Resin - Sixpoint Brewery

tone77

Pennsylvania

3.33/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a dark auburn color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of piney hops. Taste is dominated by hops, piney, some citrus, a touch of alcohol, considerable bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall, while not a bad beer, I felt it lacked balance and was to hop forward.

Serving type: can

02-26-2012 14:54:52 | More by tone77

jmerloni

Massachusetts

4.6/5  rDev +14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A - Woody orange coloration, translucent. Moderate, flat, lasting and evenly lacing head.

S - Smells like thick, coagulated hops. Smells a little gluey. Floral notes.

T - This beer takes it's hop profile in a weird, interesting direction! Very, very hoppy, but it's a very interesting journey from first contact to your tongue to full swallow. And it's very logical and progressive. I'm giving this a 5 for it's creativity. This is very interesting. It has an aspect to it that honey has.

M - Medium to full bodied. Chewier than most DIPA. Well-carbonated, well-hopped. Interesting.

D - This beer is kick ass. For all the DIPA's that taste so much the same, this one tastes a little bit different and it's better for it. I'll be getting this one again. Very creative, very visionary. Touche. I had never encountered Sixpoint until a few months ago and I've LOVED every offering from them. I can't talk them up enough. Also, the slender, taller Resin can is pretty sexy haha. The marketing definitely works on me.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 04:05:47 | More by jmerloni

mjtiernan

New York

3.93/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz skinny-keg poured into a stemmed tulip. Best before July 30, 2012.

A: Off-white two finger head. Body is a coppery ruby red with only a slight haze. Lacing is plentiful throughout.

S: Sweet candy hops! Pineapple, mango, and a smidgen of banana. Probably even more fruits that I can’t identify. I also smell the house Sixpoint yeast, which I’m mildly disappointed about. As the head fades the caramel malt notes and house yeast aroma become more noticeable.

T: Whoa! Not what I expected. This is loaded with brown sugar and light molasses flavors but without a ton of sweetness...thankfully. It totally reminds me of graham cracker crust. I sense that there is a good amount of bitterness (103 IBUs), but it’s completely held up by all the rich malt.

M: Body is medium, carb is medium-high. The richness of the flavor gives the perception that this has a more luxurious mouthfeel than other beers with similar viscosity and carbonation.

O: I like this, but not for any of the reasons that I thought I was going to coming into the review. I was not expecting such malt forwardness from a green can labeled “Resin”. My mouth was ready for Avery Maharaja but got ...well I don't even know. Somehow there were plenty of bittering hops and plenty of aromatic hops, but very little of the fruit from the nose carried through to the tongue. I wonder what this graham cracker would taste like blended with some Pumking...hmmm.

PS - Ok, I mixed them. A 1:1.5 ratio of Pumking to Resin is pretty good, but not mind blowing. Enjoy.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 04:00:53 | More by mjtiernan

Naugros

New Jersey

4.03/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Darker than most DIPAs, almost brown with amber at the edges. A lot of tiny bubbles make up the head which stands nicely for a while. Carbo is evident in the beer, which means it's pretty clear and the only reason I can't see through it is due to the darkness of the beer.

Citrus and pine in equal measures in the nose and something I didn't really expect, I can actually get the malts here...bready in nature.

All pine sap in the mouth to start with the sweetness of the malts kicking in during the middle, supplying an expanding envelope of grains, and then the hops pop that bubble and dominate the wash with pine with a slight tempering of grapefruit.

Honestly, with this name, I expected this to be a hop bomb that would torch my taste beds into submission and refuse to leave until I ate a raw onion or a whole carton of sour cream. It wasn't anything of the sort. Yes, there are a ton of hops in here, but there is also some balancing malts, which is not the usual for a DIPA. And the wash is mostly hops, but they don't go on forever.

I do find the can annoying though. Too tall and slender. Girly-like.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 03:08:11 | More by Naugros

Bierguy5

Ohio

4.28/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12 oz skinny can, 9.1% abv. Darker amber color, cloudy. Nice off-white head holds very well, and finally releases some nice patches of lace.

