7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a deep dark almost black color with a purple hue when held to the light. Almost no head. Aroma is a strong blueberry smell. Taste is a fruity blueberry flavor that’s not very sweet.

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Orange gold in color, medium sized head. Aroma was orange, citrus and grapefruit. Taste was orange, orange peel and grapefruit.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Deep, dark in color. If your a chocolate lover, you would love this beer. Aroma is heavily roasted grains and chocolate. Taste is dark chocolate without much sweetness.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12 ounce can, 7/15/24. I've had five of these already so I know I like this. Heres #6. Murky orange, frothy tan head, average retention. Aroma of toffee, orange, grapefruit. Taste is resin, grapefruit, orange, pine. Lingering bitterness. Nice.

8.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Notes from 1/3/2009 August notes. Some people hide their piggy banks in mattresses or cupboards, I seem to find beer notes sandwiched in between old issues of Sports Illustrated. :) Gentle overflow into my Ommegang glass. I did just rinse it, so maybe it's just a little warm. Golden yellow, a touch of chill haze, with an over eager stiff peaks egg white head. Initial whiff is a bit minerally, lemon/lime sharp bitter sweetness, a bit peppery, with a cloudy cotton candy sweetness surrounding it. Peppery, with strong banana phenols. Obvious bubblegum & honey tracks lay down an easy base of operations. The hops arrive mainly in grapefruit, as well as in a softer lemon/lime rind mix then I'm use to. Aftertaste is gentle with tropical fruit, a mix of more pungent phenols, & a basic grazing of malt, getting a bit dry, with a peppery & corriander-like spiced finish. A very juicy beer overall. Carbonation is slightly sassy, but very easy to enjoy. Extremely light & carefree. Not really a beer I'd label as an IPA, but it's not important. :P

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Stovepipe can from Busch's. Pours a deep gold to light amber with a full 2 fingers of off-white head that lingers. Pine, resin and grapefruit pith and flesh dominate the nose. Palate is very similar with some light honey and apricot notes followed by more grapefruit, pine and pith that lingers. A fun classic-tasting Midwest DIPA.

4.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Notes from January 2011 2.2/5 rDev -36.8% look: 1.5 - smell: 1.5 - taste: 3.5 - feel: 1.5 - overall: 1 Hesitantly put one of these into my mixed 6 last beer run & have been hiding from my responsibilities ever since. Rounded pint glass. Left out to warm some. No BB date. Pour is all bubble bath foam. As it settles, a dark muddled brown with a spoonful of protein shake. Smell is movie theater popcorn & maple syrup. Back end is licorice, pennies, stale water, & booze. Taste isn't all that bad. Chocolate caramel, strong rum-raisin, toasty brown bread, touch of sweetened grassy citrus clocking in at about 2.4IBUs... :P There's oxidation on the back end though(newspaper). Feel is near flat, oily, & almost syrupy. Getting more & more difficult with each sip, it starts to turn my stomach & give me an ugly headache all at once. Ugh. I bet this is tolerable on draft though.

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cloudy amber, small white head. Neutral nose. Light malt start bitter uncoordinated hops in finish. Poorly balanced

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Brown, generous lasting tan head. Faint malt nose. Light sweet malt profile, no noticeable hop bitterness