7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Solana Beach. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, caramel, hops, and alfaacids. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, hops, grass, and alfaacids, leading to a dry, grassy, grapefruity, and very bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2009
at 06:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at he Torondado SD. Pours a golden hue with a small white head aroma is piny and citrus hop. Taste is the same with a lot more grapefruit citrus and a light herbal quality. Water like mouthfeel Good IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2009
at 03:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampler @ Pizza Port (Solana Beach) Pours golden, white head. Aroma/taste, pine, citrus hops, with light bitter finish and plenty of good fruits / grapefruit.
Tried
on 19 May 2009
at 00:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampler @ Pizza Port (Solana Beach) pours copper, off white head. Aroma / taste, light dark fruits, some bitterness and some fruit tartness, notes of sugar and malts.
Tried
on 19 May 2009
at 00:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(11/3/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Carlsbad. Deep reddish-amber color. Aroma of hops, some flowery and piney notes, and some slightly nutty malt. Bitter hoppy flavor with some fruitiness, some sweet malt and toasted notes. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2009
at 09:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear deep amber with medium beige creamy head. Sweet malty aroma with hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with a good deal of hops. Piney and bitter finish.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2008
at 07:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught. Marks for Appearance are an average, as beer was sampled in weak artificial light after dark. Flowery, grapefruit and some exotic fruit, all packed in the hops. Quite bitter, like a dark hopcake with bitter chocolate, and the obligatory fruity hop flavours. Medium bodied, bit oily. That’s another good IPA. Plenty of them, this one rocks.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2008
at 04:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the brewpub. This beer pours a clear dark brown color with a medium and foamy beige head that dissipates slowly. Patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of piney hops and earthy malt along with a touch of sweet spices. Medium-bodied and smooth with a pleasant mixture of hops and malt flavor. Touches of oak and pine are present as well. The finish is moderately hoppy with spice and malt lingering afterward. Pretty enjoyable from start to finish.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2008
at 21:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. This brew is a mostly clear amber color with a medium thin off-white head that diminishes steadily. Top ring of lacing with spots underneath. Hoppy aroma with notes of citrus and malt. Medium-bodied with a moderately bitter hops character. Malt and caramel are present as well, plus more citrus. The finish is citrusy hops with a lingering bitter aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2008
at 20:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a tan head that laces and amber/red color. Aroma is nice citrus hops, sweet medium malt. Taste is medium malt, dry/metallic hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2008
at 08:40