7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml can. Pours orange with a slight haze, small off-white head, good retention. Aroma: citrus, mandarin, malty, resin/pine. Taste: good malty base, caramel, piney/resin and citrus fruits, bitter hop finish. Medium body, good smooth mouthfeel, average carbonation. A classic old-school IPA, well executed.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2017
at 18:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml can. Slightly hazy golden colour with a one finger white head. Aroma: citrusy grapefruity floral hops, orange, light malts, caramel. Taste: citrus, orange, grapefruit, floral, malts, caramel, light bitter finish. Good medium body and smooth mouthfeel, average carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2017
at 18:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml can. Minimally milky, amber colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, fairly lasting and lacing, off-white head. Citrusy and slightly piney, hoppy aroma, pale and minimally caramel malty background with a peanut touch, notes of pine needles, pineapple, lemon, lime, hints of orange zest. Taste is dry, moderately bitter hoppy, citrusy and piney, notes of lemon, inconspicuous but staunch pale malty backbone. Absolutely conforms to its mission, at least on par with the better part of autochthonous West Coast Pale Ales.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2017
at 16:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml can. Cloudy, orangey golden colour with small to average, frothy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Citrusy hoppy aroma, notes of lemon tea, lemon biscuit, caramel malty basis, seemingly in regular IPA strength, but finally shaping up as slightly ephemeral. Taste is bitter hoppy, slightly citrusy, minimally strawy, hints of lemon, lemon tea; bitter, slightly mineral and chalky finish.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jun 2017
at 10:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml can from Ales by Mail. Canned 250816 (sadpanda). Pours clear orange with a smooth head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, pine, resinous hops, herbal notes, grass and citrus. Taste is sweet, sticky and caramely malty with some piney notes, grass, herbal hops and citrus. Finish is herbal hoppy, resinous and piney with some sweet caramely malts and aged grassy hoppy notes. Heavy and sweetish old skool DIPA, but unfortunately not very fresh.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2017
at 11:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Brewdog Birmingham. Poured a clear medium amber with a thin broken white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light fruit, aromatic hop and light alcohol. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a big rich alcoholic fruit, woody resin hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2017
at 15:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can, 7.0% ABV, 10C. Design looks more like baaarghfroom tiles than a mosaic, but that’s Adelaide for you. Or maybe that’s just me. Bright gold with a white head that is soon less than a coat. 3+ Aroma of grapefruit, mandarin, toast, lychees, pine, some hints of marijuana and spices. Sweet, clean and fruity with a stinging bitter finish. Needs that lick of caramel to stop it being a buzzsaw. This is no sophisticated guddling of the palate, just a blast. And that’s more than fine. 8383 16
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2017
at 09:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 500ml can on 20/6/2017. Pours near black with a big tan head which disappears. Has a light roasty chocolate aroma. It begins with some sweet chocolate and a hint of coffee, which is met by a distinct and lingering roasty bitterness. Full bodied with average carbonation. Well made and very tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2017
at 06:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Taster at GABS Auckland 2017. Golden with a lovely nitro head. Vanilla, fresh apricot, peach, honey, rosewater. Big thick velvety body. Nice.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2017
at 03:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows tangerine, peach, apricot, grapefruit, lychee, sweet clean malt.Flavours include sweet caramel notes, heavy pine, grapefruit and resinous hops.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2017
at 22:51