7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650 ml bottle. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of toffee, pine, and New Zealand hops. Flavors are the same though more pronounced with a bit malt component. Chewy. Very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2013
at 17:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
650mL bottle, pours a clear bronze with a small off-white head. Nose brings out yeast, caramel malt, and some resinous hops - quite balanced and more yeasty for a IIPA. Flavour brings out loads of resinous hops, caramel malts, and a bit of candied sugar. The 167IBU is extremely well-concealed. Quite a bit more malty than my ideal IIPAs, but the balance is good enough and it never becomes cloying. Good stuff, but underwhelming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2013
at 21:03
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cloudy dull yellow. Smells footy...too much yeast. The body is fairly full, but still on the yeasty side of things. Touch style to nail.
Tried
on 14 May 2013
at 23:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, rich, chocolatey, rich porter. Full body with lots of chocolate character. Rich, delicious.
Tried
on 14 May 2013
at 23:51
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Pine, citrus and the candy floss sweetness I love. Clear orange with a thin ring of head. The malty sweetness starts, then followed by the bitterness and alcohol head with a finally of pine and citrus. Medium body with a dry finish. A huge hop bomb that is over the top but not unbalanced or overwhelming. A great Double IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2013
at 19:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours dark amber with a small head.Very fruity aroma but also a lot of sweet clean malt. Some booze. Caramel, pine and resinous hops dominate.Very aggressive flavours, with a big hoppy bitterness throughout. A fair bit of clean sweet malt as well, but the resinous, grapefruity hop bitterness wins out.Nice moderate carbonation.The bitterness seems to sharp and aggressive.
Tried
on 13 May 2013
at 19:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Mostly golden with a touch of amber. Sweet but yeasty with an almost champagne-like yeast note. The aroma has lemons an champagne yeast. I think that what would otherwise be a sweet, fruity tripel is salvaged by this yeast character, as it both dries it out and adds complexity.
Tried
on 12 May 2013
at 22:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber colour. Citrusy and slightly woody aroma. Earthy, light citrust character. Moderate bitterness and a hint of chewiness. Reminds me a bit of Blockhouse IPA from Cape Town.
Tried
on 12 May 2013
at 22:38
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
From a 650ml bottle on 12/5/2013 (shared with Butz). Pours a clear dark golden with a small head. Has a very strong hoppy aroma, with lots of fruity and resiny notes. Flavour wise, there’s a big caramel and toffee malt backbone, masses of sweet citrus and stone fruit (orange, mandarin and apricot), a bit of honey, and a huge grapefruity bitterness at the back. There a hint of warming alcohol in there as well. The palate is relatively slick and the carbonation modest. A very enjoyable imperial.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2013
at 02:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Had on tap - guessing this is what I had. Bubbly head. Fruity (curranty, slightly earthy) aroma and amber colour. Soft body, lots of bitterness, rich citrusy hop character with light caramelly malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2013
at 20:32