Bottle. Transparent and thin copper body with a pretty decent fluffy head. Aromas are weak... a bit of fruit and caramel is about all I pick up. Flavor is pleasant enough, but similar to the nose... I was looking for a little more. There are plenty of good hops to be found... pine, citrus and even some floral, but they don’t punch through the watery malt enough. I guess it’s not a total trainwreck and might even be a very good beer to introduce a buddy to the concept of an IPA without hitting them too hard.

Oh, hops! Pours a somewhat cloudy copper color with very fine carbonation. Almost no head. A bitter citrusy taste with a bitter finish. Got some bite to it, too. Certainly good. Props Magic Hat.

12 ounce bottle courtesy of beerbill. Thanks! Best by July 2008. Pours a slightly hazy bronze color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Very fruity hop aroma, especially grapefruit and green apple. Taste is very bitter with grapefruit and other hop notes as well as a hint of toffee. Medium bodied.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark caramel-amber color with a huge orange-white head. The aroma was fairly strong fruity and floral hops. The flavor was sweet, malty and had fairly strong fruity and spicy hops. The beer turns a touch sour towards the finish. Better than the sum of it’s parts and nicely quaffable.

Bottle from Chevy Chase Liquors, Washington
Hazy amber color, nice lace. Strong earthy aroma, medium mouthfeel, dry caramel flavor, reasonable hopping. It’s like a crossover between an English IPA (bitter but not as much as an American one and without fruity/resiny hops) and a good English Bitter (the earthy hops).

A hazy amber ale with a thick frothy off white head. Aroma of freshly picked chinook hops, and light berries. In mouth, a good hoppy solid pale ale, with British hops, light grapefruit bitterness, roasted malt, medium bodied. Bought in a garage somewhere in Upstate NY.

Brown bottle, 3/4 of a pint, best before June 2008, gift from Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on September 9 2008; eye: geyser out of the bottle, copper, clear, slight effervescence, voluminous beige head made up of rather large bubbles and that turns into a tiny ring, lacing; nose: resinous hops, light caramelized malt, pin, light orange; mouth: all in resinous hops, a bit of caramelized malt, pine, finale in resinous hops with a good presence of grapefruit and a bit of caramel, rather astringent, lightly sweet, rather bitter, medium body, slightly harsh texture, carbonation is below average; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 3/4 de pinte, meilleure avant juin 2008, cadeau de Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 9 septembre 2008; œil : jaillie de la bouteille, cuivrée, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse beige abondante formée de bulles plutôt grosses et qui se transforme en un petit anneau, dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, léger malt caramélisé, pin, léger orange; bouche : tout en houblon résineux, filet de malt caramélisé, pin, finale en houblon résineux avec une bonne présence de pamplemousse et un peu de caramel, plutôt astringent, légèrement sucrée, plutôt amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement rugueuse, carbonatation sous la moyenne; en résumé : bien

12oz bottle pours a tan amber with a foamy, rocky slightly beige head. Only mild citrus in the aroma, a little lemony with some orange with a fair amount of sweet bread hanging about. Flavor was just as mild, more citrus, some darker, chewier grains and a little spice. Slightly sweet, slightly bitter finish that’s a little watery. Very drinkable for an IPA but nothing to differentiate it from plenty of others in the market.

Cloudy light brown color. Nice thick head that goes down slowly. Strong yeasty aroma. Taste is somewhat hoppy. Slight sweetness. Yeasty. Bitter finish. Alright indeed.