Gifted by JoMcPhee, gracious. 12 oz bottle poured into goblet glass. Pours dark reddish amber with a small head. Aroma is strong with oily, juicy, grapefruit hoppiness. Slight caramel malt sweetness. As it warms strong candy sugar sweetness comes out. Taste is a bit watered down but still strong on the hop. A medium bitterness at the end. A slight sweet aftertaste. A bit thin and watery body. A nice hoppy sensation with a bit too watey flavor.

Draft. A fairly sweet IPA, but done well so that the sweetness does not overpower the hops. Off-white head on top of a clear, copper-colored body. Grapefruit and orange nose with some notes of pine. Flavor is bitter with a solid malty backbone. Comfortable mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Nice balance. Easy drinking.

2006 bottle on 8/22/06.
Coppery-amber colored beer, not a terribly deep red or anything. Foamy, white head is smattered about, covering some parts and others not. Not much lacing and it sticks to the liquid, never fully vanishing. Clear and filtered is the clarity.
Fruity, hoppy nose strikes clear and consistent. Ruby red grapefruit, peaches, cherries, some lychee. Heavy caramel malt notes in the background quickly bring up the rear and provide support. As it warms, the caramel overreaches a bit, with its hard, candied sugariness. The hop aroma is not terribly varied but still sufficiently juicy. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma, no yeast, no alcohol apparency.
Hops again in flavor, but as soon as the citrus and juicy fruit begins to fade, a hard crystal malt edge bites in to the palate, with no suppleness/support due to the filtration. Candied oranges, caramel, plenty of base sugars. Carbonation is rather loose, though not biting. Ithaca is always better on draught, in my experience. Though to this beer’s credit, it talks a big game of hops and does deliver, however cliche the profile may be.

Looks like a ginger ale at the pour. Clear amber body with a quickly falling head that won’t stay together. Fizzy with big bubbles. Flowery hops with some malt coming through in the aroma. Starts sweet and ends with a long bitter finish. Light to medium in body, a bit gassy.

Very nice red amber beer with a white head. Smell is very sweet and caramel malt is pronounced. Sourish at first with the floral caramel malt finish. Very tasty!

Fairly clear copper body, medium light cream head. Tangy, somewhat caramely aroma with piney, earthy hops. Toasty body, sweet, caramely, and a touch tangy, with a nice balance of earthy hops. Not too bitter; this is on the tangier, fruitier side of IPAs. Full mouthfeel and finish. As the beer warms the rather substantial malt bill really begins to shine with big caramels and dark fruit; my Munich sensor is beeping. Thanks Dan (jah noth) for the bottle!

On tap at Clarke’s Ale House...3.25$! Red copper ale with a small white head. Light floral hops aroma, but not much else. Decent malts, lots more hops but short finish. Light body, lacks in character.