8

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

Very clear golden and light copper tinted body with a very tall, nice microfoamed tan head, about five to six centimetres tall that stays afloat nicely. Aroma of citrus fruits, deep yeast and malt notes with a quite pungent dose of bread and even cheese, with a slight grainy note on the end. Medium to almost Full-bodied; Deep and pungent, very bitter hop flavours dominate with pine, resin, grapefruit, hay, metal, fresh-cut grass, all ending with a dash of apricots and stone fruit. Aftertaste is very robust and quite bitter from all the alpha acids of the hops, with some balanced grainy malt notes, but the dryness from the malt, grass and especially the grapefruit/apricot flavours persist and lead to more bitterness. Overall, a nice and quite old school (read: bitter from the hops) IPA that tastes like a true Imperial IPA and seemingly doesn't hide any of the alcohol (this tastes every bit of eight per cent and perhaps even more!), but I'd say this is a plain IPA, and a nice, very flavourful one, at that. Great to sample especially fresh, from a producer that's hard to find on a nice snow day here in D.C. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Joe Canal's in Lawrenceville, New Jersey on 21-December-2020 for US$5,49 sampled at my house here in Washington on 31-January-2021.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy yellow-gold pour with a medium white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Short strings of lace. Aroma of grassy hops, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of grassy hops, grapefruit and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a lingering citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from BD Tower Hill. Aroma of sweet stone fruit with a piney edge and underlying honey. Hazy yellow gold. Fluffy foamy white head. Medium bitter. Resinous. Spice. Underlying syrupy stone fruit. Booze, particularly evident into the finish. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. Enjoyable combination of resin, spice and sweetness.

7

Roasty, maple, clean, easy to drink.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can bought at BD Tower Hill. Aroma of tart stone fruit and pine. Hazy - if not overly so - pale gold. Frothy translucent white head. Medium-heavy bitter. Tart stonefruit, resin and spice. The resin gradually dominates. Medium bodied. Slick. Fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. The can promises hops and it delivers.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

4 pack at home. Dark brown pour and fine head. Nose is maple and nutty. Tastes of maple syrup but not in an overly sweet cloying way, some walnut skin, earth, root beer, some bread. Semi sweet touch of hooch.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Crystal clear lighter golden coloured body with a nice, dense, four to five centimetre tall, super microfoamed off-white and light tan head, all on top of the almost perfectly clear glowing yellow body. Aroma of bright, dry hop elements with some citrus fruits, grain, flowers, pine and fresh-cut grass all noticeable with a hint of alcohol detected in the nose, but no sweetness. Medium-bodied; Biting dryness and fresh floral hop notes dominate here initially with a good grapefruit, grass and piney bite and bitterness from the alpha acids, without any real sweetness and not much malt support, which is okay for this one. Aftertaste is crisp, dry, floral, grassy and bitter (from the hops) in sort of an 'old school' way, with this hitting much more light a slightly deeper brut IPA than any other sub-style. Overall, a very nice, elegant and super dry/crisp beer that does show alcohol and extensive hop bitterness, but as you'd expect as an Imperial-ish IPA - nice overall and worth trying to find, especially if you like drier/brutier options! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Columbus Circle), New York on 20-December-2020 for US$5,99 sampled at my house here in Washington on 18-January-2021.

7

Smaakt naar hop, een beetje harsig, zoet, bitter, goed. Een heel klein beetje thee, maar dan wel een goeie kop thee en geen verlept zakje.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Dark brown pour. Nose is maple and dark chocolate. Tastes of some maple syrup, plum, fig, molasses, earth. Oily texture. Some alcohol present.

9

Oh man. Meer van dit. Geweldige imperial IPA. Geen Capri Sun Eurodisney Slimpie ranja milkshake, maar keiharde bittere groene hop met een vleugje hars en conifeer. Super goed dit.