6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

The closest thing to a local beer offered on tap at Henry’s Bar & Grill in Cathedral City, CA, I got a 16 oz shaker glass serving. It arrived an indistinct, amber-orange in color with a modest cover of totally white foam that later laced well. The scent gave off tropical with a bit of hops. And the taste was tangerine, grapefruit, malt, some pine and biscuit. My opinion is that the beer tilts towards New England style with its sweetness. Fair enough brew, nothing groundbreaking.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can picked up in Carlsbad and drank at my daughters place in Laguna Hills on 12th July 2023. Expected a redder colour and a Rye like taste, but I got neither. Deep golden body, lasting white crown. Citrus nose and initial taste, some light malt action for sweetness and balance. Been to Joshua Tree National Park, so thought I'd try the beer!

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

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6.2

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

Bottle, shared by Chris M. Pours gold. Funk, toast, pear, apricot. Medium body. Quite rough around the edges. Not great.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pours black. No real head. Smell is bourbon, oak, roasty grains. Taste is full, very thick, boozy, bourbon, oak, sharp bitterness, both from malts, and (mostly) from roastyness. thick body. low carbo. rather boozy, but hey, at this ABV? Very nice stout indeed.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pours black with a tan head.Nose shows chocolate, liquorice, booze and hazelnut. As intense as you would expect.Flavours include hot booze, bready malt, chocolate. A fair bit of a solvent note.For a 20.4% abv beer this does reasonably well at keeping the booze balanced with the other flavours... but just not quite there!

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

22 oz. bottle from Albertsons in Boulder City. Light amber, hazy with small ring of head. Big hoppy aroma, mildly astringent, some citrus, some tropical. Nice medium weight, fruity and floral flavors, tiny dank and earthy notes. Comes together quite nicely.

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7.6

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

On tap into pilsner glass. Appearance is hazy dark yellow, light brown with nice sparkle, finger-width foamy white head with fair leggy lacing. Aroma is mix of tropical fruit, citrus and resiny hops. Taste is much like aroma with fruit and citrus dominating the resin. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, a good representative of the West Coast style IPA with a better balance of bitter and sweet than many.

7.4

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

17th August 2016
Very hazy amber - brown beer, good cream colour head. Palate is fairly light for the abv. Fine minerally crispness. Airy malts, creamy sweet with a fair bit of toffee - caramel, even a little chocolate. Bitterish hop skunk. Pine. Ripe orange marmalade. Modest red berries and a little cherry. Bitterish salted caramel finish. Full on and unapologetic. Has one foot in DIPA territory and the other in Barleywine. Challenging but ultimately pretty satisfying.