Deep burnt copper coloured body with a two centimetre tall off-white head and more loose sediment than i’ve ever seen in a beer before - this one is a pure colloid. Aroma of bright grassy and herbal hops with a hint of grapefruit, a decent amount of yeast and some light sugars noticeable. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and grapefruity hops with a very mild and perhaps light malt backbone, more of a single IPA than double, for sure. Aftertaste has the grassy and lightly herbal hops with a little malt, some sweetness and not much else - no depth nor complexity. Overall, more of a single IPA (which is fine by me), but still lacking in depth and malt backbone with no complexity at all. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 28-May-2012 for US$5.55 sampled at home in Washington on 14-October-2012.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 3/9/12

Aroma: This one has a fairly subtle nose, with some malty notes, earth, and some grass
Appearance: Pours a dark orange-caramel color with a half finger of white head and no lace
Flavor: It has some light malt sweetness that's dominated by a medium-heavy earth/grass hop bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, with a bit of a slickness, some on the mouth, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: This one will serve as my 2100th rating, so that's kind of a milestone (I guess). Anyway, the hops here are certainly assertive. Perhaps it could have used a little more balancing malts, but I won't fault them for attempting a assertively hopped beer. Still though, this one just didn't seem to have any of those big citrus, pine, or resin hop notes that I usually enjoy in this style. The hops are certainly anything but missing, but they are less aromatic and more just straight bitter then I tend to prefer from this style. This was a good attempt at a IIPA, but it didn't quite succeed.

Pours cloudy deep gold into a tulip. Off-white head with medium retention recedes to coat surface. Resin aromas. Medium bodied with malt, bread and mild resin from front to back.

22oz bottle-pours a rich light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is sweet pineapple/resin hops, secondary medium malt. Taste is pineapple/resin hops, pepper/alcohol, secondry medium malt.

A hazy golden amber IPA with a beautiful frothy off white head. In aroma, bready hoppy and floral, pinhey, strawberry notes. In mouth, a nice doughy caramel malt with good restrained c-hops, well balanced, grapefruit notes, a bit of funk, and lighter than expected. Tasted Nov. 22 2009.

Copper color with tiny bubbles and a fluffy off-white head. Strong citrus hop aroma over a firm roasted malt. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Strong roasted malt flavor with citrus and pine hop. Seems slightly ashy. At 90 IBU it’s bitter, but it isn’t very harsh. Just totally dominates the mouth. Clean, hoppy finish.

Courtesy of Gillard. Pours gold with copper core and white head. The aroma is sweet grapefruit and orange with some malts in the back. I don’t get much else. The taste is nearing sticky malts and moves toward pine hop bitterness. I get faint grapefruit hops and near midway mildly roasted malts and malt sweetness. Certainly a nice load of bitter hops up front running into malt to the finish.

Bottel courtesy of Gillard. Pours amber. Taste is malty with sweet caramel followed by hints of hops. Nothing really memorable.