12 ounce bottle from the Wine Cellar in Harrisonburg, VA. Pours an orange color with a thin head and thin speckled lacing. Fruity hop aroma with sweet malts. Taste is slightly bitter, slightly vegetal hops with grainy, sweaty malts. Medium bodied.,

Thanks John for not sending me an IPA, and I saved this pale ale till last. I owe a trade to jjpm74 for these last quality brews he’s sent me. These Geary’s twist off caps are sometimes difficult to get off with out an opener. Tear my skin. Wet raggish initial aroma when you pop the lid, this may be the smell of my skin. When you pour it, the olfactory becomes more sweet and volatile. Darker amber brown orange color, looks like Gearys Hampshire Special. Good tingly first taste impression, not a whole lottta hop. Tastes cold even though it is warming, very complex. Malty alky bitterness begins to build on the back of the palate. So this is from the US’s Great White North? Not bad from the state of Maine. This is a pretty good representative for a flag ship beer. Not bitter enough to offend new brew drinkers and bitter enough to let an IPA lover know you’re concerned. Lovely carbonation, some of the best in an EPA. Even better than Great Divide which is a carbonated line. Finish is medium length bitter, but not out of control, just nearly. Best EPA I’ve had to date, even better than Black Dog and Great Divide Denver Pale Ale.