4.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 18

Right from the nose, you know what you are getting into here -- take-no- prisoners earthy, grassy hops on a rich roasted malt base. The heavy hop tastes get right back into your jowls, and sustain predictably well. A challenging, dark heavy-weight black IPA. A standard bearer, for sure.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On monday, relax, on the balcony, an average and enjoyable session ipa, thin and light, dry malt, note of pineapple, fruity, fresh malt, hop with some bitterness, citrus, average, 04.05.22

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

It is a decent IPA, rather dry for a session not so fruity, with a discreet touch of pineapple, at the final, tobacco, mineral, soap, hop, 02.07.18, at Lausanne, Prélaz.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours hazy gold with a white head. Smells mostly of citrusy hops. Flavor is mild to moderate bitterness, citrus, and malty sweetness. It’s good but didn’t strike me as a standout hazy.

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Wegmans. Bright pale gold with a tall head. Bright lemony hops in the nose with apricot and bready malts. Very fruity flavor with lots of esters for a pilsner. Honey and bready malts with biscuits and orange and a stark bitterness. Very much an American Pilsner.

6.4

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Optisch hellgoldgelb und klar mit feiner Perlage. Die weiße, feinporige Schaumkrone wirkt dabei flaumig-stabil und gut haltbar. Im Duft schwebt über einer leichten und hellen Malzbasis eine deutliche Zitrus- bzw. Limettennote. Der Antrunk kommt frisch, angenehm feinrezent und zart malzig mit einer frischen, fruchtigen Limettennote. Der relativ schlanke Körper zeigt sich kräftig feinrezent mit sehr leichter Textur, zarter Säure und ebenso zarter Trockenheit. Geschmacklich und aromatisch dominieren die fruchtigen, zitrusartigen Limettennoten mit einem Hauch Salzigkeit. Die hellen Malznoten treten dabei, ebenso wie die sehr zarte Hopfung, in den Hintergrund. Dieses Salt & Lime Lager würde ich in die Stilistik eines Mexican Lagers einordnen, welches sich an heißen Sommertagen als durchaus erfrischend erweist, aber aromatisch bis auf den fruchtigen Limettencharakter doch recht zurückhaltend wirkt. Die Trinkbarkeit darf man dabei als absolut in Ordnung bezeichnen. Im Nachtrunk bleiben die Zitrusnoten für ein Weilchen stehen, fallen aber letztendlich doch relativ rasch ab.

6.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Hilton in SD.
Pours cloudy orange with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Tropical fruit, citrus zest, fruity, bitter finish.
Ok

2.4

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 1 | Overall - 2

From a 3$ can pour is off pale and of course, hazy. Big off fresh IPA hop perfume aroma. Seems aged if I go by the nose. Date code is 5/2025. Quite terribly on style taste from the get go. I guess my taste buds will never mature enough to like this style. Yes, nasty bitter chewing on green grapefruit rinds that are partially rotted and fermenting. Maybe mix in a little diesel too, hehehhh. Mouthcoating mendacious maladroit. Thankfully I can tolerate IPAs enough to do a tick without gagging, but at times, I must admit, there have been some close call! I guess this is a good example of what this style really should taste like. There, you have it. Blah blah blah tikky tersed tokky tiresome blah.