5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled (thanks Kalevi Kurronen!). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is bready malts, some slight yeastyness, and quite dull. Flavour is fruity, earthy a bit yeasty and quite dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2010
at 12:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle into shaker. Nice lemony citrus aroma (I’m used to grapefruit more with this style, which is also present, but not as forward as the lemon); pine (spruce?) is prominent. Smells like a Christmas tree; clean. Pours hazy orangish gold with minimal head that leaves a nice collar of foam and decent lacing. Some floaties in here (expired? I don’t know, but it doesn’t taste so.). Taste is nice, if a bit standard. Not overly bitter--just a tinge. It’s fruity and floral--the hallmarks of this style. Tangy aftertaste lingers on the tongue. Carbonation is medium-high. Overall, a very nice IPA, yet it pushes no boundaries. Sometimes it’s nice to have these straightforward styles in this era of big experimental brews, though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2010
at 21:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle-pours an off white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is pine/perfumy/grapefruit, some light/medium malt. Taste is pine/perfumy/resin hops bite, some light/medium malt-some caramel. Very dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2010
at 18:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle
Appearance: Pours a dark brown/red amber with a nice looking off white head leaving some lacing in the glass
Aroma: Yeast, toffee & caramel
Taste: Yeast, earthy & caramel, smokey/ash in the finish
This is a refreshing beer, very clean and crisp on the palate.
Appearance: Pours a dark brown/red amber with a nice looking off white head leaving some lacing in the glass
Aroma: Yeast, toffee & caramel
Taste: Yeast, earthy & caramel, smokey/ash in the finish
This is a refreshing beer, very clean and crisp on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2010
at 18:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the brewpub. This beer is a clear orange color with a medium and foamy light beige head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing. Citrusy hops, pine and malt in the nose. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops character, along with flavors of pine, fruity esters and sweet malt for balance. The finish is hoppy with a lingering grapefruit aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 20:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazed brownish amber color with a thin off-white head that dissipates steadily. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of smoked malt and dark fruit. Medium body with flavors of peaty malt, caramel, dark fruit and mild hops. The finish is smoke and dark fruit with a malty aftertaste. Decent all around.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 20:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. Pours black with a medium light brown head that dissipates steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Roasted coffee aroma with touches of smoke and chocolate. Medium, dry body with flavors of toasted malt, coffee, hops and chocolate. The finish is roasty with a coffee aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 20:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. The beer is a dark amber color with a medium thin and creamy bone white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Mild hops and earthy malt in the nose. Medium, smooth body with flavors of resiny hops, earthy malt and fruit. The finish is biscuity malt with a touch of floral hops left behind. Decent overall.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 20:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at the brewpub. This beer pours a hazy yellow-orange color with a thin off-white head that recedes quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. The aroma is citrus and hops. Light to medium body with flavors of hops, orange peel and light malt. The finish is citrusy with a hoppy aftertaste. Barely above average overall.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 19:55
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sample at the brewpub. Pours clear amber with a thin and creamy white head that evaporates quickly. Slippery sheet of lacing. Aroma of sweet malt and fruit. Light and clean body with flavors of sweet caramel, malt and fruit. Weak hops in the background. The finish is sweet with a short malt aftertaste. Slightly below average overall.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2010
at 19:40