Tap at Draught 55 pours mahogany. nose of rich malt and some pine. tastes of dark fruits, malt, pine needles, rye spiciness, toffee, ginger, and leather. touch of boozy finish and creamy mouthful. almost like a barley wine.

Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 9/3/13

Aroma: The aroma is full of rye malts and spice, with some caramel and toffee as well
Appearance: It pours a deep ruby red color with a lasting foam of tan head and heavy lacework
Flavor: Fairly sweet with lots of spice, like the nose, but there's some light hop bitterness too
Palate: The feel is creamy, it is medium bodied, with soft carbonation, and a long, sticky finish
Overall Impression: It is a heck of a good looking beer, so it has that going for it. Oddly though, the hops really don't come through on the nose at all. It's just spice and sweetness. There's a little hop that comes through in the flavor, but not really enough for me to consider this an IPA. Still though, if you went in expecting a rye-based ale with mild hops and lots of sweetness, you'd probably get what you wanted here, but if you are going to use those faithful letters I-P-A I need more hops.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 9/213

Aroma: The nose has caramel, some pine, citrus notes, and a little butter as well
Appearance: It pours a clear amber-orange color with a beige head and some drippy lace
Flavor: The taste is a little sweet with some light-medium bitterness, and some off/buttery notes
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has an okay mouthfeel, soft carbonation, and a mild dryness
Overall Impression: First off, I feel like I may have had this previously at TapNY, but I can't recall. Secondly, I wasn't too impressed here. This APA has too many flaws for me to give it a better score than this.

Tap at draught 55. Pours golden with white head and nose of tropical fruit. Tastes of vanilla, banana, agave, vegetal, light butter, some hops and rock candy. Slight alcoholic finish

Rich ruby tinted amber coloured body with hints of brown near the bottom, all with a thin, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pungent rye and malt, a little hops, a lot of alcohol and bitterness and a hint of some light sweetness. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong malt and rye flavours up front with a big alcohol presence, some earthy and filling starches and a light hop note showing - but there is a lot of filling malts up front with some sweetness behind. Aftertaste shows some alcohol, honey sweetness, rye and a pungent starch note. Overall, not such a great beer - not such a great rye-based IPA and definitely not worth searching out, nor worth spending a lot of money on. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods (Columbus Circle) in New York, New York a few minutes ago on 12-July-2013 for US$11.99 sampled in my hotel room here on 12-July-2013 here in New York.

The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours a copper colour with a small head. Aroma is that maca root that they love putting into all of their beers, sugar, and citrus. Taste is rather sweet, with a bunch of that root giving it an underlying earthiness. Lots of nutty flavor. Definitely a sipper, because of the sweetness. I would have liked to see this be more dry, but that is a matter of personal taste.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose and taste of fresh banana bread, chopped nuts, earthy malt and light pine hop bite. Medium body.

Tap at Rattle n Hum. Pours golden withna white fluffy head. Nose of fruits and floral. Tastes of crazy amounts of bananas, also peach, pineapple, vanilla, musk, dust, and ginger. Slight alcohol and medicinal finish.

Bottle. Better Beer Of The Month Club. Hazy amber with lots of floaties and a medium off-white head. Aroma of hops, kinda stale, a bit citric and floral, some malt, a bit caramelly, and light spiciness. Flavor starts with some sweetish malt and light fruity notes, continues with moderately bitter hops, somewhat grapefruity, a bit stale. Past its prime, but still quite alright and easy-drinking.

Bottle. Better Beer Of The Month Club. Hazy orange with a small white head. Sweet aroma, slightly oxidized, with fruit esters, honey, some malt, yeast and a bit of spiciness. Sweetish and spicy flavor with yeast, honey, sugar and some fruitiness. Finish is slightly drier and alcoholic with oxidation notes. Medium-bodied, somewhat fizzy mouthfeel. Not great, but probably not fresh enough.