12oz bottle pours clear copper with thin dirty white head of foam. The aroma has resiny sort of lime peel and grapefruit pith notes mixing with some roasted malts and biscuit like malts. It seems these malts and hops don’t go too well together. The taste is sadly similar as I get some resiny bitter vaguely citrus hops blending bluntly into combative malt notes that are somewhat roasty. This does not come together very well but it does deliver a decent level of bitterness if that’s all you’re after.

12oz bottle. Orange-brown with a foamy off-white head. Piny orange resinous aroma...a touch rancid. Factory IPA, soapy caramel. Not really that enjoyable.

Hazy orange coloured body with a thin, one centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of fresh malt, wheat, curacao, nutmeg, alcohol and a ton of yeast. Medium-bodied; Grassy and herbal flavours up front with an odd orange sweetness, stronger than just the peel with a hint of earth and spice but a rather smooth and sweet finish. Aftertaste has mostly curacao and real orange juice flavour with a hint of the wheat and yeast at the end. Overall, a deep flavoured, but otherwise flawed beer, but nothing horrible. Drinkable, surely, and with the prices from Costco, not a horrible choice. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle given to me from a twenty-four pack available at Costco in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia sampled at home here on 05-June-2012.

Bottle thanks to billshmeinke. Pours with a clear golden body with a large, fluffy white head. Aromas are grassy, grainy, floral and citrusy hops. Mild oxidation. Flavors are bready, grainy, mild mineral qualities, citrus, light esters. Lively bubbles, dry on the finish.

Bottle thanks to billshmeinke. Pours with a hazed copper hue with a small, fading off-white head. Aromas are sweet, nutty, caramel, mild oxidation. Flavors are nutty, caramel, grainy, with a mild floral hop character. Lively bubbles, thin. I think the bottle might be kind of hold.

Clear amber pour with a medium fluffy off-white head that diminishes quickly to an outer ring. Slippery sheets of lacing on the glass. Pale malt, citrus and mild hops in the nose. Light body with a lightly bitter citrusy hops character with bready malt in the background. The finish is short and lightly hoppy. Thoroughly average beer.

Bottle from Kyoto Costco. Nice citrus hop aroma, with underlying caramel. Grassy, lemon. Deep copper color with a low, fine head. Nicely hopped, grass, citrus, quite bitter actually. Light caramel malt, with a long, bitter finish. A good old-school IPA, refreshing, clean, tasty and straightforward. By far the best of the mixed cas beers.        

Bottle from Kyoto Costco. Citrus hop nose, biscuity malts. Rther mild. Deep gold, close to amber, with a low head. Malty flavor, grass and citrus hops, slightly bready. Light and a bit thin. Ok, but not so special. Good for the price here. Simple but decent.