Subsidiaries
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the source cloudy yellow, thick white head, solid lacing. Aroma of lemon bubblegum. Taste is lemon, straw, white bread.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2013
at 14:08
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at the source. Hazy golden amber. Aroma of pineaple, grapefruit. Taste is pineapple and tropical fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2013
at 14:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Pale yellow color, bright white head, solid lacing. Aroma of lemon pepper. Taste is similar, fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2013
at 14:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Pale golden color. Aroma of fruit and light pine. Taste is resin and bitter fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2013
at 14:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap. A lightly hazy, golden-orange beer topped by a cute, off-white head. Lighlty citrusy aroma with pine cone hints, some flowery notes and a pleasant maltyness. Some bitterness in the flavor, just enough to keep it interesting, and the maltyness is just serving as a foundation for the hops. Medium body, quite dry, and with a nice level of carbonation. Dry, hop driven finish. Sure not a beer you enjoy by the fireplace in the winter, but as I had it, on an oceanside restaurant it’s quite enjoyable and it slakes the thirst. 130702
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2013
at 16:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Malt & Vine. Pours translucent gold with a foamy white head. Aroma of green grassy/herby hops. Med + body. Flavor is herb/grass over pale malt. This is a light beer, carbohydrate wise, but pretty heavy on the hop. Which seems to be a mix of pine and citrus after thinking about it. No real hop burn, but there seems to be a hoppy oiliness in the mouth. It cannot be, but I’ll posit this is as hoppy as many DIPAs and more than many IPAs. Amazing for such a low ABV ale.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2013
at 22:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, many thanks to Bruce. It pours near black with a small light tan head. The nose is roasted malt, toast, earth, wood, vanilla, toasted coconut, caramel and bourbon. The taste is roasted malt, toast, coffee, earth, warming alcohol, cocoa, vanilla, coconut, wood, oily, earth, sweet bourbon and treacle. Medium-full body, fine carbonation and viscous mouth-feel. Tasty stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2013
at 13:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma has moderate cracker and pale malt background. Moderate hop character with citrus and tropical fruit being most dominant but with a fairly strong resin note as well. Pours a slightly hazy yellow gold with a big white head that has moderately good retention. Moderately high lacing and faint legs. Flavor starts with slightly sweet cracker and biscuit notes. Moderate hop notes with citrus and tropical fruit well balanced. Moderately strong pine resin note. Bitterness is also moderately strong. Finish has another cracker malt resurgence along with a light lingering resiny bitterness. Faint fruitiness in finish as well. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Faint astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall a very enjoyable pale ale. Nice light malt character with a good assertive bitterness. The hop character could be a bit brighter but this balance allows for a good make character which is more to style. I could definitely drink a few of these.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2013
at 18:57
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Crisp slightly hazy copper and bronze coloured body with a thinnish, one centimetre tall just off-white head. Aroma of great hops with pine and pineapple the strongest smells, some solid malts and a good herbal note. Medium-bodied; Creamy, almost filling malt flavour at first with a very definite passionfruit and pineapple and guava flavour and a touch of hay and grass on the finish, but the hops are bar none the strongest here. Aftertaste shows a good malt backbone, some nice light sweet flavours, but a great tropical hoppiness that lasts indefinitely - very nice. Overall, a superb IPA with great hop notes, a smooth malt backbone and enough depth and complexity to be one of the better beers of this style that I’ve had in a long time - plus the can makes it that much better. I sampled this twelve ounce can puchased from Whole Foods in Seattle (WestLake), Washington [state] on 08-February-2013 for US$3.49 sampled at home across the country in [the real] Washington on 13-June-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2013
at 23:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Endo’s, 26/05/13, cheers to Jim. Almost clear golden amber with a thin off white head. Nose is hops, light floral notes, bitter orange, citrus. Taste comprises orange pith, light pine, citrus, hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light pine and hop bitterness at the curtain call. Solid IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2013
at 13:33