7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Reddish-amber beer with a very thin off-white head. Citrus hop aroma with some caramel malt. Citrus hop flavor with caramel malt and a bit of resin. Hops win out, but there’s some nice balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2005
at 15:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
[At GABF 2004] A red-brown beer with a collapsing orange head. The aroma is very sweet roasted with notes of chocolate. The flavor is somewhat sour - is it because of the low alcohol content? but it has a nice roastyness and a dry woody end.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2005
at 10:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[At GABF 2004] A pitch black beer with a small ligth brown head. The aroma is sweet malty and slightly nutty. The flavor is sweet roasted with notes of chocolate and coffee. Great, but I’d like more complexity in the aroma.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2005
at 13:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[At GABF 2004] A dark red-brown beer with a fine cream colored head. The aroma is of roasted bread and toffee, while the flavor is sweet roasted with primary notes of caramel. The body is quite powerful. Good without being exceptional.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2005
at 13:36
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
[At GABF 2004, I believe this is the beer I had - though it was named Ports Pilsner] A pale yellow beer with a small dense white head. The aroma is slightly hoppy, while the flavor is malty with some sour hops notes. A boring pilsener.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2005
at 16:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[At GABF 2004] A hazy yellow beer with a small white head. The aroma is very hoppy and grassy. The flavor is very hoppy in a floral way - probably from aroma hops, but it also has a hop bitter end. A very nice brew.
Tried
on 22 May 2005
at 14:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at the Pre-GABF Babblefest. An unclear orange beer with a huge white head. The aroma is flowery and also contains notes of coriander. The flavor is very spicy with coriander standing out. The alcohol is not noticable at all, but the hops are very hard to detect.
Tried
on 16 May 2005
at 12:52
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Golden color. Mellow hop aroma, fruity, but with some dry raisins and sweet nuts; light vanilla and light pine needles; complex and lovely. Malty and bitter, sweet caramel, brown sugar, some fruitness, extreme but with elegance!. Excellent! Thanks Per for this wonderful brew.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2005
at 03:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2004 bottle, mailed to me on pure generosity by Footbalm! Thanks, Eric! Before even pouring, you can see that the bottle is lightly hazy. In a tulip glass, it appears very reddish-orange, with some peach/rose hues and a fleeting off-white head. Lightly hazy and not heavily filtered (thank god). Smells pretty standard; lightly toasted malt, some residual sugars, hints of caramel, highly floral hops (as opposed to heavy citrus). Flavor starts with fruity hops (juicy pear, apple, orange, peach) and a decent dose of dry caramel and toffee. So far so good. As I smell it now, more citrus is coming through than before. Lightly earthy notes break through as well, like hacking through thickly overgrown underbrush in the midst of the rainy season. It starts to get excessively bitter, but the sweet honey maltiness keeps it down. I won’t say my favorite Double IPA, but it is not terribly unbalanced and quite juicy and flavorful. Good if you are in the mood for hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2005
at 13:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thanks to JohnC for sending this! Gold color with just a bit of haze under a tall sticky head. Over the top hop aroma that filled the room as soon as the bottle was opened. Citrus and pine that is absolutely gorgeous! Smooth, with plenty of body. The flavor has just the right bitterness that goes from the start right to the finish, but not overly so, there is a supportive malt base here too. This head of the class brew is on an equal footing with the likes of Ruination, White Knuckle, Stoudt’s and Yulesmith.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2004
at 16:54