Pours deep hazy amber into a snifter. Off-white head with medium retention leaves spots as it recedes to mottle surface. Sweet dark pine aromas. Sharp bitter resin and pine from front to back turning slightly to grapefruit in the lasting finish.

12 ounce bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop in Durham, NC. Pours a brownish orange color, hazy with large floating particles. Medium creamy white head with decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is typical SImcoe hops... earthy and herbal with lots of fruit notes including mango, citrus and peach. Taste is bitter hops with tropical fruit notes with a bit of maltiness in the background. Medium bodied.

(Bottle) Cloudy brownish amber colour with a lasting, frothy, off-white head, leaving traces of lacing. Fruity, hoppy nose with orange marmalade, dried apricots and citrussy hops. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of orange marmalade, grapefruit, pine needles, caramel and lots of fresh, citrussy, piney hops in the finish. More aromatic than bitter though. Slightly above medium body, fairly dry. Another tasty and hoppy beer from Mikkel. Very nice.

Courtesy of Blazer06. Pours copper with gold edges and white head. The aroma is dusty citrus tangelo and spicy hops along with mild sugary malts. The taste is much the same with a mix of spicy hops and tangelo like sweet to bitter citrus hops. Into the finish a mild pulse of sweet malts and grains seem to gain traction for a few moments.

Bottle: Poured a cloudy dirty brown color ale with a rather large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bitter and somewhat citrus hops with a very perceptible malt base. Taste is dominated by floral piney notes with some astringent notes and a dry caramel malt base underneath it all. I can understand why people sometime qualify this as the cat pee hops. Body is quite full with limited filtration and great carbonation. Very well done though the Nugget is still my favorite.

Olive bottle, 330 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on July 23 2009; eye: caramel with an orange hue, lightly hazy, no effervescence, beige head that turns into an island of melting ice cream, nice lacing; nose: resinous hops, grapefruit, caramel malt, light orange, pine; mouth: resinous hops, astringency, grapefruit, light orange, pine, layer of caramel malt, dry finale in resinous hops with astringency, medium-full body, rather carbonated and bitter, lightly sweet, slightly harsh; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 330 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 23 juillet 2009; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangée, légèrement voilée, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige qui se transforme en un îlot de crème glacée fondante, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, malt caramel, léger orange, pin; bouche : houblon résineux, astringence, pamplemousse, léger orange, pin, filet de malt caramel, finale sèche en houblon résineux avec astringence, corps moyen-corsé, plutôt carbonatée et amère, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : bien aimé