Gandhi-Bot Double IPA - New England Brewing Co.

facundoCNB

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

poured an orange hue (a bit hazy) with 2 fingers of white foamy head and excellent lacing left behind. HUGE floral hop bouquet in the nose, very sweet, floral, citrusy, pineapple, grapefruit. an excellent balnce of hop profiles.. west coast piney meets the citrusy grapefruit, with a pile on of northeast floral ipa style.. backed by a heavy sweet malt profile. this is up there with pliny, flower power, and heady. a resinous bitterness lingers for quite some time. the medium body pour is easy to drink due to the hops overpowering the booze flavor. low carbonation and a sticky feeling left behind, this is one of the better dipas i've had. nice and bitter.

Serving type: can

04-10-2013 01:01:17 | More by facundoCNB

TheBrewo

Michigan

4.26/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

We crack the tabs and pour a brew of murky pumpkin orange. It puts up a two finger head of tight, cake-batter bubbles. This retains well, leaving patterns of spots all down the glass. There is a serious chill haze, with generous sediment suspended throughout. Carbonation appears to be moderate. The aroma is equally bright with malts as it is hops. On the one side we get spicy, herbal, floral, and nectary hops, while on the other we get big bready malts, with light oat and cereal grain beside the classic pales and light caramels. There are additional notes of baker’s yeast, sweetly stinging booze, mild medicinal phenols, and Juicy Fruit gumminess mixing in. With warmth these all blend beautifully, making it harder to pick apart the individuals from the final whole. Our first impression is that the flavoring is nicely fruity, and the hops are dirty, earthy, and fully flavorful, but without making the bitterness overly intense. As we sip, juicy pineapple and nectarine sugars, herbal hops, gritty earthiness, and mineral start things off. Moving to the peak is the bite of ethanol, with a sweetening of the hops into more floral, and heavily syrupy nectary hops. The malts, phenols, and bubblegum esters take over, pulling us to a nicely balanced, but more bittered, finish with booze, dill weed, and those herbal, mineral and metallic earthy hops. There is a final wash of apricot and tropical fruit sweetness to the last drop. The aftertaste breathes of toasted pales and lightly wheaty malts, chalky yeast, fusel booziness, and bitterly earthy and herbal, but sweetly nectary hops. The body is medium, and the carbonation is medium. Each sip gives nice slurp, sip, cream, and froth, but with a little thinness on the finishing pop. The mouth is briefly cooled and coated, but as the alcohol burns off it is warmed and astringently dried. The abv is appropriate, and the beer drinks quite nicely.

Overall, the best things about this beer are the nicely balanced aroma, and how easily it drinks. The hops on the nose are just so sticky, fruity, and sweet, yet so bittered, herbal, and earthy. These mix with the perfect level of bittered pales, caramel, and bubblegum. This beer is actually a nice change for the style, as many tend to overwhelm the beer with doubling a certain ingredient, thus tipping the balance out of favor. Here, the balance remains through both the aroma and the flavoring, leaving us with a tasty, easily drinkable treat from the beer-quiet state of Connecticut.

Serving type: can

04-09-2013 00:16:05 | More by TheBrewo

kawilliams81

Illinois

4.01/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz can into a FFF teku.

A- pours a cloudy dark orange with a 2 finger off-white head. Big clumps and trails of lacing remain on the glass.

S- honey, orange, lemon, citrus rind

T- caramel, bitter citrus rind, orange, lemon, pine and some spice

M- medium body and carbonation. Frothy feel and dry.

O- good dipa but wasn't blown away by any means. Pretty dry with some sweetness to balance the citrus rind bitterness.

Serving type: can

04-07-2013 01:57:42 | More by kawilliams81

mnrider

Connecticut

4.45/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12 oz. Can

A: Hazed orange with a small white head. Small floaties are visible. Thin Lacing.
The color is great.

S: Strong tropical fruits. Pine and other citrics. Malts come through a little.

T/M: Citric fruits, an above average hop bitterness. Pine and resin with some yeast.
Malts taste sweet and go well with the other flavors. Alcohol is slightly noticeable
as expected. Medium bodied, slick at times. The finish has a linger of tropical flavors
and the bitter remains of the hops.

O: Excellent IPA. Not a hop bomb like many of the double IPA's that are out there.
Instead the tropical hoppy flavors are well balanced and easy to drink, without being
too bitter. For east coast IPA's this one has to be one the best. Hard to find but if you
see it you must try it.

Cheers!!!

Serving type: can

04-06-2013 18:12:34 | More by mnrider

lovindahops

New York

4.38/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Finally getting the chance to have a Ghandi bot! I have wanted to try this for the longest time

A- pours a hazy murky orange with lots of floaties when held up to light. Great white foam on the edges with sticky lacing racing up the sides

S- piney grapefruit and pungent mangos are at the forefront of this brew. Very tropical with sweet citric flavors exposing itself

T- incredibly citric and bitter simultaneously. A caramel flavor shows up in the background but moreover this is a strong citric hop push. Very sticky and pungent with heightened tropical fruit flavor. Even done herbal hop components too

M- carbonation is spot on and there is great flavor

O- Gandhi bot is a great DIPA. While VT with always set the bar for me, this is still an excellent hoppy DIPA with flavor I want

Serving type: can

04-06-2013 17:45:44 | More by lovindahops

Thickfreakness

New York

3.63/5  rDev -16.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A- Pours a murky, mucky deep gold with an inch of bright white foam. Thousands of little islands of sticky lacing grabbing and gripping the glass.

