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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Jul 2008
I got this in a trade with russpowell. Thanks Russ!
Nice hazy orange gold colour with a good 2 finger head of foam. Some good lacing and the head retention is excellent.
The smell has notes of grapefruit, caramel, and a lot of fruitiness. I get pears and apricots. Nice inviting nose.
The taste is very strong in the hop department...grapefruit and grass mostly but the malt is there as well with lots of honey and some caramel and the fruit is just as noticeable in the taste as it was in the smell. Again, pears and apricots. Good medium body here and it finishes with some bitterness and it has a long lasting aftertaste.
This is a nice tasty example of the style that somehow manages to get the 2 fruit flavours in and it works. It's definitely not a session ale as I get some warming from the 7.5%abv but it *is* pretty easy drinking. Good stuff!
I got this in a trade with russpowell. Thanks Russ!
Nice hazy orange gold colour with a good 2 finger head of foam. Some good lacing and the head retention is excellent.
The smell has notes of grapefruit, caramel, and a lot of fruitiness. I get pears and apricots. Nice inviting nose.
The taste is very strong in the hop department...grapefruit and grass mostly but the malt is there as well with lots of honey and some caramel and the fruit is just as noticeable in the taste as it was in the smell. Again, pears and apricots. Good medium body here and it finishes with some bitterness and it has a long lasting aftertaste.
This is a nice tasty example of the style that somehow manages to get the 2 fruit flavours in and it works. It's definitely not a session ale as I get some warming from the 7.5%abv but it *is* pretty easy drinking. Good stuff!
Tried
on 30 Nov 2017
at 10:43
7/10
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Tried
on 05 Nov 2017
at 13:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
0.5L bottle, 1.5 years old but still within BB. Pours hazy amber with an enormous, smooth off-white head, retains it well. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, malty. Taste has a good balance between hops and malts, fruity, citrus, pine, sweet caramel, but quite a bitter finish. Palate is sublime, medium bodied and one of the most velvety smooth IPAs I've ever had, carbonation is medium-heavy but settles down nicely, a little sticky. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2017
at 21:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Drought @ Fox & Hounds, Sønderborg. Pours hazy straw with airy but stable off-white head. Clear aroma of hops and citrus, with notes of malt and fruit. Sweetish flavour of malt and fruit, with bitter notes of hops and citrus and notes of yeast. Malty and estery aftertasfte with a bitter touch. Crispy, refreshing mouthfeel. Well-balanced and very enjoyable. Yummy!
Tried
on 15 Jul 2017
at 12:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Aroma 6 Appearance 4 Taste 6 Palate 4 Overall 11
Hazed deep golden color with a fine white head. Good lacing. Ok intensity in the aroma. Medium (+) body and an average carbonation level. A bit unbalanced sweetness. Fruity(dried fruit), grassy, grapefruit hoppy and some pine in the flavor.
[On tap at Tons of Rock -17 in Halden, Norway]
Earlier Rating: 4/17/2012 Total Score: 3.9
Hazy amber colour with an off white head. Massive delicious grape nose. Fruity and hoppy with a solid sweet malty background.
[Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Halden, Norway]
Hazed deep golden color with a fine white head. Good lacing. Ok intensity in the aroma. Medium (+) body and an average carbonation level. A bit unbalanced sweetness. Fruity(dried fruit), grassy, grapefruit hoppy and some pine in the flavor.
[On tap at Tons of Rock -17 in Halden, Norway]
Earlier Rating: 4/17/2012 Total Score: 3.9
Hazy amber colour with an off white head. Massive delicious grape nose. Fruity and hoppy with a solid sweet malty background.
[Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Halden, Norway]
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2017
at 04:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7
0,5 litre Bottle, at home. Dark Golden with little head. Nice aroma, a rad Too bitter for my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2017
at 12:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Drinks of the World. Pours cloudy amber. Aroma is lightly grassy, very malty, quite citric. Malt-forward, bready. Body is heavy, sweet, lots of residual malts. Still bready. Probably too old, bottled 5 months ago. Really sweet and lightly sticky. Lingering malt palate, still sweet. Good, but not typical for an IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2017
at 16:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy dark orange colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have a great balance of biscuity malts and subtle, moderately bitter hops. Fine carbonation.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2017
at 15:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Murphys Law. Clear golden with big white head. Lemon, pineapple, huge Brett, horse sweat, caramel, dust, light raw grains. Under medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Weird for an IPA but not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2016
at 14:02