Kind of an all-around okay pale, surprisingly tame considering its pedigree. English malts offer up their usual fruits and nuts, some apple, some black tea undertones, offset by a lemon-orange hop middle in dire need of some oomph. Estery as all hell, and the finish grows sweet, a mild floral hoppiness giving way to bready Brit ale notes. Appearance is orange-gold with a meager head and minuscule lacing, and the watery texture only adds to the overall English meh-ness. Expected more.

Draft pour pint at Malt and Vine. Nice to see this Collab still going strong after all the years. Didn’t even know of it before today. And I call myself a beer nerd.. Psh. Glad it’s here, always a pleasure to try something unique like this. An unexpected, yet appropriate collaboration. Golden orange pour with a thick foam head. Balanced aroma of earthy malt and hops. Earthy constant, smooth, with a below but constant bitterness. Drinks easy. Bitter, but not too bitter that it takes away from the overall drinking pleasure. Solid offering here.

Shared 22 oz. bottle. Pours a murky bronze color with a small off-white head. Aroma of citrus, mild tropical fruit, light malt. Taste is citrus, pale malt, earth, a bit of brown bread.

650ml bottle. Pours a hazy copper with a medium, frothy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves plenty of lace. Sweet aroma of pale malt, orange, grapefruit, tropical fruit and floral. Sweet flavour of pale malt, caramel, orange, grapefruit, papaya and mango with a dry, mildly bitter finish. Light to medium body with a creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Tasty, an excellent EPA.

On tap at Petrol Station. Pours a cloudy orange copper with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is earth, English yeast/malt, spruce. Medium body, earth, citrus, bread, light bitterness, good.

Copper, with a thin head. Messy. Touch of plastic. Diacetyl and stickiness. Vaguely earthy hops. I don’t think I understand what they’re trying to do here.

Bottle from John’s. Pours a clear amber color with a medium white head. A big toast and fruity nose. Soft, citrus, biscuit, soft perfume, bready. Very smooth. Very much a British beer. Quite nice. Lively.

Super hazy light copper coloured body with a muddy orange and bronze glow and a nice, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of earthy english hops, nuts, caramel, raisins, herbal and grassy hops and a hint of light fruits - very nice and strong and plenty of hops. Medium-bodied; Assertive effervescence; Strong malt notes up front with a toasty finish, some apple and pear flavours along with a good light hop note and some pineapple and passionfruit flavours as well. Aftertaste shows a decent complexity with some grassy hops at first, a good malt backbone and a little sweetness at the end from fruits. Overall, a nice and robust beer with plenty of complexity and a good solid malt backbone with some nice hop notes on top. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Brown Jug in Anchorage (Northern Lights Blvd), Alaska on 26-May-2013 for US$5.99 sampled at home in Washington on 25-June-2013.

Bottle - Orange, grapefruit and sweet hops. Clear amber with a rich head. A sweet grapefruit, maybe more like a pomelo. Lots of citrus with only a mild bitterness. Very refreshing , but so much grapefruit flavour that it is a little distracting.

Good, but not great IPA. Pours a cloudy, golden yellow with minimal head. Strong citrus aroma, with a combination of citrus flavors and hop bite. Fairly smooth finish. While I certainly enjoyed it, I guess I was expecting something more--something of a disappointment, really.