Bright hop aroma releases from the glass. Spicy, resiny, pine and a faint citrus note. Big malt character to back up the hops in the nose.

Lots of cracker-like, caramel malt up front, but easy on the sweetness. Sharp bitterness in the form of piney, spicy and resiny notes. Bitterness lingers during the dry finish.

Great mouthfeel here, with softer carbonation. Some warmth from alcohol, but not overwhelming. A very well made beer.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 02:05:14 | More by Bierguy5

jzeilinger

Pennsylvania

3.58/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours a clear caramel copper color with moderate carbonation and a thick creamy layer of foam.

S - Tropical fruit made of oranges, pineapple, grapefruit, and mild pine and caramel.

T - Caramel malt and alcohol are big up front on the initial taste, after which, the alcohol effervescence dissipates somewhat to allow more flavor to come through. Pine and grapefruit bitterness emerge about halfway through and duke it out with the malt. As the beer warms up the caramel becomes more pronounced.

M - Thick body and smooth.

O - Not bad, based on the name I was expecting a resinous wall of hop flavor and aroma and it fell way short, more caramel flavor than I expected.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 01:50:09 | More by jzeilinger

DrinkSlurm

Connecticut

4.08/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from can into tulip.
Pours a dark brown/syrup color. Thick chewy head and excellent lacing.
Smells of piney hops, malts, and a cotton candy finish.
Taste is of resin pine, malts, hops, and has a bit of a sweet candy undertone.
It is slightly bitter for me, but not to the point where it hurts this beer.
Overall, this is a great new edition to the sixpoint lineup. It a great DIPA and really great caliber beer for a regular lineup and especially for the price.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 01:17:35 | More by DrinkSlurm

Gmann

New York

3.9/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a slightly hazy deep copper color with a big large bubbled head that slowly settled leaving plenty of webby lacing on the glass.

The aroma is of a light grapefruit, a bit juicy and floral. Not as strong as I expect from a DIPA. The malt is bready with some metallic notes and caramel.

The hop profile is earthy but has some tropical fruit notes. There is some grassy, pine and resin flavors but not overly bitter. The malt is substantial and has a steely caramel flavor.

Moderate feel with soft carbonation. Almost feels flat but it is not. Its bitter on the palate but it is well balanced considering the style and flavor profile. The beer has a nice smooth transition of flavor. You can taste the resin and pine but no real harsh bitterness.

An unique DIPA. Pine and resin flavor but without the crushing bitterness. Not the most flavorful DIPA but drinks very well.

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 01:02:59 | More by Gmann

fmccormi

New York

3.8/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Straight pour from a 12oz “slimboy” (?) can, to a Luettich balloon (Bruery tulip) glass. Freshness date of July 30, 2012 printed in black ink on the kickup of the can (“BEST BEFORE 30JUL2012 1624OK+”). Also printed in black ink on one of the top side-flaps of the paper packaging for the 4-pack (“BEST BEFORE 30JUL2012 1049Ok+”).

Appearance (4.5): Nice slightly hazy, dark amber body with a ruddy tint, topped by a sandy, khaki head of mixed fine and coarse bubbles that takes its sweet-ass time dying down from a solid two fingers. Leaves some rather nice lacing on the sides—I think you could actually measure its thickness on the far side of the glass with calipers. Good looking beer, no question. Only real improvement I could think of would be a ridiculously rocky head.

Smell (4.0): Piney and weed-y, with a surprising amount of booze coming through in the nose. I kind of like it, though—it meshes much better than you’d think. And very, very floral, actually. There are some standard West Coast-style citrus hop notes coming through, too, but the strong floral character is the biggest surprise here. Still, the piney character is generally the dominant note here.

