6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Ever so slightly hazy golden and peach coloured body with a nice, two to three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of alcohol, light grain, a dash of flowers, some citrus and stone fruits with a strong hit of sugars - mainly caster sugar - noticeable. Medium to Full-bodied; Robust malt and alcohol presence with a large floral and resinous side along with a touch of alcohol, more astringent hops and a little honey and sweet notes with the yeast very present. Aftertaste shows some flowers, a good hit of the resin and piney flavours and then a lot of the hop and bitterness from some more malty and earthy notes that shows some Simcoe or Warrior notes moreso than any of the 'newer' hop varietals and more akin to an 'older' school Imperial IPA. Overall, a nice and balanced Imperial IPA with a lot of malt, alcohol and sugar and less so of the hops, especially on the citrusey and fruitier side. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Springfield, Virginia on 20-October-2019 for US5,99 sampled in my hotel room here in Williamsburg (where the brewery is from!), Virginia on 24-October-2019, just four days later.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2019
at 13:16