Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 500mL bottle. Hazy yellow with small white head. Citrus and feint pine hops with a dose of pithiness, fairly clean hazy, quite nice.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
500mL bottle. Pours murky dull yellow with a small white head. Lots of orange juice, tropical fruits, and some light sugars on the nose. Flavour has a nice, bitter orange peel, dry tropical fruit, light sugary malts. Dry and bitter. Nice.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Pours clear gold with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit and pine. Taste is tropical fruit, grapefruit, resin. Very good.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Black body with medium white head. Light pleasant aroma. Full malty body with some smoke. Long full finish
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
Tap at Gourmet Haus. Pour slightly hazed with pristine white head. Faint fruit aroma and flavor. Thinnish mouthfeel.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Numerous, numerous, numerous samples at the ABF on 6/17/2005. A chill-hazed, unfiltered, sparkling copper-gold, with some bright orange/peach tones, small bubbles rising and a large, persistent, thick-looking white head. Lacing is present. Aroma of tropical fruits to the max, sweet crystally/caramelly malts, though more sugars than toasted notes. Sweet, fresh, juicy oranges, honey dough and a very floral bitterness. Full and lasting is the aroma. Flavor begins with a burst of tropical fruits, juicy, fresh, full of flavor and complexity. Peaches, mangoes, pineapples, blood oranges, kiwis, tangerines and only light pininess. Wow. The beer is flawlessly, IMHO, balanced with malt and hops bitterness. In fact, I’d say there’s much more apparent hops flavor than bitterness. No syrupy, resinous, sharp, acidic bitter notes to make you cringe on the end. The flavors smoothly transition between hops and malt and then back again without you even realizing it. On the finish, I detect more floral notes from the hops, with a mint-like herbal character, subtle earthy green hops notes and just a lip-smacking malt sweetness. Full body, with just a shade of alcohol on the end, giving a touch of belly-warming. Creamy texture, low carbonation; the liquid tickles the tongue and you can almost taste the fuzzy hops which make this beer so delicious. Wow. I don’t care for double IPAs, let alone beers that call themselves a triple IPA, but this is just marvelous. A real dedication to balance, unlike some others I know, *cough* Devil Dancer *cough*. Cheers Vinnie, keep em coming!!!
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours slightly hazy pale yellow, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is grassy, overripe fruit, hint of pot. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Medium light body. OK
510ml bottle. Bottled on 09/10/25. Pours a cloudy yellow color with a big sudsy white head that has decent retention and ample lacing. The aroma is mostly grapefruit with a bit of lemon. The taste, like the aroma, features grapefruit, limes and lemons. Bitterness is medium (for an IPA) and provided by the grapefruit. The palate i full and creamy with soft carbonation. Finishes somewhat short and clean. Overall: Very smooth drinking IPA, not big and bold like their other IPAs, but still quite lovely. much enjoyed.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Docta-Ron from Russian River Brewing Company 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bright. Pale gold. The nz hop aroma is expressive, nice pear, lychee, floral sort of notes. Medium bitterness, and quite clean. The malts are great here, and the hops have held up pretty well for being 2 months old at this point.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 510mL bottle (pkg Aug 19, 2025). Clear blonde gold with small white head. Lightly dank, some gas fumes, soft citrusy tropical notes, quite clean. Enjoyable.