Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairly crisp balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 6.7%. Overall this is a delicious IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink; despite the aggressively bitter/resinous/drying finish. Great Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Simcoe profile. Very juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; nice solid bready malt backbone, with no residual sweetness from crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on classic tasting West Coast style example.
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
solid pale ale. malt base. bright, citrus hops to go with it. more hop flavor than most pale ales.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Amber with off white head - Malt aroma with some caramel and some hops in the back - Malt body with a carmnal flavour with some hints of hops in the back - The caramel flavour goes into the finish with just some hints of hops to balance - This was nice
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Earlier Rating: 9/13/2016 Total Score: 3.8 Fra flaske på Mi2 Cardinal sep-16: nesten helt svart med beige skum. Saftig aroma og smak i en perfekt balansert kombo med kaffe, sjokolade, røde bær. Rund, fyldig, og med lett delikat bitterhet som gjør det til en fornøyelse å helle den innenfor snippen. Saftig og passe tørr på samme tid. En vennlig avslutning på en super aften. Tnx Sigmund!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From a bomber purchased at the brewery. Pours a hazy mahogany with an ecru head. Aroma of caramel and toffee. Flavors are bourbon, vanilla and molasses. Tasty stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 1.5
In draft at the brewpub it is a clear golden color with a head. The aroma is malty and the taste is thin sweet with hints of malt just so so
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
In draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aroma of bread dough. Flavors are sweet biscuits with very littl hop bitterness. Smooth finish.