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Backlog --- Beer aliased from original tick of Easter India Pale Ale on 11 Sep 2018 at 14:54 - Score: 7. Original review text: Backlog --- Beer aliased from original tick of Summer IPA on 24 Jun 2014 at 15:42 - Score: 7

5.5

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

0.33l bottle. Trying to force a head on this one, but I only manage to end up with a thin bubbly and quickly fading off-white sidesticking thing on top of a cloudy peach-colored body. It has a really fruity and peachy nose this! Some thin caramel, dry malts and traces of both cortex and branches. A bit resinous and dry perhaps. The mouthfeel is light oily and the carbonation level is somewhat below average. The flavor is quite resinous and dry. Almost on the verge of being astringent. Strong pungent bitterness on the back of the tongue. Ends with barch and pinewood - not to forget the lingering pungent aftertaste. It lacks fruitiness to be good in my opinion, but I'm sure it's a style-correct east coast IPA. 30.11.2012

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hoppy smell. Amber colour, beige head. Flat carbon. Very sweet. Slightly bitter.

7

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

25th September 2012
The ChrisO small midweek tasting. Light haze on this amber beer. Good pale cream coloured head. Sweet malts and nice sweet piney hops. Light dry finish. Squiffy now but enjoyed this.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Herbal and flowery notes. NIce ipa.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Chriso - 25/09/12 can’t remember who brought this one (Ken?) but thanks all the same. Hazy amber in colouration with a thin to medium off-white head. Caramel malts backed up with hops, fruit tones and finishing a little sour on the nose. Caramel malt in the taste, grapefruit, hops no sourness as the nose had suggested. Medium bodied with a little spritzy carbonation.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, many thanks to SaintMatty. It pours golden amber, with a thin white head. The nose is orange, tangerine, cereal, hay and straw. The taste is straw, hay, tangerine, pith grapefruit, grainy and a touch of caramel, with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. A smooth, fruity IPA. Decent.

6.8

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

330ml bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Vika in Oslo and drunk at a hotel room in Bergen. Cloudy apricot coloured body. Patchy surface, fragile lacing. Fresh fruity nose, mid-dry. Likable taste of fresh and dry fruits, a bit of tropical, apricot and almond. Protracted fruit bitter ending. Nice (16.09.2012).