Pours a light, coppery-brownish gold with impressive head. Malt in the aroma and flavor is a bit oppressive. Has the expected floral/citrus notes: grapefruit, pine, etc, but the sweet, bready malt flavors tend to overpower the rest. Certainly worth a try, but not one of the better double IPAs I’ve tried.

Location: Bottle at jcos's place pre-Homecoming 2010, 10/29/10

Overall Impression: Kramerica, you know I really wanted to like this one before we opened it, but it just wasn't quite right. I think it was past it's prime, because it just tasted way too "ripe" to me. Smooth of body. I'll have to re-rate this one later on to see if it's the beer or the beer's age that made me not love it.

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, via Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savoured on October 14 2010; eye: caramel with an orange hue, clear, minimal effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, no lacing; nose: caramel, orange, malt, resinous hops; mouth: caramel, orange, malt, resinous hops, silky finale in resinous hops with a good presence of alcohol, medium-full body, average carbonation, pleasant astringency, mildly bitter and sweet; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, via Luc Bourbonnière (merci!), savourée le 14 octobre 2010; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangé, claire, effervescence minime, très petit anneau de mousse fauve, pas de dentelle; nez : caramel, orange, malt, houblon résineux; bouche : caramel, orange, malt, houblon résineux, finale soyeuse en houblon résineux avec une bonne présence d’alcool, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyenne, astringence plaisante, moyennement amère et sucrée; en résumé : bien aimé

An amber ale with a thin off white head. A light malty aroma with smooth floral hops, resinous. In mouth, a big chunky malt with light resinous hops, developing more as beer warms up. Medium bodied. On tap at Al’s Smoking Lounge, August 27 2010.

12 oz bottle. Pours orange golden with an off-white head and some fine particles. Citrusy aroma moving on to strong resinous notes and a bit of berry. Flavor is resinous with grapefruit and some spiciness against a subtle caramel background. Pretty good stuff.

Sampled on draft at Smokin’ Joe’s in Pittsburgh PA this beer poured a dark orange-amber color with a large foamy white head t that lingered forever and produced incredible lacing. The aroma was moderate pine, catbox and sour malts. The flavor was dry, bitter and had a sour malty presence with notes of grapefruit, catbox and pine. Long bitter hoppy finish. Fairly full bodied. Solid.

Bottle. Hazy medium orange body, thick creamy buff head. Sweet, sugary nose, with butterscotch, citrus rind, and pine. Creamy body with sweet bready malts and bitter citrusy, piny hops. Warming alcohol in the bitter, but not overpowering, finish. The characteristic GL soft, sugary palate is intact here, a noncommittal shift of some emphasis from the bitter hops. Quite good, nonetheless.