9.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

This was a perfect west coast IPA. HOPS HOPS and more HOPS! Sweet candy hops, tart citrus hops, grapefruit, orange, tangerine, mandarin, lemon, lime, you name it, its here! For a hop head, this beer is pure heaven, i wanted and IV of this stuff............I almost cried when it was done! 5 all the way!

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from De Bierliefhebber. Fruity piney hop aroma with malt, citrus, pine resin, grapefruit, orange, grass, a floral touch, and spruce. Light to moderate sweet flavour with a firm bitterness. Body is medium. Such a re-revelation to drink a truly classic bitter piney West Coast IPA in the hazecraze era.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Notes from 1/10/2009 Brought back from Boston in September. Lazy me left it the fridge at least. Chunks of yeast breaking off the bottom as I heavy-handily reach for the bottle opener. Awww shit, a gusher. : - Fifteen yard penalty. I mop up, & pour ever so gently into my Ommgang flute chalice. A muddy orange body, with an inch of egg-beater white whispy head. Soft, uniform, micro-beaded lace. Smell is big on tangerine zest, sticky residual sugars, pine, & a little aerosol. Pretty juicy on the initial taste. Lots of rind bitterness & zesty sweetness all the way through. It finishes a little drier, showing some dusty malt, but the orange/grapefruit rind bitterness lingers quite a bit. Carbonation is pretty low, but the beer isn't sticky. Alcohol punches a little harder then I thought it would. If this was in twelve ouncers, I think I'd eye a sixer every now & then.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Rerate draft from First Draft 2-21-16 Prev 4.0

7

Train beer = rail ipa. Nice! Dry bitterness, balanced.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from Deconinck. Pours clear orange with a thick, frothy, white head. Aroma of ripe mandarin, mango, pink grapefruit juice, peach, paprika, pepper, lime. Taste has sweet mango & mandarin, bitter grapefruit & orange peel, a bit piney-spicy on sweetish biscuity malts. Dry, bitter, resinous hoppy finish, lots of (ripe) fruit peels lingering. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Classic West Coast Ale, very good!

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

The can says best by next month but it doesn't taste that fresh at all. The aromas are musty, dry grain, a little pale malt and a hint of hops. Flavors are like Nose, some bitterness yes but little to no hop flavor.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Appearance is amber and quite clear, a 1-finger off-white head. Aroma- pithy fruit, hop resin, big grapefruit and orange, stewed pineapple, tropical fruit. Caramel ‘sweetness’ is detectable. Taste- bitter hops, toasty malt undertones, pithy fruit, grapefruit, orange juice, pineapple, some sticky treacle in the finish. Good stuff.