Bottle shared by duchammer thanks to Matt_ducharme: Poured a hazy straw color with a huge frothy head (I poured it like an asshole). Right to the nose hops can almost taste it. Nice fruity hops taste, very sessionable and soft finish.

500 ml Bottle with a date of 10/30/2014stamped on neck, yes!! Thanks Jacks Abby for the date! Shared two ways. Slightly hazy gold with lasting foamy head in a pilsner glass. Aroma is lots of citrus with grapefruit upfront and a ton of grassy, Saaz type hints.

Moderate level of pilsner malt body in a highly hopped profile. Massively grassy, mildly citrus fruits with a nice lingering hop bite. Imperial Pils that drinks like a well hopped IPA. Light crisp body makes this a beer you can chug. Get this brew fresh it rocks!

Fresh 2014 bottle, drunk 2/22/14
So after buying this about 3 weeks ago, I left it in the fridge and it STILL will not clarify. I don’t understand! Either this is some very non-flocculent lager yeast (seems very doubtful) or these hop particles just won’t settle. Either way, the beer is still hazy, albeit not terribly so and deep sunny-orange colored with a clumpy white head that is well retained (in clumps...). Lots of lacing.
Very bitter and piney, this reminds me much of the ABCS (which I didnt rate due to the same annoying resistance to the sediment dropping out). Lush green, leafy resinous hops are backed by a mostly dry pale malt sweetness, while some earthy tones from the hops and a touch of doughiness from the yeast persist. Bright and crisp citrus notes break through on the very end and increase with warming, but it’s just not 100% bright hop aroma due to the sediment.
Pillowy malts provide ample body, as a creamy carbonation aids in balancing the hop assault as well. Pine, grapefruit rind and lots of lemon all build up on the palate, crescendoing in to a bitter, but not obnoxiously so, finish that is robbed of some of its resin sting thanks to the comforting malt texture and sugars. Really nice mouthfeel, not even too out of balance, but I just don’t care for the hop flavor really. It’s tons of tangy, almost sour pininess and extremely dry ctirus rind. I can see why this gets the rating it does, but not my cup of tea. On the plus side, my second bottle of ABCS has finally gone clear after sitting in the fridge for 2 weeks.

Bottle @ home, courtesy of tenderloineshawn213. Thanks shithead. Fair amount of yeast sludge in the upper neck of the bottle. Pours a somewhat cloudy yellow orange appearance with a lasting off white head. Aroma is massively spicy/dank hoppy with white wine and lots of grapefruit. The hops is seriously out of control on this one. They’re very nice, full of fruit, guava, and dank weedy notes, but it’s almost a bit too much. Malt backbone is nice and beer is dry enough. Very bitter and even a touch goopy. I guess I like most of my lagers in the low boost range and not quite so bitter, but it is kind of fun to drink. 8.5 % = medium boost

Bottle @ Chriso. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a longlasting white head. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty peachy hoppy flavor. has a sweetish malty grainy peachy hoppy finish.

50cl bottle pours a hazy gold with some spitty, white head. Nose is very inviting, perfume, limes, lemon zest, honey, light pine, chive. Flavor is very bright, lime, grapefruit, zesty garlic, onion shoots, orange. Really nice and balanced. Medium bodied, peppy finish.

Bottle at Chriso tasting (thanks Chris) 18/11/12. Lightly hazed pale blonde with a thin white head that soon clears to the edge and leaves a film. Nose is pine, kiwi fruit, big tropical fruit hit on the nose. Tastes pine forward, light burnt notes, bitter orange, hint of mango, grapefruit. Medium bodied with bite, bitter dry finish. Decent!