a good showing from the beer, but not amazing. However, by me having this bottle for 4 years shows that it could still stand up over the time. I sampled this four year old bottle purchased from Beers of the World in Rochester, New York on 01-March-2008.

Brown bottle, 355 ml, savoured on February 19 2008; eye: orangey caramel, slight effervescence, lightly hazy, coffee head made up of rather large bubbles, lots of lacing; nose: lots of Cascade hops, pine, grapefruit, a bit tired; mouth: foamy, orange zest, resinous hops, a bit of caramel, grapefruit, a bit tired, finale in resinous hops, light astringency, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, savourée le 19 février 2008; œil : caramel orangé, très légère effervescence, légèrement voilée, dentelle, mousse café formée de bulles plutôt grosses; nez : beaucoup de houblon Cascade, pin, pamplemousse, un peu fatigué; bouche : mousseuse, zeste d’orange, houblon résineux, un peu de caramel, pamplemousse, un peu fatigué, finale en houblon résineux, légère astringence, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé

Poured a translucent red amber with a creamy, lacing white head. Aroma is great, sweet and malty, but also hoppy with pine and lemon. Flavor was heavy on the citrus and very bitter, but caramel and candy on the end really smoothes things out. Finish is bitter but very drinkable.

Bottle. Pour is a reddish brown and aromas are definitely Cascade hops based. Pine and grapefruit dominate, but there is a bit of a malt sweetness underlying. Flavor shows an unbalance... there is not enough of a malt structure to support that much hops and it comes off as lopsided. Then again, if you want a hops drink, this is for you.

Sampled on draft this beer poured a red-amber color with a medium sized khaki head. The aroma was grapefruit and not much else. The flavor was dry nutty malts and grapefruity hops. Very one dimensional.