7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Belmont Station. Pours translucent gold with a creamy white head. Aroma has lots of fruit, and a little pine/citrus. Full bodied. Instant hop burn beginning. Flavor is fruit, citrus, gets some caramel, then goes fairly earthy. And then resin/pine pops up. It’s quite fruity, has fair amount of caramel, and is bitter indeed, tho not bitingly so. Amazing good ale.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2013
at 18:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber. Bend is one of the hot breweries in PDX it seems. Pours a clear copper color with a large white head. A nice nose of caramel, resin, lemon. The flavor is certainly good: big resinous fruity sweet hops, balanced with biscuit and honey malt. Lingering big bitterness. Damn nice IIPA. Big bitter and orange finish.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2013
at 21:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Bend Brewing Co, Bend, 24/05/13. Very lightly hazed pale blonde witha little in the way of a head. Nose is grain, light hops, citrus, cereals, toasted malts. Taste comprises pale toasted malts, grass, lemon rind, touch of orange, hops. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, crisp finish with a little bitterness. Ok refreshing stuff on the hot day that it was sat outside, but nothing I’d look to revisit.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2013
at 04:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Crisp hazy orange coloured body with a bright bronze glow and a nice three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of piney and especially grassy hop scents with some noticeable malt and alcohol, but the hops are central here. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and herbal hop flavours dominate with a great balance of malt, some light alcohol and a hint of dry notes - but the grass and herbal flavours really come out, in a good way. Aftertaste shows mostly hop bitterness, but the beer is perfectly balanced and the malt flavour is also noticeable. Overall, a great IPA with more of a focus on grassy and herbal flavours - great to sample! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 12-April-2013 for US$5.19 sampled at home in Washington on 23-June-2013.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2013
at 15:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at Bend Brewing Co, Bend, 23/05/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose is malt, grain, light spice, touch of fruit. Taste comprises caramel, biscuit, bread, dark fruits, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation. Drinkable but pretty average, lacks depth in the flavour that a decent heller bock should carry.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2013
at 02:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bend Brewing Co, Bend, 23/05/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose is hops, grass, caramel, bitter orange. Taste comprises floral hops, mineral notes, orange pith, hint of grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light hop bitterness in the finish. Decent enough IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2013
at 15:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at Bend Brewing Co, Bend, 23/05/13. Clear chestnut brown with a thin beige head that clears edgeward. Nose is dark malts, fruit, toffee. Taste comprises dark malts, touch of toffee, dark fruits, light spice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. Boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jun 2013
at 14:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Bend Brewing, Bend, 23/05/13. Clear golden with a thin white head. Nose is pale malts, light citrus, caramel, summer fruits. Taste comprises light malt, lemon, caramel, vague hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonatin, crisp finish. Refreshing APA but a little bland and not much in the way of hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jun 2013
at 14:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bend Brewing, Bend, 23/05/13. Listed as ’Eclipse CDA’ @ 7.5% ABV. Almost opaque mahogony brown with a medium sized light tan head. Nose is hops, pine, jammy fruits, grapefruit, trace of mint leaf. Taste comprises hops, pine, bitter grapefruit, mineral tones, brown sugar. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, hop infused finale with lingering mineral notes. Solid enough CDA.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2013
at 03:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bend Brewing, Bend, 23/05/13. Clear pale golden with a thin white head. Nose is pale malts, grass, citrus. Taste comprises lemon, touch of caramel, pale malt, grass, light cereals. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, crisp and dry in the finish. A decent pils, refreshing on the beer patio and good to break up the stronger beers on the tasting flight.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jun 2013
at 05:31