6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Super hazy deep raw honey and golden coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall just off-white head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of alcohol, light peaches, apricots and some pears, but the astringency, resin and pure hop funk shows through with a bunch of alcohol, of course. Medium-bodied; Super resinous, very deep piney and almost deeply full-bodied in terms of the alcohol punch that shows a lot of malts with a good balance of hops, but that somehow still doesn't compare with the astringency and punch of the alcohol and warmth from this one. Aftertaste is deep and pungent with a lot of metallic, malt and pure alcohol flavours towards the end, but some apricot, pear and apple flavours do come through and sort of offsets the alcohol and funk at the end. Overall, a deeply astringent, powerful and strong beer that doesn't really show as an Imperial IPA, this is more of a Wheat Wine or an American Strong, as it's hop flavours are fairly well muted considering the alcohol punch. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 19-April-2019 for US$5,22 sampled at home in Washington on 11-October-2019.
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from Can
on 12 Oct 2019
at 04:51