7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Funky with lemon and grass. Floaties in gold with a decent head. Up front funk and bitterness with big lemongrass finish. Actually quite nice in it oddity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2014
at 23:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a very cloudy orange with a medium beige head and loads of sediment. Aroma is very earthy and yeasty, with bubblegum and rock candy. Doesn't smell like an IPA in any way. Flavour is fucked up, with loads of the Nelson Sauvin hops, maybe a bit of brett, and white wine. Almost tastes infected, but more like a saison. Strange stuff - it tastes very good, just totally off-style. Hard to get my brain away from thinking it's an IPA. It's alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2014
at 22:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Large bottle consumed on my daughters balcony in Newport Beach on 12th March 2014. Light amber colour with a good, lasting crown of bubbles. The aroma was of mild hop notes and light maltiness, the taste more subtle than robust, and again a gentle blend of hop and malts. fairly smooth feel to the whole thing and I preferred it to most of ’the in your face’ over hopped brews that seem to be the norm in California.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2014
at 08:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
8.5% abv 22oz bomber IIPA for under $5? Nice. The bottle pours with a crystal clear copper body that supports a light tan head of foam. The aroma offers up malts, some crystal malts and a bit of caramel to go along with faint cherry like fruity esters mixing with citrus flavored gummy bear hoppiness. The taste begins with some fruity sweetness that’s citrus hard candy hoppiness mixed with sweet malts and crystal malt sweetness. To midway a pleasing light degree of earthy tea leaves surfaces along with an upwelling of faint cherry like fruity esters. Into the finish I realize there are moments here and there that have a resiny pine hoppiness. Overall this beer isn’t all that cohesive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2013
at 21:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Earth and white wine aroma with light citrus. Pine and earth flavor with light white wine and light caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Earth and pine lingers with light grapefruit and light whie wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2013
at 10:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours light orange with a slight beige head. Aroma is mixed fruits and caramel. Med body, or nearly. Flavor is very mixed, unusual fruits with some caramel background. It’s hoppy - trying to start a burn. It’s dry and bitter. Maybe this is a single hop? The strange fruit aspects may be an indicator?
Tried
on 15 Aug 2013
at 17:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Hi-Time Cellars. Pours copper amber with a slight off-white head. Aroma is malty with a slight fruit note. Med minus body. Flavor is roasty malt with very little hop. Yet it comes across fairly dry. Seems to develop bitter in the finish. Better than many ambers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2013
at 16:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Poured a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Aroma was roasted and toasted malt character, sweet malts in there as well - caramel notes. Flavor was light roasted malts, caramel character. Roasted character.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 19:52
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Hi-Time. Pours translucent gold with a slight white head. Aroma suggests honey. Near med body. Flavor is lightly bready, and there seems to be more than a hint of honey. It’s even a bit sweet. I’m sure there is hop, but it’s well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2013
at 17:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hi-Time. Pours dark brown with a creamy light tan head. Mild chocolate aroma. Med body, almost. Flavor is chocolate, but a bit ashy. It’s nearly dry, but not very bitter - except for a little burnt malt aspect. Maybe a hint of coffee. Blind tasting I’d think it was a slightly unusual porter. Drinkable, if a little thin for the flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2013
at 16:52