7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap in a shaker. Nice gold color. Grapefruit aromas and flavors. Tingly palate with strong bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2006
at 16:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Fall 2008: Golden amber. The aroma is earthy with lots of caramelly malt and abundant earthy, woody hops. Sweet, with earthy nuances, lots of earthy, slightly lemony bitterness. Drinks easy, but has intensity, too. Chocolate malt emerges in the finish.
Spring 2006: Orangey-brown colour. The aroma shows earth, chocolate, a little bit of crystal malt and bright orangey hops. The flavour is robust with those orangey hops meeting strong toasty notes with light chocolate in the background. Hefty bitterness and a blast of alcohol round things out. 7-3-7-3-14 = 3.4
Spring 2006: Orangey-brown colour. The aroma shows earth, chocolate, a little bit of crystal malt and bright orangey hops. The flavour is robust with those orangey hops meeting strong toasty notes with light chocolate in the background. Hefty bitterness and a blast of alcohol round things out. 7-3-7-3-14 = 3.4
Tried
on 26 Mar 2006
at 11:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught pint at Sunset Grill on 3/23/06 and samples at Kennet Square Fest Summer ’05.
Copper-golden, tending more towards golden, with pale lemon-lime tints. Head is large and fluffy, a well-retained off-white, with fair lacing. Lightly hazy, with plenty of bubbles rising vigorously
The nose has plenty of dry citrus fruits (lemons, limes, white grapefruits) opening up the receptors as smooth carapils notes sneak in and lightly sweetne things. Munich hops are reserved in the nose, thankfully (who needs sourness/biscuity astringency in an IPA?) while light herbal spices, white pepper even and just an all out fade to floral. Warming allows more caramel and lightly spicy chinook hops to emerge, with some bare resin on the end.
The flavor is probably its strongpoint, though I must admit to being more in to the more balanced nature of the samples I had at Kennett. Seems on the verge of being too dry and citrusy now. But a lush wintergreenish-note extracted from the heavy floral and even mildly nectarine or tangerine-like hoppiness, mixes with a perfectly honeyish (in flavor and texture) carapils maltiness. I think I want to be carapils malt when I grow up. I think I might be a little bit biased to that one, but it is just so smooth in texture, supple and sweet without being heavy. Pillowy, you might say and a great balance to floral hops (though heavy pine or citrus overwhelms it). This nearly overwhelms it, but still remains drinkable and near balanced, with no alcohol notes. Low carbonation keeps things creamy.
Copper-golden, tending more towards golden, with pale lemon-lime tints. Head is large and fluffy, a well-retained off-white, with fair lacing. Lightly hazy, with plenty of bubbles rising vigorously
The nose has plenty of dry citrus fruits (lemons, limes, white grapefruits) opening up the receptors as smooth carapils notes sneak in and lightly sweetne things. Munich hops are reserved in the nose, thankfully (who needs sourness/biscuity astringency in an IPA?) while light herbal spices, white pepper even and just an all out fade to floral. Warming allows more caramel and lightly spicy chinook hops to emerge, with some bare resin on the end.
The flavor is probably its strongpoint, though I must admit to being more in to the more balanced nature of the samples I had at Kennett. Seems on the verge of being too dry and citrusy now. But a lush wintergreenish-note extracted from the heavy floral and even mildly nectarine or tangerine-like hoppiness, mixes with a perfectly honeyish (in flavor and texture) carapils maltiness. I think I want to be carapils malt when I grow up. I think I might be a little bit biased to that one, but it is just so smooth in texture, supple and sweet without being heavy. Pillowy, you might say and a great balance to floral hops (though heavy pine or citrus overwhelms it). This nearly overwhelms it, but still remains drinkable and near balanced, with no alcohol notes. Low carbonation keeps things creamy.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2006
at 19:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A very nice IPA! It combines a nice med-light body and refreshing drinkability with a full hop blast. Primarily the hops seem resiny, with some citrus in there somewhere. Some bready malts. Flavor is intensely resiny and tingly. Medium bitter finish, clean caramelly malts. Nothing amazing here, just a good hoppy ale. Appealing amber color with fluffy head.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2006
at 19:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Slightly hazy golden-amber colour. Massive, bright lychee and mango hop aroma with syrupy malts underneath. Well-balanced. The hops are strong, peachy, fruity, with a bit of mandarin. The malts are grain-crunchingly fresh pale and take the edge off the hop bitterness in beautiful fashion. Drinks bigger than it is, but that’s okay because it drinks well.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2006
at 12:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Poures a cloudy golden color with a nice fluffy head that sticks round for a while. Aroma of hops and citrus. Flavor is of hops and citrus with the hops balencing out the malts nicely. It ends with a slightly bitter and sweet feel to it. The mouth is crisp, refreshing and very satisfying. The 7.5% is well hidden and feels light for a "Strong Lager." Very good brew.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2006
at 21:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A light peppery hops and malt aroma. Orange yellow with small head. Slightly sweet - hint of peach - initially with a mild alcohol burn and moderate hops finish. Surprisingly light for a strong lager - smooth with little indication of the alcohol level in the taste - Über Pils is a great description.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2006
at 18:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear dark amber color with a large off-white head. Bready, caramel malt aroma. Moderately bitter with some sweetness. This needs something, I can’t put my finger on it. Perhaps it needs a few months to mellow out.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2006
at 14:43
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle... apparently the first time this stuff’s been bottled. Clear golden yellow with a small white head. Smells of banana, clove, and wheat. Flavor is quite thinish, lacking the bubblegummy flavor, but does have the banana/clove taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2006
at 12:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Raspberry aroma, flavor of raspberry doesn’t hit until a few seconds after taking a sip. Wasn’t bad, but wasn’t overly spectacular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2006
at 15:17