7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber sampled @ MEUG 2016. Clear orange with an off-white head. Nose is pure massive fresh onion, dank hops, garlic & onion hops, low white grape hops, but dull & one-note. Taste is basically hop tea, onion, garlic hops, low grapefruit peel hop, dahs yeast, low white grape hop. Massively oily / hop oil body, body & taste lack malts for me in order to balance the whole, okay but really lacking in malt & balance for me but not for hop heads I assume. Not bad overall.
Tried
on 02 May 2016
at 05:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
At Meug 2016. Poursclear blonde, smell is pure nelson sauvin. Taste is stonefruit ( by nelson sauvin-hop) at first, but quite bitter in the back. Don’t get to much of the other hops, but the nelson - specific-taste is not an overkill, as it sometimes can be.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2016
at 02:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint at the brewery - clear gold - heavy use of the Citra here makes for a very tangy and citric IPA, but the Amarillo bring a little sprouted garlic I don’t like so much - clean malt character, with medium body and low carbonation - tastes very much like their Citra IPA with a little Amarillo and Centennial thrown in, which is fine by me.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2016
at 21:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tulip at the brewery - supposedly unfiltered, but it pours relatively clear gold with a soapy head - nose has grassy notes of the hallertau blanc and the white grape character of the Nelson hops - some herbal notes and pepper - clean malt sweetness, not undue heft or stickiness - things start out mildly sweet and fruity, followed by intense but not overpowering bitterness, grass, strong white pepper spiciness - clean finish, with lingering bitterness and well-marked alcohol.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2016
at 21:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can - I’ve had so much of this without realizing it was a separate entry - I enjoy this one - it’s got a strong, earthy spiciness to it, finishing quite peppery - there is a sharpness to it that is not present in the earlier Citra version, so it isn’t as balanced, but it has the brewer’s signature clean malt character - still a very enjoyable IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2016
at 23:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thnk tanks to Adam. Pours a hazy orange with small frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is mango, dank, pine. Medium mouth, juicy hop, mango, tangerine, light bitterness, resin finish, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2016
at 00:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can - pours a very clear light gold - fairly dank and resinous nose, with some berry notes, pepper, herbs, maybe some unwelcome cattiness - light bodied, clean and simple malt structure - some melon rind, citrus, mint, leading to a high bitterness and strongly spicy finish - maybe a little watery on the tail end - it’s good, but not up to the quality of a lot of their other single hop IPAs.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2016
at 20:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tulip at the brewery - turbid Amber - moderate lace - nose of blackberry, raspberry, moderate acidity, undertones of chocolate - flavor is bursting with tart berry (blueberry, blackberry, raspberry), chocolate, soft herbs - finish has prickly acidity and black tea - frothy texture - excellent!
Tried
on 21 Mar 2016
at 18:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tulip at the brewery - clear golden with a fairly thick, soapy lace - clean sweetness in the nose, giving the complex hop profile room to shine (herbs, grass, mango, citrus) - wheat and pils malt make for a soft body and clean, simple, enjoyable malt structure/flavor - herbs, grass, mint, resin, citrus - a bit tropical in the finish - clean, bitter without being abrasive - well done and dangerously easy to drink - sadly, as it warms, it becomes quite hot/boozy, which significantly diminishes the enjoyment.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2016
at 17:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pint at the brewery - they changed the malt bill and hops for this version and it really is quite different - unfortunately, it is not as good - malts are distinctly less crisp, a bit more bready - there is a tangy and almost prickly acidity through the middle - finish is kind of flat and water - finishing hop flavor and bitterness salvages it somewhat, with some pepper and tropical fruit - but overall this is weak compared to the first version.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2016
at 21:48