8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2019
at 19:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/6/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, light green pepper/pine, honey, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, light green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an outstanding IPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; extremely smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Pretty soft feeling, and not aggressive. Amazing showcase of Ekuanot/Azacca, against the base beer's Columbus/Simcoe. Extremely juicy and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; great bready malt balance, light residual sweetness with increasing dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing Midwest style example.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2018
at 00:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aromas are deciduous Woodland fresh hops caramel malt. Flavors are similar to nose but not as high-quality perhaps the Hops weren't as good. Decent enough beer but not great.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2018
at 02:53
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz can. Black-brown body. Amber malt comes through some, otherwise a pretty classic oily Porter. Doesn't really nail it, more amateur American than World Class English. Drinkable nonetheless. The aroma gets more unenjoyable every whiff. Maybe too old of a can.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2018
at 06:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Pours a hazy amber with small beige head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is dark fruit, licorice, oak, bourbon. Slick body, similar flavors to nose, nice sweetness, boozy finish, very good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2018
at 01:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
can. very good ipa, awesome overall. Had in northern Michigan at TreeTops resort
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2018
at 17:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Plum Market DTW. Clear golden color white head. Stonefruit aroma. Taste is lightly bittersweet and fruity. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2018
at 14:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/16/2018. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, lightly toasted biscuit, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, pepper, pine, toasted biscuit, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, fairly crisp, and slightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7.5%. Overall this is a fantastic IPA. All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and extremely easy to drink; with the modestly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Incredibly balanced juicy and dank hop complexity; nice solid bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2018
at 00:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Aromas of pine and melon over a hazy gold body. Flavor is yummy but weak. Kind of a melon with some resin and a little spiciness.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2017
at 16:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Crisp golden coloured body with an off-white head, only about a centimetre or so high. Aroma of light metal, crisp grain, a dose of corn and some mellow sugars with a pinch of breadiness and yeast at the end. Light-bodied; Mellow malty and grassy flavour at first with a subdued but nice grain and crisp citrusey flavour throughout. Aftertaste shows some sugar from honey with a very nice crisp grapefruit, citrus and lightly pine flavour from the hops with a touch of metal and grain near the end. Overall, a nice and light beer with a good crisp flavour, without much body, pungency or deep rich flavours. A good beer for sure with some minimal flavours, which are about right for the style along with a smooth and crisp flavour that would go great in the summertime. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Siciliano's in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 13-June-2017 for US$1,99 sampled at home in Washington on 12-December-2017, almost exactly six months later. As a Michigander and especially an Engineer, I really appreciate the name/pun of this beer and would recommend it to everyone for that alone, but it is a good Lager for sure to sample if you can find it!
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2017
at 15:53