(Bottle 65 cl) Pours a very dark brown mahogany with a reddish glow and a lightly creamy, off-white head. Slightly perfumy hop aroma. Medium body with distinct, sweet malt. Some lightly burned accents. Quite pleasant and drinkable. 030606

(Bottle 65 cl) Clear mahogany with a reddish hue and a beige head. Hoppy aromatic nose with distinct alcohol. Medium-bodied with notes of roasted malt and sweetish caramel. Rather light, hoppy finish. 030306

Quite an interesting, hard to pin down ale - nice herbal, grassy, woody hop aroma, with some background cherry and brown sugar, some phenolic/alcoholic qualities - the flavor is quite spicy and bitter at first, making it seem like an imperial IPA - then some really bright, strong, fruity esters come into play, making it seem more like a hoppy barleywine - then some sweet, sugary, almost belgian-like qualities surface beneath that as well - and all the while the beer maintains its balance - the progression of flavors is jarring at first, but once you get used to them this is a pretty nice beer.

Bottle pours a slightly hazy caramel amber. Very nice off white head. Aroma of moderate maltiness and hops. Neither was over powering. Falvor seemed balanced and somewhat middle of the road. Fairly robust hoppiness. More like an IPA with a couple extra ABV points. Not bad.

2024-05-30, can, this one is 50cl, brewed by Alken-Maes in Belgium, canned on 08/02/2023, less than 4 months ago, 7-4-6-2-12=31
Blond colour, slightly dark, with chill haze. Decent aroma, malt and light hops. Decent malt base, a bit bready and toasty; the mouthfeel is dry; I wonder though whether they used an infinitesimal part of Crystal; balanced bitterness, but poor hop quality; it's a bit earthy, somebody would even say skunky; it's very cheap, but even for this price I'm not sure it's worth buying more of it.

2022-10-12, can, 6.2% ABV, 7-4-7-4-16=38
Golden colour, clean. Mild aroma of piney hops and candied orange. Good body; there is some residual sweetness; caramel flavour, not sticky, but yeah, that's old school (well made though), with accents of breadcrust, slightly toasted cereals, burtnt honey; bold bitterness, supported by hop resins.
Can't get more West Coast IPA than this, still quite old school, but very enjoyable.

2015-04-07, bottle, 6.2% ABV, 8-4-7-4-15=38
Golden color, clean, with medium sized head. Wonderful aroma of toasty, bready malts, and delicate citrusy hops. Lean mouthfeel; mild caramel flavor with tones of toasty cereals; strong bitterness, with a bit of hop qualities too, mild citrus presence; it's rather fresh.
It's somehow old style, but it's a very good IPA; I'm enjoying the sixpack.

2006-05-28, bottle, 5.7% ABV, 6-3-6-4-13=32
Copper color. The aroma is quite fruity (apricots). The mouthfees is quite thin; anyway there is some malt taste, dry; the hops have some aromas and fruitiness, but have been added without soul. Medium bitterness, not too much; some late hop resin.

On cask at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 10/20/2009. Somewhat hazy reddish amber body with a medium rocky off-white head. Sweet floral and citrus hop aroma on a caramel background. Dry floral, citrus and slightly earthy flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/4/8/4/15 - 3.8 05/28/2006: Clear red color with a thin off-white head. Aroma of sweet light caramel, toffee, and some light nuttiness. Flavor of light bittering hops. Thanks to Kinz for bringing this to share. 7/4/7/3/15 - 3.6

Rating #1400.Deep red-brown body, thin/medium buff head. Aroma of burnt caramels, toast, brown sugar, and bitter, citrusy hops. Alcohol prominent on the sip (I suspect this would be diminished at colder temperatures), with big, rindy hops balanced by toast and caramel. Long, bitter finish. This is very good.

Bottle. Amber-ruby color with an off-white head. Grapefruit aroma with pine and some malt. Pine, fruity (mostly summer fruit - simcoe?) flavor with rich malts. Great fruity aftertase. Alcohol is noticeable. Full flavored and fuller bodied. You can keep drinking this for a long time and not grow tired of it.

Clear brown color with an off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma. Sweet caramel flavor with some mild bitterness.