Taste (3.5): Well, there it is. Resin. Tastes like damn pine sap. Not that I am in any way complaining. This is a very, very bitter beer, and it’s all pine sap. The finish just doesn’t quit, which is excellent for the style, though its astringency is a little distracting. It’s almost like drinking tobacco on some level. Mid-palate is great though, very nice mix of crazy hops and a subtly strong caramel malt character—it’s almost like an Oktoberfest brew where they threw f’ing pinecones in the boil. It’s good, but I’m not sure it’s the best variety of bitter with this type of malt. Definitely improves as it warms a bit, smoothes out a lot.

Mouthfeel (4.0): Dry as hell. Which is excellent. Smooth carbonation lending just a light bite in the back, and a slightly syrupy medium body keeps you from drinking too fast though that dry finish wants you to tempt fate.

Overall (4.0): This is a relatively unique DIPA, in my opinion. It chases one part of the bitterness spectrum that nobody I’ve seen has really pursued quite this far, so I respect Sixpoint (and their new brewer, Jan) for that. I’d probably buy this again. Still, it doesn’t really hold a candle to Gemini. Sixpoint, listen to me when I say this: I don’t care if you have to put a different name on it or design some ridiculous can nobody’s ever heard of before, just please—PLEASE—put Gemini in a can. This is nice, but you’ve already got a world-class DIPA in your arsenal. I suggest you load the aluminum cannons. (Get it?)

Serving type: can

02-25-2012 00:17:32 | More by fmccormi

JWU

Pennsylvania

3.83/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12oz. can poured into a curved pint glass.

A- darker than most DIPA's, it's a deep amber with orange and ruby highlights. A very nice finger worth of dense khaki head sits on top. A little lacing down the glass.

S- This just oozes aroma. Hop forward, but extremely complex, it runs the table of pine, citric, and earthy/floral hop aroma. A little caramel and toffee notes are there as well. The high point of the beer for me.

T- Starts with a nice sweet caramel/toffee malt note, but is quickly cancelled out by a big hop bite, and the rest of the sip is the malts trying to come through, but being beaten back by the bitterness. Hops are largely piney and floral, but there is a deifined orange and apricot flavor under it all that really ties this back to it's single IPA brother, Bengali Tiger. The bitterness really lingers on this one.

M- Actually kind of thin for a double IPA, and I really do like a bit more creaminess in this style. Very dry, bitter, and astringent on the backend, which I could use a bit less of. (gotta be Simcoe hops in it, which I'm not a huge fan of)

O- It's good, but I like other doubles much more. Certainly wouldn't turn it down, but when it comes to Sixpoint, I'll stick with Bengali Tiger

Serving type: can

02-24-2012 23:45:49 | More by JWU

philbe311

Pennsylvania

4.03/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Just shy of two fingers worth of thick tightly packed medium sized bubbles comprise this head which is eggshell colored... Solid retention... The color is a deep amber with caramel highlights... Loads of lacing clings to the glass... Slightly sluggish carbonation rises through the syrupy liquid...

S - Note as potent as expected, but loads of hops... A mix of mostly pine and citrus with some earthy hops as well... Caramel... Crust... Some toffee notes linger beneath the surface...

T - The hops are at the forefront as expected... Piney notes are the dominate player but there are some nice citrus notes in the form of mango, grapefruit and pineapple... The malt base is solid... Caramel... Sourdough bread... Toffee.. Very light pepper notes on the finish... A slight bitterness lingers on the finish for quite some time...

M - Medium to full bodied... Dense and thick... Very light crisp carbonation... Very smooth... Even and consistent sip after sip... Finishes with a touch of dryness...

D - It's quite remarkable how quaffable this 9.1% ABV 103 IBU offering really is... I could actually enjoy a couple of these in a sitting... Another job very well done by Sixpoint... The 12oz tallboy can is also a nice touch...

