7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft @ Délirium Hoppy Loft Brussels. Orangée trouble, col épais beige. Arôme est de toute évidence houblonné avec des notes d’agrumes et une pointe légère poivrée. Palais est épais, houblonné/agrumes sur un profile malté caramel, aspect de résine et de pin, alcool devient réchauffant, le tout est collant aux lèvres avec qcq notes d’épices résiduelles.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2012
at 05:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The promotional material for this one is ok, quite Sone-like, don’t think a typical American IPA is that much of a radical style anymore A – apricot amber, med. hazy with a nice creamy head resting on it, only slightly lacing S – pure, quite bitter pine resin & bitter oranges hops, pure bitter hops, not really fruity & no sweet touch T – very bitter pine resin, bitter oranges, bitter marmalade, light floral, bitter pine resin finish, caramel is virtually absent here as are fruitier touch, toffee or much fruit, only maybe very light peach, straightforward, just bitter hops, ok but one more for the more enthusiastic hopheads than me, I like some fruitiness & caramel B – lightly hazy from the hops, somewhat oily O – not bad, straightforward fare for hopheads (draft @ Delirium Hoppy Loft)
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2012
at 01:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours black with light tan head. Nose/taste of roasted chocolate malt, roast coffee and vanilla. Finishes dry roasted chocolate. Medium body. Good drinking pub porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2012
at 13:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
25cl on tap at the beer temple. Thick creamy white head. Hoppy aroma. Slightly hazy golden pour. Very bitter aftertaste. A great brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2012
at 06:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Fairbar. Pours orange golden with a white head. Aroma of sweet malt, light caramel, fruity hops, peach, citrus, piney. Flavor is malt, caramel, fairly bitter fruity hops, peach, grapefruit, orangepeel, pine. Medium body, soft carbonation, fairly bitter finish. 170712
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2012
at 14:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ City Beer, San Francisco, CA. Pours a hazy pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy and slightly tart aroma. Fruity tart citrus flavor. Has a fruity sour tart citrus finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2012
at 07:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
37.5 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, yeasty and slight phenolic. Smooth toasted malty, caramelish. Smooth and caramelish malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 20:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at Beachwood BBQ. Pours cloudy pale yellow with a small white head. Mild grassy, citric and light fruity. Vague tart and citric. Dry and lingering citric finish. Mild grassy.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2012
at 20:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 650ml bottle on 222/7/2012 (shared with Butz). Pours a cloudy golden with a medium head. Has a lovely floral, fruity aroma, with a touch of caramel. The flavours are fairly typical of a US style IPA - sweet caramel and toffee malt, with a big burst of fruit (orange, apricot and peach), marmalade and treacle. Finishes with a big resiny hop kick. Comparatively subdued for something labelled as an imperial IPA (it comes across more as a big standard IPA). Very nice stuff. Rating: 4.1.
Re-rate on 4/12/2016 (355ml can). On a revisit, noting really feeling the love. I felt on the first try. Not really getting the complexity of flavour or aroma. Solid and enjoyable but a bit blah in the DIPA world.
Re-rate on 4/12/2016 (355ml can). On a revisit, noting really feeling the love. I felt on the first try. Not really getting the complexity of flavour or aroma. Solid and enjoyable but a bit blah in the DIPA world.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2012
at 04:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ FairBar. Hazy deep golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, citrus, hops, grapefruit and a little pine. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, grapefruit, little pine, little sweet and medium bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2012
at 03:58