This IPA refuses to be pale. In fact, it is a deep ruby red. This huge American style beer, originating from Oregon, uses West Coast hops in appropriately massive proportions, braced by a strong crystal malt backbone. Deep ruby red, earthy orange and caramel nose, sweet toffee start, peppery dark roast parsnips and a long bitter finish. This beer is a Hardknott classic and best exemplifies our American craft beer influences and our intention to shock stuffy traditionalists.
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6.5/10
Tried
on 23 Oct 2013
at 19:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Hazy amber with a large tan head, ok lacing. Aroma is a little metallic. Flavour is bitter marmalade on a long extremely dry bitter base.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2013
at 12:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Rasmus’s. Pours amber with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, fruity hops. Flavor is malt, caramel, light spice, pepper, little fruity hops. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 260913
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2013
at 10:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml Bottle: BBD 08 2015, poured into a Duvel glass during 10 2013. Looked fine, nice red hue with a full white crown on top. Floral and fruity nose, but difficult to tell if it was hop or malty notes I was picking up, most likely a mix of the two. It became more malty as it warmed in the glass, with some sweeter, caramel type esters arriving. The taste was maltier from the start with dark berries and an earthy, woody hint within the mix: different and no unpleasant. The alcohol just about hidden by the flavours, would have liked a bit more body depth, but is based on an IPA style, so you shouldn’t expect a heavy, creamy bodied beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2013
at 00:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Sainsbury’s Purley Way. It pours clear deep amber with a thick beige head. The nose is wood, earth, brown bread, toast, caramel and spice. The taste is wood, earth, caramel, decent bitterness, some astringency, touch of acidity, resin, light alcohol and spice with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Perhaps a bit more malt-forward than I like my IPAs, but pretty decent nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2013
at 10:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Sainsbugles. Almost clear, reddy amber. Thin, white head. Aroma of black cherry, some pine, plenty of maltiness. Taste is more of the same. Oily aftertaste. Gluggable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2013
at 12:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle from Sainsbury’s - A solid red body, thick white head. Lots of red fruits picked out in the nose, strawberries, cherries all sorts. The taste is a little less impactful, a dumbed down hit of the nose. Nice robust body, very enjoyable indeed and probably my favourite in the Sainsbury’s Beer Hunt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2013
at 13:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle at home. So it goes on, this orange supermarket binge. Do they just stick a pin in a map and say, "Where’s the nearest brewery to this?" Best of a bad lot this though, but nowhere near as good as Rhetoric 1. Reddish brown pour, toffee nose with decent enough hop aroma - grass, orange, really faint pine. Tastes balanced, if not exciting. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 16:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity and old hops. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. Too sweet for my liking. 260913
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 11:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 6.2%. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, caramel, little toasted and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, little dry, medium sweet, little spicy and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 11:49