Bottle. Pours a deep amber-reddish with a soft frothy amber-white head. Smells of bittersweet hops, grapefruit, and pine. Taste is bitter grapefruit peel and pine with a slight peppery finish. Nice.

Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours unclear amber with a small creamy white head. Piney and citrussy hops. Dry and really bitter. A bit of yeast. Smooth.

Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, toffee, some earth, mild wooden notes as well. Flavour is wood, fruits, caramel, some earth, quite sugary and mildly resiny. Balanced IIPA.

From cask. Pours cloudy and dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, caramelish and slight citric. Sweet, slight sticky, dense grapefruity hoppy and malty. Dry and solid fruity following. Dry and herbal bitter finish.

Draft @ Hickory Hops 2011, Hickory, NC. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy grapefruit aroma. FRuity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.

Bottle from a trade with ksurkin. Pours dark golden color with off white head. Citrus aroma with some sweet malts. Sweet grapefruit and caramel flavors with some other citrus also. Medium body with average carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel. Thanks Ken.

Orange peel and grapefruit peel aroma. Slightly hazy amber, medium cream colored head, good lacing. Powerfully bitter lemon zest initially. Grapefruit peel reveals itself at midpalate with a lesser degree of bitterness. Very very tinny. Somewhat resinous. Despite the detractors, Starr Hill went all in with the hops. Decent IIPA.

Draft at Churchkey. Clear golden. Nice citrus aroma. Overwhelming bitter taste, too much for my buds to handle.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Norm's, 5/16/12

Aroma: The nose is hoppy with some pine, citrus fruits, and a little bit of earth
Appearance: Cloudy dark orange color with a thin, fizzy white head and light (and randomly spaced) lace
Flavor: The taste is light sweet, but mostly bitter (particularly in the middle and end palate)
Palate: The body is medium-full, slightly sticky, and has a long lasting dryness on the tongue
Overall Impression: You know what? I have to basically stand by the scores from my first review. I had to lower the aroma score just a touch, but I have been left with what seems like a slightly better overall impression, so the score ends up in the same place.
7/3/7/4/16

Location: Draft at Capital Ale House, 11/26/10

Aroma: The nose has citrus notes, some resin/pine, and a little caramel
Appearance: It pours a clearish orange-copper color with an off-white head
Flavor: Much like the nose, some sweetness, leaning more toward the bitterness
Palate: It has a medium body, fairly soft carbonation, and a somewhat chewy mouthfeel
Overall Impression: Only the 12th rater of this one, I guess it is either fairly new or not well distributed. Anyway, this was a solid, though not spectacular example of the style. I'm a fan of the regular IPA from Starr Hill, so I was expecting them to make a very solid DIPA, and while this is a solid beer, I had hopes of it being a little bit better. Good stuff though, none-the-less.
8/3/7/4/15

Cask at Commercial Tap House on 06/01/2010. Clear copper amber body with a large rocky off-white head. Big citrus and resiny hop aroma. Big citrus and resiny hop flavor with a pale malt background. Medium full body with moderate carbonation and a dry finish. 8/3/8/3/16 - 3.8 On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 03/23/2010. Mostly clear copper amber body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet citrus and resiny hop aroma. Sweet citrus and resiny hop flavor on a caramel and pale malt background with a bit bitter finish. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 8/3/8/3/15 - 3.6