Super clear, bright copper coloured body with a nice orange glow, a perfect three centimetre tall, microfoamed tan head and zillions of bubbles rising from the bottom - simply beautiful! Aroma of alcohol, resin, grapefruit, pine, flowers and a good deal of malts - very nice in the nose, too. Full-bodied; Pretty astringent, medicinal, but very hoppy, bitterness from pine and resin, but some good malts are here as well, with some good balance, but the majority of the flavours are on the hoppy side of things, with some pungency of course from alcohol and resin, but the hops and sugar finish this off nicely. Aftertaste is rich, super strong and pretty bitter of course, but the alcohol, resin and astringent hops are the strongest here and last long. Overall, a definite old-school Imperial IPA with a deep, pungent, medicinal bitterness from the alpha acid hops, but a lot of resinous sweetness make this rich and strong for a long time - very nice to have as someone who lived through the Imperial IPA craze of the mid 2000s - this seems like a good throwback! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's [grocery] in Morrisville (Cary), North Carolina on 10-June-2023 for US$4,00, canned on 11-January-2023 (as #1123 on the bottom of the can) and sampled at my house here in Washington on 03-July-2023.

Ever so slightly hazy light golden and soft blonde coloured body with a very frothy off-white head that stays afloat for a long time above the 10 per cent opaque body. Aroma of grass, hay, lemons, nectarines and a soft sweetness - nice in the nose and quite hoppy. Medium-bodied; Super dry, floral and grassy flavours show up first with a big kick of grass, lemon zest, hay and pefumey notes that are very nice, old-school and alpha acid bitterness-centric - very nice as a West Coastie IPA. Aftertaste is fairly well-balanced with some crisp, slightly biscuity malt notes right up front, but the deep, bitter and astringent hops are stronger, as they should be for the style. Overall, a nice, crisp beer throughout that shows the hops well, has almost no fruity or sweet qualities and doesn't show ANY Imperial Staus qualifications at all - this is pure 'plain' West Coastie IPA in an old school sense and it's very well-executed and worth trying to find - nice! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's (grocery) in Morrisville [Cary], North Carolina on 10-June-2023 for US$4,00, canned on 01-May-2023 (#1183 on bottom of the can) and sampled at my house here in Washington on 20-June-2023.