Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a yellow-gold color with a large fluffy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was grassy, perfumy and had a bit of cactus. The flavor was bitter and tangy perfume, grass and lemon. Long finish. Medium body. Meh.

Bottle @ home, picked up at Boulder Liquor Mart. Pours a hazy dark reddish orange appearance with a cream colored head. Bland, bitter hops in the nose. Very light citrus, a little pine, caramel. A little chalky in the mouth. Moderately spicy. Medium plus bitterness. Moderate sweetness. Toasted bread, light pine, dough. Boring.

12 oz. bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a clear bright orange amber with a small white head. Aroma is pretty sweet, with caramel malts, big resinous hops, and a syrupy quality. Flavour is certainly on the sweet malty side for a IIPA, bordering on cloying sweetness, with lots of resinous hops underneath. Not at all my kind of IIPA - just way too sweet for me. It's not bad though.

12oz bottle from Wegmans, West Seneca, NY. A hazy amber pour with a scummy white head that laces the glass completely; citrus aroma with perhaps a trace of pineapple; big citrus hop taste, quite bitter and with a touch of spice; and a dry moreish finish.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark brown color with orange highlights and a medium sized foamy orange-tan head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was malty with floral and fruity hops followed by toffee, fig and wood. The flavor was bitter and a bit tangy with toffee, wood, floral and fruity hops. Medium length finish. Medium body. Ok.

A dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with vanilla, cherries, nice. In mouth, a sweet fruity malt with light cherry, malt balls, ok.

12oz bottle from a Tops store in Hamburg, NY, at a stated ABV of 7.0%. The bottle version of this seems to have lost its extreme ABV rating, and is more in line with a standard IPA, and a fairly decent one at that. Copper coloured with a thin cream head; malty aroma with a hint of tropical fruit; sweet fruity malt to start but then a firm woody bitterness builds up; leading to a dry finish with some lingering resins.

12oz bottle from Wegman’s, Buffalo, NY. Amber with a loose white head; floral aroma; soft floral taste at first, but with a kick of bitter grapefruit giving a lingering finish. A reasonable APA

Bottle at Blippsmas. Pours amber. Nose and taste of grassy hop, pine, resin and cookie malt. Lighter medium body.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy pale yellow color with a medium sized soapy white head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was sweetish and tangy with a bit of tart blueberry and a bit of cracker. The flavor was tart and tangy with only faint blueberry and cracker. Turned sour on the medium length tart and tangy berry finish. Medium body. Meh.