Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, caramel, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, caramel, bread, and malt. Thanks CaptainCougar for coming to Denmark and sharing this.

CLear amber with a tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with malty, caramel and floral, hoppy notes. Flavour was sweet with toasted malt, caramel, pine, hops and grapefruit notes. Finished bitter.

22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of CaptainCougar. Pours almost clear and golden deep orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and light pinewood hops aroma. Citric and peachy flavoured wodden note. Dry bitter and light wooden flavoured finish.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of CaptainCougar. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Spicy hop aroma of peaches and pine. Medium body, sweet caramel and fruit with an amazing alcohol burn. Some fine aroma hops. 300809

Pours deep amber into a snifter. Beige head with medium retention recedes leaving slight sheets. Grapefruit and resin aromas. Thick with upfront caramel and a sharp pine and resin finish.

On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 08/14/2009. Very clear copper amber body with a small foamy white head. Sweet floral and citrus hop aroma on a caramel background. Sweet citrus, floral, and resiny hop flavor with a caramel background. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation.

Bomber. Pours a darkish coppery brown with a sudsy beige head and aromas of caramel malt and pine & citrus hops... although a little on the underpowered side of things. I recently picked up four bombers of new-to-me double/imperial IPA’s, and this is number three. Of the three to date, this is the best. The body and flavor are not overwhelmingly syrupy, and maybe would classify as watery per the style. Still, the caramel and toffee malts seem to play nicely against the strong alcohol and hops. Things do get a little sticky at the end, but the sweetness has a nice darker side to it (not that annoying buttery sweetness). I liked this one quite a bit, especially considering the over-the-top bottles of the last few nights.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Norm's, 8/3/09

Aroma: Lots of grass/earth/pine hops here, a bit floral, a drop of fruit, some caramel as well, maybe a bit of biscuit
Appearance: Clearish copper color, about 1/2 inch of off-white head, lots of spotty lacing on the glass
Flavor: Nice hop flavor here, there is some balance from the malts, more floral and sweet then the nose
Palate: Medium bodied, really nice mouthfeel, and drinks really easily for a beer over 10% ABV
Overall Impression: I was excited for this one, as I like the fact that Clipper City (a brewery less then 1 hr from my home) is expanding their big beer repertoire. Unfortunately, I got many opinions on this one prior to trying it, and it was basically getting killed across the board, so I definitely lost some of my excitement for it. I have to say, and maybe it was my diminished expectations that led to this (for I, as is the case with many of us, have been known to allow expectations - be them good or bad - to cloud my judgement), thought it was quite good. Granted, I went in not expecting too much, but I liked it a lot, especially for the price (a 10.5% beer (my bottle said 10.5% despite the 10.6% above) for $5 a bomber? Yes please!). I love big IPAs, look, this isn't the best DIPA/IIPA ever made, but come on, it's has a pretty nice hoppy beer.

Draft at the 2009 MD Spring Fest. Orange amber color, nice head. Hazy and thick, but still translucent. Astringent hop aroma, mellow cask carbonation and temperature. Big, sticky, warm hop feel. Perhaps a little too sweet and strong for it’s own good. Nonetheless, a memorable and quality beer.