Spicy notes in the flavor and aroma compliment the hops profile. Quite easy to drink and real nice feel.

Had this many times, just getting around to rating it now. 12oz bottle my wife actually got at a Christmas beer exchange. Pours a hazy, burnt orange with some lacing white head. Nose is spot on, malty, honey, orange, pine, candle wax, almost a little cinnamon stick, hints of grapefruit. Flavor is also right on the money, malty, a touch of black pepper, some distinct rye, some mild brown sugar, hints of caramel, orange, lemon, grapefruit, pine, all blending well together. Full bodied but dry finish. Spicy, zesty, refreshing. There’s a reason this beer is a standard bearer.

Bottle from Hay Wines, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Dark amber. Tight, off white head. Damson jam, tinned strawberries, granary bread, bitter grapefruit. The full works, in fact. Taste is toffee sweet and grapefruit bitter, all balanced well. Big, fruity, oily palate. Long, dry, pink grapefruit finish.

Bottle - Piney floral hops and candied malts. Dark clear amber with a rich beige head. Sweet malts and all the flavor of hops without the bitterness. A very well balanced beer, that tends to the sweet side which is what I personally like in my IIPA.

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 7/22/2013. Pours lightly hazy deep ruby copper color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, lemon zest, orange rind, caramel, bread, spicy rye, floral, pine, grass, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop and malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange zest, pine, caramel, bread, spicy rye, floral, grass, and floral earthiness. Good amount of pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, pine, caramel, bread, rye, floral, grass, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome balance and complexity of hop flavors with moderate rye presence; with a fair amount of malt balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy, crisp, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent rye IPA! All around great balance and complexity of hop and malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.