Brown bottle, 355 ml, savoured on April 20 2007; eye: copper, voluminous beige head that falls rapidly, lacing, slight effervescence; nose: lots of pleasant floral hops on the pour, grapefruit, dusty malt presence becomes more important as the beer warms; mouth: astringency, hops, astringency, light caramel, finale in hops with a hint of acridness, mildly astringent, medium body, dry finale, quite bitter, lightly sweet, slightly oily texture, good carbonation; overall: good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, savourée le 20 avril 2007; œil : cuivrée, claire, mousse beige abondante mais qui tombe assez rapidement, dentelle, très légère effervescence; nez : beaucoup de houblon floral agréable, pamplemousse, petite présence de malt poussiéreux qui devient plus marquée au fur et à mesure que la bière gagne en température; bouche : astringence, houblon, astringence, léger caramel, finale en houblon avec une pointe d’âcreté, astringence moyenne, finale sèche, assez amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, texture légèrement huileuse, bonne carbonatation; en résumé : bonne

Hazy peach pulp body, thin off-white head. Bready, caramely nose, dry, with subtle earthy hops, at least for an I2PA. Vinous body with potent alcohol and medicinal notes, prickly, with bitter, earthy hops. Long bitter, alcohol-laden finish. The heavy, bready but not too sweet malts fail to cut the bitterness or buffer against the alcohol. A beer of unnecessary heft and burn.

Gifted by JoMcPhee, gracious. 12 oz bottle poured into goblet glass. Pours dark reddish amber with a small head. Aroma is strong with oily, juicy, grapefruit hoppiness. Slight caramel malt sweetness. As it warms strong candy sugar sweetness comes out. Taste is a bit watered down but still strong on the hop. A medium bitterness at the end. A slight sweet aftertaste. A bit thin and watery body. A nice hoppy sensation with a bit too watey flavor.

A gift from JoeMcPhee, he must of known since he didn’t like it I would. 12 oz bottle poured into small goblet glass with no head at all. A very beautiful thick murky orange body. Can’t see through it, looks like grapefruit juice, hints of things to come. Aroma is hop heavy with citrus light grapefruit. Taste is malty grapefruit, a nice heavy maltiness is speckled throughout the strong but not overpowering hop profile. A strong bitterness to offset the hop sweetness. Finishes with a sugary lemon juice aftertaste. Body is medium heavy and despite the spikey feeling coming off the hops there is a bit of an under cabonated feel. Wow, just realized its 10 percent.

Marshmellow aroma. It hides the alcohol very well in the aroma and flavor. Well balanced between sweet malt and bitter hops, but in a double IPA I don’t want balance as much as I do that hop burn. Still, a solid beer.

Draft. A fairly sweet IPA, but done well so that the sweetness does not overpower the hops. Off-white head on top of a clear, copper-colored body. Grapefruit and orange nose with some notes of pine. Flavor is bitter with a solid malty backbone. Comfortable mouthfeel with moderate carbonation. Nice balance. Easy drinking.

Clear gold pour with a white head. Bready malt and flowery hop aroma. Balanced flavor, sticky resiny citrus hops and caramel malt. A bit thin for the style, but this drinks easily enough.

Golden amber ale with a thin off white head. A rather floral hops aroma in attack, with signs of oxidized malts. In mouth, biscuitty malts, with grapefruity hops, a clean bitterness lingering, and caramel in finish. Medium bodied. Good but not Imperial. August 26,2006 at McGregor’s, Henrietta, NY. Served in a chalice, 5$.

Golden with with a thin white head. Light malt aroma with light notes of cloves. In mouth, a good sweet malt with the light clove notes, and light alcohol . Medium bodied. A good summer wit. August 26,2006 at McGregor’s, Henrietta, NY. .

Lightly hazed blonde with a thin white head. Light clean apricot aroma. In moouth, a smooth apricot ale, but the fruit is rather artificial. Light bodied quaffer. Free taster. August 26,2006 at Greene’s Tavern.