Serving type: can

02-22-2012 02:57:12 | More by philbe311

greenengineer

Massachusetts

4.98/5  rDev +23.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Oh my god I love this beer. 12ox tallboy can into my Pretty Things pint glass.
A - nice amber color, frothy head
S - hops!
T - hops bitterness, more hops, lingering malty sweetness. Resin is a good name, feels like a mouthful of pine
M - sticky, rich, I love it.
O - Wow, my new all time favorite.
Compares nicely with Oskar Blues Gordon's Beer. I give extra point because it's east coast, and for the cute 12 oz tall boy can

Serving type: can

02-22-2012 02:08:55 | More by greenengineer

RyanLigeia

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A hazy gold/red/orange color with a thin head that disappears fast. The head leaves a very thin film, leaves some lacing and there is a small amount of visible carbonation.

Hits the nose with a BURST of piny hoppyness. Im also getting some malts from underneath but nothing too notable.

The taste matches the smell. Very very strong hop flavor. Ive definitely had other dipa/imperial ipas i liked better because of the rise in complexity they usually have (which this one lacks) but it definitely fits the name DOUBLE ipa. The taste lingers and theres sort of another burst right at the finish. Between that and the high abv this one definitely packs a punch. The alcohol is noticable at the end but not overwhelming. They did a good job of masking it in there.

A little dry, bitter on the back of the tongue, heavy body but not in a thick sort of way.

Overall if you're a fan of ipas or dipas and haven't tried this I'd definitely recommend it. Lives up to its name, packs a punch in flavor and alcohol, pretty intense.

Serving type: can

02-22-2012 02:00:54 | More by RyanLigeia

rudzud

Massachusetts

4.05/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Purchased a can of this at Julio's.

A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a deep crystal clear copper hue with a thick half a finger off white head that fades to a dense, spotty blanket with a nice thick halo.

S - Some slight carmel sweet malts, booze, and pine resin hops

T - Taste is very close to the nose. More of those sweet carmel malts (but not overly sweet like some DIPAS). Strong bitterness towards the end, lots of pine and grapefruit pith. Booze slightly jumps at the end with a nice faint, subtle tropical hop backtaste before it is overwhelmed by bitterness.

M - Mouthfeel is pretty darn good for a DIPA. Very drinkable and the ABV isnt harsh. The aftertaste is just solid bitterness.

O - Overall I liked this beer from Sixpoint, as I do most of their brews. Really drinkable IPA, almost dangerously so. Tasty beer.

Serving type: can

02-22-2012 01:27:43 | More by rudzud

WanderingFool

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Resin pours a clear amber color with a frothy off white head on top. The foam dissolves slowly leaving behind a coating of lace on the glass.

The aroma isn't as strong as I thought it would be, but has nice notes of pine, grapefruit citrus and sweet caramel malt.

Each sip of this medium to full bodied beer is creamy and slightly chewy. The flavor is well balanced between pine, grapefruit and sweet caramel malt and a touch of tropical fruit. A little bit of peppery spice appears at the end. Once gone the pine and pepper lingers on the palate.

This is a tasty, well balanced beer that's surprisingly drinkable for 9% abv. I wouldn't call it a hop bomb, but it's not for the faint of heart either.

Serving type: can

02-21-2012 23:17:48 | More by WanderingFool

justintcoons

Pennsylvania

4.03/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a snifter.

A: Pours an opaque red with a really short head that quickly dissipates to nothing. Has a thick film with spotty lacing and moderate carbonation.

N: Tangerine, navel orange, caramel and papaya. Rather subtle but nice.

T: Tangerine, pineapple, apricot and peaches upfront. Very tangy. Mid-palate picks up rich caramel and even some pilsner malt along with candied orange and lemon. Finishes with resinous pine, fresh mowed grass, caramelized sugars and some light rye.

M: Medium-full bodied, creamy, soft, dry, sticky and bitter.

O: HOP BOMB! You can really taste the IBUs and yet it is pretty well balanced. How does it compare to Hopslam? Lets be honest, it doesn't. Overall it's still an excellent DIPA (or Imperial Red) and the best offering I've had from Sixpoint thus far.

Serving type: can

02-21-2012 00:33:44 | More by justintcoons

9InchNails

New Jersey

4.45/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

From a can poured into a snifter glass.

