Winter 2010/2011.
My review on RateBeer:
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
AHTOH (43) - San Diego, USA - FEB 19, 2011
650 mL bottle. Bottle dated 12/15/10. Drank 2/18/11. Poured into Duvel tulip.
APPEARANCE: Pours orange gold. Quite translucent/filtered. Off-white, cream colored head is about 2 fingers, has lengthy duration, and fair amount of lacing.
AROMA: Citrus, floral, cantaloupe, pine. Very clean, balanced, robust, and delightful. Faint hint of resinous hops and wet hay on nose as well.
TASTE: More hop-forward (ie, less balanced) than aroma. Pine, citrus, resinous hops. Some floral/honey-like malt sweetness. Finish is more flavor-hop focused than excessively bitter. Bitterness and its duration are on the lighter side for the style - which I prefer. Subtle graininess on finish as well.
MOUTH FEEL: Medium bodied. Some minimal amount of syrupiness.
OVERALL: A solid imperial/double IPA. Aroma is particularly impressive. However, little in the way of extremely unique characteristics. Appearance could have been slightly better if the beer was less filtered.
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