7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity hoppy passionfruit aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy flavor with some hints of wood. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish with some hints of vanilla and wood in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2009
at 09:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus aroma with some hints of vanilla. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of wood and some hints of vanilla. Has a dry malty hoppy bitter finish with hints of citrus and some hints of wood in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2009
at 09:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled Hazy orange, small head. Slightly darker then athe reference version. Served in wide mouthed tulip it was impossible to discerne any difference from the reference version,. With a more thin mouthed tulip some oak and vanilla came through. nevertheless double IPAs are pointless to barrel age the hops hide the wood, and if it comes through it just clashes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 03:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottled Hazy orange, small head. Slightly more lively then the reference version. There is a mere whiff of vanilla, then it’s more or less exactly the same as the reference beer. Barrel aging of double IPAs is always a silly idea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 03:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled Hazy orange, small head. The hop aromas are diminished by the wood. Tastes more or less like the reference stuff, just less. Wood aging of double IPAs is always a silly idea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 03:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled Hazy orange, small head. Aroma of black currant and grapefruit. Sweet, dense and full bodied. Sugary with hops giving Earl Grey tea and black currant. Inky grapefruit finish. Pleasant double IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 03:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle that I picked up from GBBF 09, consumed 22-08-09 Pours amber with a big white bubbly head. Aroma is tropical fruit but softened compared to the base beer. Enjoyable beer but for me the beer loses something in this barrel ageing, I preferred the base beer. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2009
at 08:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled@GBBF2009. Hazy yellowish orange colour, small white head. Aroma is big time Nelson Sauvin hops. Flavour is fruity, hoppy, yeasty and also some slight wooden notes. Hides alcohol extremely well, and is very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2009
at 04:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled@GBBF. Murky yellow color, small steady white head. Intensive tropical fruity aroma: kiwi, peach. Tropical fruits - very typical exotic flavor from Nelson Sauvin. Kiwi, peach, apricot. Hides alcohol very well. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2009
at 04:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (at ChrisO, "base"). Orange color, small white head, some lace. Strong aroma of orange and tropical fruits. Very citrus acidic flavor, lime, lemon grass, kiwi, mango. Quite fruity. A bit alcoholic. Interesting. Would like to try other versions as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2009
at 18:27