Southern Tier 2xIPA

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Not much nose there, a bit of pine. Worked like hell to get a bit of head on this sucker but the skim has good retention, no lace, medium gold body. Mouth is nice, a bit creamy, surprisingly, full bodied for an IPA. Standard old fashioned (not tropical) IPA flavors with a very present malt backbone, hops mostly bittering with some pine, alcohol present and warming.Nicely balanced, get some nose and head on this thing and it would score much higher, tasty.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Been wanting to try this for a little over a year.....Worth the wait. Leans towards a West Coast DIPA. Hardly any malt, with a good amount of hops and bitterness. Semi-smooth, crispy feel. Ordered with dinner at Hawkers in Orlando, so was double the price, but would consider this again.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Melon and lots of citrus on the nose and on the palate. Not light, but lighter than Maharaja (which follwed) and GKnigh (which preceded). Just the fact that this was a 12 week old bottle (older than both of the other elites by a large margin) and it still held it's ground deserves kudos. Fairly long shelf life it seems, though I'd bet it's even better relatively fresh. Want to try it within a month one day.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours orange amber, white head, nice lacing. Aromas and flavors of sweet malts and honey, nicely balanced with earthy pine and grapefruit hops. Tasty and not overwhelming.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Really malty, and not all that 'hoppy' for a DIPA. I know it's an East Coaster, but still. Smooth and tasty, but too sweet and malty to be a classic. Where's the hoppy aroma?!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Dark gold/light amber pour with a huge frothy white head. Citrus and pine hop aroma and flavor but somewhat muted behind the alcohol. I enjoyed my glass but seemed more barleywine-ish to me.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar,Stavanger. ABV is 8.2%. Golden colour, moderate white head. Nice aroma of citrussy American hops. Distinct flavour of citrussy and resinous American hops, fairly dry. Light bodied for its strength. Dangerously drinkable. Oh dear, was the bottle empty already?

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Comes out of the tap a clear appetizing amber with a decent white head. Hoppy aroma has an underpinning of orange. Hoppy flavor has firm orange undertone that is more sweet than sour. Texture has above-average body and is smooth and fairly fizzy.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

This double IPA pour a hazy golden colour with a creamy white head, great retention and very nice soapy lacing. The nose is hoppy, but not as I expected. It is quite mild with some notes of fruits (almost like pineapple and oranges). The alcohol is very well-hidden and this one goes down very easily. Again, the taste is pretty mild with hop creating a little bitterness. This really is going down too smoothly. Quite a nice blended brew that is totally worth the money (as most beers of that high alcohol are quite expensive usually).

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

A nice beer, but why not make something that clearly stands out from most common IPA's these days. The hops are pushed to the backseat while the malts drive and ride shotgun. Nice qualities and the hops do add some exciting flavors and aromas, but the sweet malts are too dominant. Calm and average by IPA standards.