5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear pink/amber, small creamy head. Light mango aroma. Sweet and clean with light-medium body. Quite fruity with some unexpe4cted cocoa. Finishes slightly metallic with medium bitterness. The primitive, hard malt character is the biggest drawback.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2008
at 02:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear gold with a fleeting white head. Flowery citrus aroma with a good malt base. Mostly fruity and sweet with a light bitterness. More APA than IPA.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2008
at 21:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. twist-top from Sam’s Wines. A rich copper body with a fluffy light tan IPA head. Smell shows hop resins, malt smell that suggests this somehow was roasted darker than it appears. Some kind of cereal in the smell, or unroasted barley. Tastes nice. Malts tend more toward a nut brown ale, which would favor the American Pale Ale more, but no, the hops stay closer to the English iteration. In fact, despite a nice pepper, floral and grassy hop note, with a touch of pine, it still stands back for the beer’s full roast malt. Whatever else, it’s just very nice drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2008
at 22:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Dark brown body with an average size tan head that disappears. The aroma is mostly malty with notes of roasted malts, some dark chocolate, some grain. The flavor is moderatley sweet and lightly bitter. The finish is moderately bitter and leaves a burnt taste with a slight hint of metal. Medium body with a watery texture and zippy carbonation. Seems out of kilter with the sweet notes followed by such a harsh finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 21:28
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Nice slightly hazy copper coloured body with a perfect tan head. Aroma of fresh grassy & light citrus hops, caramel, malt and lemons. Medium-bodied; Sharp hoppy assertiveness up front fading to a very mild malt backbone and a tiny amount of sugars show well. Aftertaste remains mild - a bit of sugar, some nuts and a light twang of the hops - not much though! Overall, an ’okay’ IPA, much more mild than i’d expect, and typically good for someone who likes APAs instead. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 08-July-2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 00:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear copper body with effervescent carbonation; thick, puffy buff head that leaves nice lacing. Sweet aroma with resiny hops and a caramely, toasty malt backbone. Piney. Reminds me of a Stone beer. The body is rather thin, bitter, and resiny, with heavy emphasis on rather flavorless bittering hops. Prickly. Bitter, almost caustic finish. Not particularly pleasant.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2008
at 20:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle-pours a big foamy off white head that laces and amber color. Aroma is nice citrus hops, secondary medium malt. Taste is citrus hops, secondary medium malt. A good cross over, mostly English style, IPA. OK/mild carbonation. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2008
at 16:05
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
This fruit beer poured a cloudy light yellow colour with a bright white foamy head. To the nose there is scents of citrus fruit like orange and grapefruit. First taste is very watery with a faint flavour of raspberry. Very little carbonation. The palate is a weak attempt at a fruit beer with a light lingering fruit flavour. Way too light.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2008
at 20:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle that releases a transparent copper body with a foamy one-finger head. Aromas are crisp and hoppy... pine and citrus. That said, the flavor is fairly weak... there is obviously some alcohol present as it leaves a bit of warmth, and it’s not like it comes off as watery... but it just doesn’t seem like the flavor volume is turned up far enough. Maybe the hops in the aroma (pine and citrus) don’t match the peppery hops presence that I’m tasting and my mind is short circuiting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2008
at 22:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle releases a coppery body with about a one finger head of beige foam. Aroms are grainy, grassy and pleasant. Flavor starts of well enough and then gets a little funky as it heads for the finish line. Initial bread and malt presence is ephimeral and yields to slighty metallic hops and a bit of a watery finish. Things come back together a bit for the aftertaste, however and I think it got better as it sat for a bit. Drinkable, to say the least.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2008
at 20:25