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Overall: 9.7/10 by 2 dudes
Dudes: 9.7/10
Trend: 9.7/10 over past 5 reviews 
Style: American IPA
ABV: 6.20%
IBU: 99
Seasonal: Year Round
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- pochman from Villa Park, IL
- Date reviewed: Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 23:58:30
- 6 beers rated with a 8.8 average rating
Date tasted: February 14, 2010
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- scot from Oswego, IL
- Date reviewed: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 11:10:23
- $2.50 for 16 oz. bottle
- 855 beers rated with a 7.8 average rating
My friend, Ed, has told me a lot about this beer and how popular and good it is. On a recent trip to Ed's he said that he had one to share and that I should like it. 99 IBUs is a lot so I expected to be overwhelmed by the hops.
The beer poured with a full hand high of fluffy white foam with a fair amount of retention and great lacing. Really a pretty looking beer in an English pint glass.
The aroma is a freight train of pine. There is a faint hint of sweet malt in there also. As the beer warmed the pine notes on the noise changed to a grapefruit.
Depending on if you prefer a pint or grapefruit IPA might lend you to allow this beer to warm (grapefruit) or drink straight out the fridge or shorter warming period (pine).
The flavor is full of the pine notes from the hops, as expected. The beer finishes with some hop bitterness but quickly, even for the level of hops, disappears and leaves you with a clean taste in your mouth. I have never had an IPA that so quickly shuts down the bitterness in the end. This leads you to another sip, then a gulp, then a chug because you can't believe what you are tasting.
Similar to the aroma, the taste of this beer also undergoes a metamorphosis as it warms from pine to grapefruit.
To date, this is the best IPA I have ever had. For even the casual hop fan, this is a must because when you have an IPA that tastes this damn good, you will understand what a truly great beer within a style can taste like. Enjoy!
Date tasted: July 17, 2009
Color: Deep Amber
Rating Breakdown
Aroma: 10 (25%)
Taste: 10 (25%)
Look: 10 (15%)
Drinkability: 9 (35%)
Overall: 9.7
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$2.50, 1 serving, 16 oz. bottles
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Taste: 10 (25%)
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