7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Pours pale golden with a fluffy white head. Aroma of toasted malt, some nuts, mellifluous notes, and barley. Taste has crisp malt base, well-adjusted flavor of grain. Palate has mild grain elements, ever-so-slight hop bite. Very plain, but exceptionally well put together and eminently drinkable. Excellent.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2022
at 02:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours bright red with a thin white head. Aroma of cranberry and raspberry. Taste has very dry fruity notes, sour cranberry, lactose. Palate has tons of lactose, dry tacky mouth note.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2022
at 21:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours bright purple with a frothy pink head. Aroma of cranberry and plums. Taste has raspberry, lightly malty. Palate has more black raspberry, similar to the ice cream. Quite good.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2022
at 21:07
6/10
Pours coppery red with a fluffy white head. Aroma of ferrous malt. Taste has intensely ferrous malt, strangely fruity, sweet malt. Palate has more ferrous, nutmeg, spiced notes. Good.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2022
at 17:53
7/10
Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of burnt nuts, burnt malt. Taste has more burnt nuts, toasted malt. Palate has chocolate, toffee. Quite good.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2022
at 17:50
5/10
Pours amber with a fluffy white head. Aroma of sweet oaky malt. Taste has mild hoppy notes, oaky, some resin. Palate has some mild resin, more hops. Good.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2022
at 15:32
6/10
Pours hazy amber with a foamy white head. Aroma of peach, lactose. Taste has tart stone fruit, lactic acid, some sour grape. Palate has more lactic acid, more of those sour grape notes.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2022
at 14:26
6.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2022
at 21:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Canned 4/28/22, drunk 5/19/22. Don't know the appearance because Three Sheets did not offer me a glass and I don't care enough to ask for one. Smells like mosaic. Soft scallion, light pine, nectarine and lemon. How did this hop become ubiquitous? I mean, it's certainly better than the OG PNW crap (c hops, ctz) but still so underwhelming. That said, nebco is great and this is pretty well salvaged. Piney, malty, quite bitter. Good and dry. Pretty old school and lots of bitterness with light caramel and toast. Fine for the style but not the style I enjoy at all.
Tried
from Can
on 19 May 2022
at 23:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught at Rudy's New Haven, 5/29/22. Light haze. Coppery-brass. White head falls off instantly. Citra hops rise up juicily with plentiful honey and a hint of caramel and sourdough from the malt. Clean, amply acidic but not too much so. Soft, playful, fruity yeast. No booze. IPAs have definitely caught up to this so it's not quite as special as back in the day (though still very good). But this was way, way, way ahead of it's time and still goes toe to toe with any IPA out there. Glad to finally find the damned thing. Malty and soft, good attenuation, solidly bitter but juicy and fruity enough to please the NEIPA crowd too. A few extra points here for its innovation for its time.
Tried
on 19 May 2022
at 21:56