Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From bottle, blind #24. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small off-white head. Distinct pine wood hoppy aroma. Bitter and mild fruity flavoured. Distinct wooden hops touch with a light grapefruity touch. Bitter and dry finish. Holds a lasting pinewood hops flavor into the far finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a sweetish fruity malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Best before July 2009. Pours a clear pale straw color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is very nutty and earthy with light grass. Taste is pretty much the same... nutty, earthy with light fruity notes. A pretty odd one. Medium bodied,
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (BB 09/2009, alc. 7.16%, Vasa session). Clear amber color, small white head. Bready, a bit grainy, apricot fruity aroma. Medium-bodied. Bready with light citrus hoppy flavors. Flavors are more close to APA than IPA. Aftertaste has some weak hoppy notes. Very basic beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (bought from GBBF 2008). Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruity hops, some bready notes and some spices and some nuttyness. Flavour is hops, grass and some mild nuttyness. Grass and flowery hops in aftertaste. More an APA than IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Wine and Beer Westpark on 03/31/2009. Very clear copper amber body with a medium rocky off-white head. Sweet citrus and resiny hop aroma. Caramel, dry floral and resiny hop flavor and a bit of hop bitterness lingering behind. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
12 ounce can from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear copper color with a large head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is sweet malts with peach and pineapple hop notes. Taste is toasted malts with some light citrus notes. Medium bodied. Quite a nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
12 ounce can from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a reddish copper color with a medium head. Poor head retention and lacing. Pleasant aroma with sweet malts and fruit notes. Slight leafy hop notes. Taste is peach, pear and other fruity notes with a touch of grain. Medium bodied.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
courtesy of retorp. Pours ruby amber with tan head. Aroma has a good grainy nose with added caramel malts. Taste is hoppy, very smooth with some light fruit notes (cherry) and caramel with very small hints of hops.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cheers to vasdef42 for the can. Pours nice amber with white head. Can will lead to confusion has it calls itself an amber ale, then a malt liquor, and RB has it as a dark lager. Has some very nice and sweet caramel malts with roasted touch. Taste is very sweet, caramel malts with light notes of floral hops. Finish is light with faint bitter undertones. Good brew.