bottle at home ... amber ... swampy vegetable light floral nose (oddly nice)... zezty orange fruits ... juicy little musty though ... little herbal floral odd its ok

Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 4/12/12

Aroma: The nose has some citrus fruit hops, caramel, herbal notes, and a little soap
Appearance: It pours a clear orange color with a light foam of white head and sporadic lace
Flavor: Tastes lightly sweet with a lingering mid-plus bitterness and like the nose a bit of soap
Palate: The body is medium, with a decent amount of warming alcohol, and a lengthy, dry finish
Overall Impression: This one wasn't a great IIPA. There were the makings of a decent beer here, but there wasn't enough of a flavorful hop punch. Instead, I got a dry, but lacking, bitterness and a little bit of soap. At 10%, with some heat, it isn't particularly drinkable either. For me, this is not close to the top of a great style.
6/6/6/6/6

Location: 12 oz bottle from the brewery, 11/1/25.

Overall Impression: Mostly clear darker golden color with a thin off white head. Grapefruit, caramel, bread, spice, booze, and pine. Overly boozy considering the ABV. Out of balance. Some mid-2000s to it. Didn't work for me.
7/6.5/5.5/5/5.5

Draught. Amber and bright with a big but loose head. Lightly citrusy aroma, mostly just some dull hops though. Earthy and a little bit ashy, again quite hoppy but not too bright. The malts are just slightly syrupy. The problem is that this beer is in many places in Miami the only IPA on tap and it is just far too big for that. They need a sessionable version.

Bottle from Liz. Pours light copper with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is light on hop, has some caramel, and the alcohol tickles the nose. Med + body. The heat is noticeable. The caramel is the main flavor. Seems to be a touch of diacetyl. It’s somewhat bitter, but I can’t pick out a hop type. Alcohol gets in the way. I’m going to have to vote for primarily floral hop with a little light stone fruit. It is intense in it’s funny little way.

Slightly hazy honey golden coloured body with a bit of a bright orange glow and a very thin off-white head. Aroma of alcohol, flowers, honeysuckle, a touch of hops and a bunch of malt. Full-bodied; Pungent malt backbone with a little bit of hops, a lot of yeast complexity and some assertive floral and grassy notes. Aftertaste shows a lot of alcohol, some spice characteristics, a bit more yeast and a lot of grassyness - not so much of the hops, however. Overall, not a good beer, but not really a bad one - just a lot of alcohol, not hoppy at all, and the grassiness is a bit overdone. More of a failed belgian ale than an imperial ipa, but not a drain pour by any means. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 20-July-2011 sampled at home in Washington on 21-November-2011.

12oz bottle. Unfiltered orange-tan, respectable off-white head. Alcohol-tinged citrus aroma...spiked grapefruit juice. A big, bold IIPA..rather straightforward, in a good way. Bright hoppy citrus tastes dominate. Some orange-liqueur tastes going on. I sort of enjoy the malt being on the lighter side, which seems to accentuate the stylistic differences between it and a Barleywine. Not quite World Class, but a a pretty solid example of the style.

12 oz bottle given to me by Suttree. Pour is a mostly clear orange golden, with a smallish off white head. Aroma is sweet booze, phenols, cloying honey and a sort of off floral note. Weird and cloying nose. Taste is resin bitter, followed by artificial honey sweetness that cloys, finishing with a blast of dry alcohol heat. Finish is hot and grassy. Palate is medium bodied, coats the mouth, and then the alcohol dries it all out. This had some of the harshness of a malt liquor. The bottle cap on this was the highlight, nice design. Thanks Phil.

Pours clear amber color with thin off white head. Aromas of pine and citrus hops with lots of caramel. Overly sweet malty flavor with grapefruit and pine. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Too sweet for my tastes.

Draft at Rustico. Poured a golden body, small white head. Aroma was pine notes, sweet caramels, touch of honey I’d suppose? Hops aren’t nearly as big as I expected, but still pretty balanced for a Double IPA. 10% alcohol is hidden quite well.

Bottle. Pours a slightly orange-tinted gold with little head and actively rising carbonation. Aromas are a fairly nice mix of citrusy and tropical hops. Flavor is much better than expected, especially after looking at some of the previous reviews. Sure, the ABV is out in the open and bites a bit, but this is some sort of swamp monster, so biting seems acceptable. The malt presence is light and sweet... kind of like honey with a bit of moonshine added, and the hops swirl around, peeking out from time to time in little bursts of oranges or mangoes, papayas or herbs. In spite of the unbalanced booziness, I found this to be a pretty nice beer.