8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Irishboy. Pours dark red with tan/off white head. Nose and taste of caramel malt, pink grapefruit, citrus, bready malt and resin. Medium body. Great balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2013
at 21:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
cloudy yellow ,smooth white head. flowery and citrussy hoppy aroma. flavor is citrussy hoppy, sweet fruity hoppy, good malty balance
Tried
on 02 May 2013
at 18:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
as kern river 5th anniversary double ipa cloudy yellow, smooth white head. mild aroma, malts, flowers. flavor is malty, hoppy bitter, hoppy flowery,
Tried
on 02 May 2013
at 17:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Kern River. Nose is citrus, resin, and a bit of mango. Murky yellow with a small pale yellow head. Flavor is nicely bitter with pine, lemons, and hint of fruit. Awesomely hoppy for a 4% session beer. Good thing I got a growler to take home and continue the adventure.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2013
at 08:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft at Kern River Brewpub. Nose is coffee, coffee, roast, and more coffee. I guess that is why Kyle calls it coffee stout. Black with a medium, lightly lacing tan head. Flavor is coffee, roast and a caramel background. My daughter who loves coffee really thought it was great and took home a growler and said she was going to make brownies to pair it with.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2013
at 21:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Burnt orange, nice lacy head. Smells of simcoe and galaxy. Nice and fruity with acidic grapefruit and pine needles. Nice. Perhaps not as fresh as I would hope but tastes nice, great balance in the malts, mouthfeel and bitterness. fruity finish
Tried
on 30 Mar 2013
at 11:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear butterscotch with a small white head that dissipates quickly with some lacing. Aroma is nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, caramel. Flavor is the same, medium spiced, light sweet, minimal bitterness. Medium body. Not bad, but not really my thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2013
at 18:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle - thanks IrishBoy! Pours hazy amber with a small white head and decent lacing. Aroma is not strong - spruce, pine, citrus. Flavor is about the same, lightly sweet and light to medium bitter. Medium body, some oilyness. A solid entry, but doesn’t really rise above the pack.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2013
at 15:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at a weekly bottle sharing event at Red House BBQ in Tehachapi, CA on 02/02/2013. The beer pours a clear dark golden color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, biscuit malt and pine. Medium-bodied with flavors of piney hops, grapefruit and bready malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering citrusy hops aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2013
at 20:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Aroma is dominated by hops - mostly citrus and pine resin but there is a light peach note. The citrus is mostly a grapefruit and line character. Some faint cracker malt notes in the background and hints of light caramel. Pours a fairly clear orange copper with a slightly off-white head that slowly recedes to the edges. Decent lacing with small legs. Flavor stars with some sweet malt character - cracker and light caramel. After the initial malt note you get a lot of hop flavor. Here the Amarillo really shows with some nice stone fruit notes. There is of course quite a bit of grapefruit and resin as well but the flavor has a lot more Amarillo character than the aroma. A bit of alcohol spice in the finish. Moderate bitterness lingers with the resin note. Finish is slightly sweet. Medium to medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Very low hop astringency and medium low hop bitterness. Overall this is a pretty nice IPA. I prefer a bit less malt character and a drier beer but the hop character is pretty nice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 13 Feb 2013
at 18:20