Frothy off white head with a copper color body with some decent bubbles moving at a medium pace. Excellent head retention and creamy lacing.

Big time tropical fruits, grapes, pine upfront and sweet caramel in the aroma towards the end. As it warms the alcohol aroma comes out to play.

Grapefruit, pine and then tropical fruits that mix with toasted bready sweet caramel malt towards the end. Some alcohol detection at the very end, more so, as it warms.

Medium body, light Carbonation, incredibly smooth - yet dry. Awesome mouth feel.

Definitely worth the wait for this big beer in a 12 ounce can. I thought eh, this is okay with the first sip but as I continued to indulge it just transformed into this great sweet bitter, beautiful smooth beer. I wonder how smooth this could feel on tap.

Serving type: can

02-21-2012 00:31:33 | More by 9InchNails

CliffBrake

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bright deep copper color with a creamy light tan head that leaves streaks of sticky lacing on the glass. A nice head for such a high abv beer.

Resiny pine notes highlight a graham cracker nose and lead the way into a very similar flavor. Mouthcoating maltyness, sweet and sticky with a heavy body. Long, pleasantly bitter piny finish.

This beer seems a little strange when chilled, but allowed to warm to closer to room temperature, it makes a nice sipping beer for a long winter's evening. It is more like a fresh-hopped barleywine than an IPA.

Serving type: can

02-20-2012 11:56:24 | More by CliffBrake

PicoPapa

Connecticut

3.95/5  rDev -2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz can. Pours a translucent dark brown with orange hues and a thin layer of head. Tons of sticky lacing. Aromas of piney hops along with some mango, orange and pineapple. Taste is bitter pine hops along with some sweet malts. Piney, floral and spicy at the end. Dry, resinous finish. Very dry and chewy mouthfeel. This reminds me a bit of Bengali Tiger, but its not just a hopped up version of it. This is definitely its own beer. Overall, its a pretty good Double IPA and worth seeking out.

Serving type: can

02-20-2012 04:32:08 | More by PicoPapa

drabmuh

Maryland

4.13/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured from an annoying looking can into a Three Floyds pint glass. I don't have a sixpoint glass, hint hint.

I'm dinging the appearance on this beer just because of the style of can used, don't do this again, you've been warned. Beer is dark amber with a mild haze, off white tan head, small bubbles, nice lacing. Looks good.

Aroma is strong, piny, earthy, sweet, a little malty, mild alcohol perhaps, smells awesome actually.

Beer is pretty heavy, chewy with hops, strongly bitter on the backend, very strong flavors, strong throughout, a little alcohol up front, a very in my face beer all around, this is a little malty but forgivable, a really nice big IPA here. I'm looking forward to another one, but that means I'm going to have to hold one of those annoying cans again. I have some serious thinking to do.

Serving type: can

02-19-2012 19:10:35 | More by drabmuh

JoeyBeerBelly

New York

4.1/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz can served in a snifter.

L - deep amber color with a fluffy off-white head that left a sheet of lacing.

S - pine resin aroma sticks to the inside of your nostrils.

T - piney taste upfront with enough malt to balance things out before going totally bitter on the finish.

F - medium bodied with easy drinkability as the 9% abv is nowhere to be found until after the glass is empty.

O - I like it a lot and I'm glad it's a local beer that I can get fresh.

Serving type: can

02-18-2012 22:41:24 | More by JoeyBeerBelly

MONKandTUCK

Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev -22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Dark hue... kinda Amber, kinda Gold. I poured it fast into a tall glass, so It's like a lot of beers or this strength/style. Not appealing, but not off-putting

A - I'd rather smell this beer than drink, which is why I was disappointed. Lots of mango, some citrus, slight pine, dank. As I drink this and let it warm and take it all in, I find the aroma develops. It's a perfect air-freshener... standing across the room, rather than above the alcohol fumes, it smells more like a tropical air freshener.

