Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Devils Backbone 16 Point Imperial IPA ].Unclear medium orange color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, resin, orange - citrus, woody. Initial flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter, finish flavor is light heavy sweet and heavy to harsh bitter with a long duration, woody, riped fruit, orange, dry. Late finish is very bitter ! Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130815]

Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a slightly hazy burnt orange color with a thin foamy white head that dissipated within about a minute. Light lacing prevailed around the glass.
The smell had a ton of bittersweet citrus to piney goodness. Grapefruit-like in a moderate sort of way.
The taste was bittersweet all the way through in a fantastic conglomeration of the previously mentioned flavors.
On the palate, this one sat at a medium on the body with a tad of sessionability but there’s a good pummeling of my tongue so this might not be too sessionable the more I think about it.
Overall, this was a pretty good DIPA that I could have again.

Nice completely crisp and clear light copper coloured body with a bright orange glow and a rich peach and light amber tint, all with a very thin off-white head. Aroma of strong hops, alcohol, oak, dry grass, apricots and a good amount of pine. Medium-bodied; Strong hop flavours throughout with resin, pine, pineapple and a hint of tropical notes coming through, but all with a mildish malt backbone - not horribly strong, which is nice, and a very pungent fruit flavour that dominates the finish. Aftertaste has a pleasant sweetness from the fruits with a good pine and hop kick that lasts for quite a while. Overall, a very nice Imperial IPA with a good flavour profile and a more hop-forward beer! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Washington, DC (Foggy Bottom) on 24-February-2014 for US$3.49 sampled at home in Washington on 18-June-2014 a few hours before leaving for Asia for a last sample of the good beer available at home in my backyard!

2014 RBWG Sat night Downtown Inn bottle share. Clear gold with a white head. The aroma is malt and light hops. The flavor is bitter hops with a good underlying malt base. Long dry finish.

12oz bottle pours a clear, dark gold with some creamy, white head. Nose has a ton of pine, sticky orange, honey, grapefruit, but overall, fairly mild. Flavor is very sweet, honey, pine, mild soap, pithy. Full bodied, sticky finish. I expected better.

Draft at GBBF 2013, Day 3 - London. Pours clear, yellow-gold with a creamy white head. The nose is full of woody pine and earth. Medium sweet flavor, moderately boozy, with orange, melon, grapefruit, light bread, raw whole flower hops. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Somewhat hot in the finish with oily hops, grass, pine and ripe citrus fruits. A little raw.

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2013. Pours a hazy amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter piney flavor. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy bitter finish.

Gravicask, at the American Bar, GBBF 2013, day 3. Cloudy apricot coloured body, tiny white head. Resinous hops to the nose. Jam-like taste character of grapefruits, dark spices and resin. Lingering dry bitter ending. Full bodied and warming, quite heavy drinking (London Olympia 15. 08.2013).

How: Cask.
Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), 2013.
Appearance: Brown colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Hops, fruit, grapefruit.
Body: Medium body, ok carbonation.
Flavour: Bitter, hops, citrus.