TBone (30035) reviewed IPA from Holtens 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled @Vasa Sessions
Slightly hazy yellow color, steady white head. Citrus and grass in the nose with grape fruity notes. Light-bodied. Underlying pale malty, a bit toffeish backbone, grass and citrus. Light but kind of dribkable.
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed IPA from Holtens 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled (from Vinmonopolet, Kirkenes). Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some bread, mild floral and herbal notes. Flavour is rather similar. Not that IPAlike, and quite grainy and herbal aftertaste.
Palme (4407) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
0.75l swingtop bottle. Oh, it's definitely over carbonated. Quickly creates a huge almost foamy looking white lasting head on top of a mildly clouded golden body. It has a aroma that reminds me a bit of a slightly dry white wine. After a while when the head has had a chance to settle a bit it gets more fruity and hop-peachy. A slightly strange vitamin-c citrus touch and traces of grass, public swimming pool and yeast. Yeah, it's not horrible, but still not at all what it should be like. It's definitely over carbonated indeed. Not aggressive but not too far off either. It doesn't really taste as good as it smells. Really yeasty with lots of old silo grass. Slightly earthy and almost dust-like in the aftertaste. It is a drinkable one and all that, but not a very successful IPA in any way IMO. 26.04.2014
bergstaden (9465) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pale golden with a white head - Some hops in the aroma - Malt body with some hops with hints of fruits, with some bitterness - Hints of bitterness from the hops - This was ok, nothing more
IpaPils (12168) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Gulbrun tåkete med hvitt skum. Såpe, frukter og alkohollukt. Ikke spesielt typisk IPA. Mild søtsmak av frukter og honning. Svært lite bitterhet som jeg forventer av denne type øl.
gunnfryd (21869) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma and flavour is malt, hop, yeast, cooked vegetables, citrus. Boring beer.
Cunningham (15473) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Appearance: Hazy golden color with a fine thick white head. Good lacing.
Aroma: Citric hoppy, malty and fruity.
Palate: Medium + body. Moderate sweet and a fine bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Citric hoppy, bready, fruity and rich grassy.
Overall impression: Unbalanced and way to grassy. Low hop profile. To expencive!
Personal stats: Bottle Vinmonopolet Vika in Oslo, Norway
Snegurochka (516) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
This 750ml bottle and the premises for our XXXVI Rating Session was provided by Finn. Cheers! Louder bang and more smoke than Holtens Amber- fun for both boys and girl:-) Hazy yellow body, with some clouds rolling by. Huge foamy head, and intense fruit and citrus aroma. Punch of tangerine, then sweet fruits; apple, melon and hints of citrus. I get this salty finish in this one as well... A rather strange IPA- a melon IPA, maybe?
RuneBlix (26068) reviewed IPA from Holtens 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
750ml swing-top bottle kindly shared by Finn at a rating session. Big shot and smoke when opened. Large creamy white head, mostly diminishing. Hazy golden coloured body. Quite inviting aroma of mandarin with bread beneath. Flavoured by mandarin, lemon and juicy malts. Rather abrupt sweet ending. Soft in the mouth. Alright, however, rather unvaried and a strange kind of an IPA (Tromsø 18.06.2014).