7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 12/13/2016. Pours fairly crystal clear deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense cream colored head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/pine hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus rind, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 8.5%. Overall this is a nice DIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/pine hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the big ABV; with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Definitely quite malty for a DIPA; but adequately drying, with plenty of hop presence. Fairly juicy feeling on hop character, with balanced citrus/fruity/piney complexity. Nice bready Munich malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2017
at 19:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 11/4/2016. Pours crystal clear golden amber/light orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice thick soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/pine hops and dark/bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper/pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, apricot, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/sticky, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6.9%. Overall this is a good IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/pine hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Nice levels of hop presence; though quite on the malty side, it is adequately drying. Nice showcase of the Centennial, Chinook, Columbus hops; without being too sweet/heavy feeling on the malts. A nicely enjoyable offering. A lot better than I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2017
at 19:04
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottle. Strawberry, malt, and light straw aroma. Golden yellow with small but short lasting head and mild effervescence. Lightly sweet strawberry, very light malt, and mildly bitter iron/hay flavor. Very light body. Aroma showed some promise (even if that promise was a fruity sugar bomb) but then just gave weakly flavored strawberry mineral water.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2017
at 14:56
3.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle from the local Grocery Outlet. Pours coppery gold with a white head. Aroma is malty with a bit of fruit. Med minus body. Flavor is malty with not much of anything - maybe a touch of herb or something. The flavor just is not very pleasant. Chalk up another piece of contracted crap.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2017
at 18:30
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle. Apple cider vinegar, light biscuit malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Lightly sweet lemon, biscuit malt, moderately sour vinegar/sour milk, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Light body. A mess.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2017
at 17:59
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sample at the Beer/Port/Mead/Homebrew Tasting on 07/20/2017. Clear yellow color with a medium thin white head that burns away quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lacing. Fruit, musty malt and hops in the nose. Light to medium body with flavors of grainy malt, ripe fruit and hops. The finish is malty up front with a short hoppy aftertaste. Below average overall.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2017
at 14:35
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Sample at the Beer/Port/Mead/Homebrew Tasting on 07/20/2017. Clear copper-amber color with a thin white head that evaporates quickly to a sparse outer ring. Spotty lace. Musty malt, fruit and caramel aroma. Light-bodied with flavors of caramel malt, cardboard and a bit of fruity hops. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Below average overall.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2017
at 14:29
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Metallic orange peel and orange biscuit malt aroma. Golden yellow with large white head. Minimally sweet citrus biscuit malt and moderately bitter tinny orange peel flavor. Light body. Not much here but at least tolerable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2017
at 19:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Dark golden with off white head - Malt aroma with some caramel an hints of hops - Malt body with caramel flavour - Malt goes into the finish - This was ok
Tried
on 19 Jul 2017
at 15:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Dark golden with a white head - Malt and hops in the aroma - Malt body with small hints of caramel and hops that gives some fruity flavours and hints of bitterness - Malt and hops goes into the finish with hints of bitterness - This was ok
Tried
on 15 Jul 2017
at 15:52