Nice hazy golden orange coloured body with a light amber tint and a frothy off-white head. Aroma of fresh hops, sweet sugars, oranges, grasses and green apples. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy hops with some floral hop quality and a plentiful potency of malt and caramel. Aftertaste shows more malt than hops and not a lot of hops at all. Overall, I thought this one would be more hoppy and well-rounded, but this one tasted like an APA. I sampled this 350 mL bottle purchased fresh from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 08-October-2006.

Clean dark brown stout with a thin dark moka head. In aroma, sweet chocolate, sugar cane and vanilla bean. In mouth, rich coffee beans and bitter chocolate, light hopping, sustained roastiness. Medium bodied. Sampled at Vermont Brewfest July 19 2008.

22 ounce bottle shared by cdumler. Thanks! Pours a brown color with a large frothy head. Major citrus in the aroma with some caramel. Taste is citrus, pine, buttery toffee, alcohol and cheese. Smooth, creamy texture and full bodied.

12 oz bottle received as a gift. Rerate from later in the 6-pack, as the first couple bottles each seemed to have at least a mild infection going. Pours orange amber with a large, bubbly head that stops me from finishing the pour for over ten minutes. Appearance is getting marked down due to the out-of-control head. Aroma is citrus hops, grassy hops, a bit of caramel, very sweet. Flavors of citrus and grassy hops along with pale malts and a little apricot. Needs quite a bit more hops to be a good IPA.

Pours gold into a shaker. Fluffy bright white head leaves spots lacing as it slowly recedes. Dusty plum and malt aromas. Sour, bitter and unpleasant.

Pours amber into a shaker. Off-white micro head tophats and pyramids rim and does not recede. Pine and resin aromas. Sweet caramel upfront which turns to a sour, chalky, lasting resin/grapefruit finish.

Pretty close to black. Aroma is molassesy, slightly fruity with a hint of roastiness. Rich molasses, some light burnt cashew notes. Very slight fruitiness. Big chewy rich molassesy finish, again with a hint of acridity from the roast, almost like a roast chicory.

Thanks to JoeMcPhee for sharing this - dark brown, slightly red beer, with a tiny ring of foam - the aroma is pretty doughy, with some hints of chocolate-covered cherries - mildly chocolate flavor - quite yeasty, with cookie dough flavors and a touch of roast - decent.

Poured a deep, opaque black, slightly watery with a foamy, lacing, slightly off white head. Smells of roasted malts, coffee and sugar. Overall flavor is a bit off, roasted malts are there, but so is an artificial sweetness that doesn’t fit. Finish was typical porter, coffee type bitterness and lasting roasted flavor. Barely enjoyable.

Bomber drunk on 8/18/07
Huge, cascading, tan head atop a dark brown/black body with medium clarity. Retention and lacing are strong.
Biting and quite sweet in the nose, as the hop bitterness, and darker malts add quite the punch. Unfortunately, plentiful sweet caramel and toffee notes are right beside it, and, rather than balance, I feel they both just muddle and overwhelm. That said, what is there is interesting, I just think it needs toning down. Clean, though, and without any alcohol warmth.
The flavor, however, definitely finds itself awash in alcohol, hop and roasted malt bitterness, with a massive choco-caramel sweetness that is almost gooey. Abrasive on the palate. Supple malts, of course, and a fairly tight carbonation, but just way to forceful. Light hints of adjunct sugar do not help its cause either.