T - Fusel alcohol, fusel alcohol. Some bitterness and hop nectar quell this. Really, I drank way more than I wanted to, but came no where close to finishing it. I guess, since my vodka-chugging college days, my tolerance has dropped... I just can't handle all the syrup and heat of these big beers.

If you're like me, you'll miss out on the desired hop goodness. If you can take the heat, dive in!

M - Too much. It's supposed to be drunk or chewed?

O - I got some tongue-grating bitterness and grapefruit-mango juice flavor. The nose was extraordinary - when the toxic funes weren't torching my nostrils. A little more restrained on the ABV, and tighter body would accentuate those awesome hop qualities than overwhelm them.

Serving type: can

02-18-2012 15:16:13 | More by MONKandTUCK

DCon

Missouri

4.7/5  rDev +16.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Received a 12 FL. OZ. • 355 ML can of this in a trade w/ jbuddle. Poured from the Green "Energy Drink" looking can w/ an Orange 6-point Star into my 0.3L La Fin Du Monde Tulip Glass. Has BEST BEFORE 20JUL2012 on the bottom of the can.

Aroma- Has TONS of mango, blended fruits, and citrus from the beginning. Strong American hops come in towards the middle of the smell and then has a light pretzel aroma that I'm finding in many of these new 2x IPA's. Great!

Appearance- Pours a 3 finger, frothy head that lasts for a crazy amount of time! Has the deepest medium amber/dark copper colored body. Leaves thick lacing behind on the glass.

Flavor- Once again, a ton of mango and fruit hits the palate first off. Then the American hops come back to attack. Bring them on! A ton of malt sweetness comes in towards mid-drink and stays till the end also. Medium-High Bitterness level at the finish and semi-dry.

Mouthfeel- Medium-Full Bodied, Medium-High Carbonation, Smooth, and mango/citrus hops are level on the palate.

Overall Impression- As my first brew by SixPoint, very impressed! Will be looking for more of they beer. This one hit home with the use of fruit and mango. Enjoyed greatly and HIGHLY recommend this one! Rivals many of the big time 2X IPA's I've enjoyed lately!

Serving type: can

02-18-2012 06:41:27 | More by DCon

ReelBigwigFish

New Jersey

4.1/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from 12oz can into pint glass. No freshness info on can.

A: Moderately hazy copper amber color with a finger of light tan head. Webs of sticky lacing around my pint glass.

S: Excellent balance in the nose, sweet malt, bready, nutty, and pine, citrus, floral hop. Some spice and a hint of alcohol are also present.

T: Again, a great balance of malt and hops. Hop flavor is very pine forward with some citrus and sweeter fruit. Malt is bold, lightly toasted bread, sweet toffee, nutty. Again some spice and alcohol, but neither are enough to get in the way. The finish is crisp, and bitter.

M: Light-medium body, creamy mouthfeel, low-medium carbonation.

O: The first can I had of this, I was a little disappointed that it wasn't just a pale resinous hop bomb. But I've come to really enjoy how balanced it is. The heavy malt bill helps to beat down the pine needle bitterness, and it adds a great amount of depth to the beer. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Serving type: can

02-17-2012 23:16:30 | More by ReelBigwigFish

andrewinski1

Maine

4.05/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a tulip. The color is clear dark amber red. There is a very nice two inch head that is off-white and very fluffy. There is nice lacing. 4

The aroma is full of hoppy melon. There is a hint of pine as well. I think the sweet melon aroma can be partially attributed to some of the sweet caramel malt aroma. 4.5

The taste combines rich caramel and toffee malt flavor with some nice pine hop flavor. This has more malt flavor than most hop forward beers would have while still keeping a huge dose hop deliciousness in the finish. This starts a little sweet and finishes a bit drier. 4

The body is medium with lots of velvety carbonation. 3.5

This is quite unique. I can see hop lovers enjoying this as well "balanced" IPA enthusiasts. I prefer a straight up hop bomb in the vein of Pliny the Elder, but this is great too. 4

Serving type: can

02-17-2012 17:02:55 | More by andrewinski1