6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled 7/20/16, drunk 8/31/16.
High clarity to the peachy-golden, lightly copper-tinged body with a medium-sized, off-white head atop showing moderate retention. Sediment left behind in the bottle.
Pretty standard West Coast rendition featuring a guest appearance by some juiciness (rather brief). Cherries, ruby red grapefruit, spicy orange and light pineapple with a bit of excess pine on the very end, though it’s not obnoxiously excessive. Malts show biscuit, light honey-caramel and are seemingly well-attenuated. Maybe just a touch of alcohol graces the finish, as well. The beer is clean.
Expected citrus and light tropical fruit notes in the flavor, as orange, cherry and ruby red grapefruit dominate, though allow minor pineapple/peach notes, as well. There’s definitely a good deal of bitterness, too much for my weak palate but some substantial maltiness does help mitigate this somewhat. Carbonation is low but fairly engaging, sweetness is low to moderate and a good deal of grapefruit and pine bitterness lingers with light alcohol. Nothing interesting/exciting/particularly well-done here, but if you want a standard West Coast DIPA, this is competent.
High clarity to the peachy-golden, lightly copper-tinged body with a medium-sized, off-white head atop showing moderate retention. Sediment left behind in the bottle.
Pretty standard West Coast rendition featuring a guest appearance by some juiciness (rather brief). Cherries, ruby red grapefruit, spicy orange and light pineapple with a bit of excess pine on the very end, though it’s not obnoxiously excessive. Malts show biscuit, light honey-caramel and are seemingly well-attenuated. Maybe just a touch of alcohol graces the finish, as well. The beer is clean.
Expected citrus and light tropical fruit notes in the flavor, as orange, cherry and ruby red grapefruit dominate, though allow minor pineapple/peach notes, as well. There’s definitely a good deal of bitterness, too much for my weak palate but some substantial maltiness does help mitigate this somewhat. Carbonation is low but fairly engaging, sweetness is low to moderate and a good deal of grapefruit and pine bitterness lingers with light alcohol. Nothing interesting/exciting/particularly well-done here, but if you want a standard West Coast DIPA, this is competent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2016
at 15:48
8/10
Tried
on 05 Sep 2016
at 17:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
21st August 2016
Hazy gold beer, tidy white head. Palate is light and dry. Reasonable fine carbonation. Mildly sweet pale malts. Floral bitter hop dominates, a modicum of orangey citrus. Trace of lemon before a light dry bitterish finish. In some ways quite English. Standard stuff.
Hazy gold beer, tidy white head. Palate is light and dry. Reasonable fine carbonation. Mildly sweet pale malts. Floral bitter hop dominates, a modicum of orangey citrus. Trace of lemon before a light dry bitterish finish. In some ways quite English. Standard stuff.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2016
at 06:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at cropredy #6 2016... Hazy Amber.. Thin white lacing... Soft sweet floral fruit nose.. Dry bitter herbal fruit... Long bitter citrus linger
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2016
at 23:55
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared @ ChrisO after GBBF Day 2. Slightly unclear golden color, average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, light to moderately grapefruit, nice fruity bitter. Quite pleasant firm bitterness. Nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2016
at 16:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 fl.oz bottle. Pours almost clear pale golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of fresh fruity hops, pale malt. Taste of fruity btter hops, peach, melons, peach, good one!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2016
at 16:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 fl.oz bottle. Pours clear dark golden colour with a small most good lasting white head. Aroma of mild fruity bitter hops, apricot. Taste of dry fruity hops, apricot, grapefruits, okay!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2016
at 17:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from bottle @ ChrisO’s after GBBF Day 1. Clear slightly pale golden color, medium sized white head. Aroma is malts, a bit old hops, a bit oxidised. Taste malts, bitter hops, bitter. Not a lot of flavor. Drinkable though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2016
at 17:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared a GBBF. Thank James. A bright yellow straw coloured pour with a a lasting fine white head. Aroma is wheat, floral lemon, citrus, pale grains. Palate is wheaty doughy moderate carbonation. Flavour is fruity citrus tangerine and mango, peach. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2016
at 14:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Purchased at Leary’s. Hazy orange in color, with full, fluffy head. Aroma is weak floral and grassy hints. Pale grain and white bread.
Flavor has a pale grain backbone. Weak citrus and light grass. The grassy bitterness is slightly lingering after the sip. However, it shows a lot of malt. This is a classic example of the style even if it is a bit dated and a tad boring.
Flavor has a pale grain backbone. Weak citrus and light grass. The grassy bitterness is slightly lingering after the sip. However, it shows a lot of malt. This is a classic example of the style even if it is a bit dated and a tad boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2016
at 20:20