S- Pink grapefruit, orange peel, mango, apricot, HUGE notes of pine. Subtle touches of sweet caramel malts and honey.

T- Basically the same as the nose. Everything grows and opens up as it warms up. Fairly underwhelming really. I've had much better for much less $.

M- Nice bitterness blended with fruitiness and sweet caramel malts. Doesn't really stick to the tongue but goes down nicely.

O- Not overly impressed by this. It's not bad by any means, but I was really hoping for more bang for my buck so to speak. Not enough depth for me. Pretty Plain Jane IMHO.

Serving type: can

03-24-2013 22:39:42 | More by Thickfreakness

Kendo

New York

4.53/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Numerical code on the side of the can says 3 01 09 A 2 BE - so I'm guessing this was born on January 9, 2013. Consumed on March 20, 2013.

A: Poured from the can into a Piraat tulip/snifter-type glass. Body is hazy golden-orangey. Glowing orange when backlit. Small (half-finger) ivory head on top leaves behind a little bit of lace at first, then some more on the glass after each sip.

S: Whoa Nellie - this is real nice. Tropical fruit salad - grapefruit, pineapple and apricot - along with a healthy dose of pine (resin and needles) over a bread-doughy malt. A touch of earthy spiciness too.

T: First impression: it's solid, though it doesn't quite live up to the expectations created by the nose. Apricot (reminds me, somewhat, of what a DIPA of Sculpin would taste like), grapefruit and grapefruit pith. Pine needles, resin and pine oil. Sweet oranges, honey and rising bread dough all provide a sweet counterweight to the hoppy profile - but make no mistake, this is appropriately a hop-bomb of a DIPA. A touch of heat from the booze is noted both as spiciness at the back of the sip and as heat heading down to the belly. Lingering palate-coating bitterness of the pine and grapefruit peel or pith variety.

M: Slightly oily in feel, call it medium-to-full in heft. Carbonation is modest, resulting in a slightly creamy, but more slick feel.

O: Really good stuff. In a summary description to a friend, I described it this way: "Like drinking apricot juice and crushed grapefruit concentrate (including the peel) squeezed through a filter of pine needles." Haven't had a "new" (to me) DIPA that really impressed me in awhile; this beer is an exception. East Coast DIPA is in da hoooouuuse!

Serving type: can

03-21-2013 01:26:22 | More by Kendo

MNishCT77

District of Columbia

4.58/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

12 oz. can purchased on a trip to CT in late 1/13, no canning date, poured into a 3Fs Teku long-stemmed glass, drank 3/19/13 over ~one hour.

A: 4.75 - almost perfect appearing DIPA to my eyes; golden hues predominant with a lovely hop haze, tight bubbles pouring off the bottom of the glass, whitish head totally resolves into glass lacing

S: 4.5 - lots and lots of tropical notes...grapefruit, mango, papaya...even some subtle vanilla and honey notes on the back-end...would love to know the three hop varietals in this beer (guessing Citra, Columbus and Nugget???)

T: 4.75 - subtle bitterness on the anterior tongue (unknown IBUs but I'd be put it in the 90s)...lots of tropical flavors fill the mouth and resolves into residual bitterness; slight malt flavors (honey, cookie) that doesn't predominant, minimal yeast flavors (likely Wyeast 1056)

M: 4 - solid carbonation, dangerously drinkable at 8+%; unfortunately, I find it a little thin in the mouth for an imperial IPA

O: 4.5 - definitely have a soft spot in my heart for NEBCo from my years in New Haven, and this is one of their best offerings up their with Imperial Stout Trooper and Wet Willy; I'd also consider it a top 5 east coast IPA that stands up to Heady Topper, Captain Lawrence Captain's Reserve and DFH 90 minute. It's hoppy but not a hop bomb...instead, it's refreshing, smooth and balanced. If you like east coast IPAs, this is definitely one to fresh trade for.

Serving type: can

03-20-2013 02:15:02 | More by MNishCT77

Ultra-Plinian

Connecticut

4.86/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

Had my growler filled at 5 p.m. after it had been released that morning. Poured my first glass around 6:30, so pretty fresh. Poured into a snifter.

A: Just gorgeous golden, just the color made me want a sip.

S: Floral, Pine, Citrus overwhelming. So inviting.

T: WOW. Just great, so glad I have a full grolwer and only one person to share with.

M: Full, rich mouthfeel. Almost a little under carbonated, but that's if I am being picky.

O: I am thrilled to live only 20 minutes from this brewery. I will be filling the growler often.

Serving type: growler

03-14-2013 18:49:13 | More by Ultra-Plinian

tehb33r

Connecticut

4.38/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12 oz. can poured into pint

A: Pours hazy golden hue with one finger head that lingers around edges. No lacing, floating sediment throughout.

S: Love the smell. Heavy pine, citrus, resin, and slight malt.

T: Taste really mirrors the smell. Big pine and grassy hops initially which then fades in favor of citrus and resin. Nice finish with a noticeable citrus bitterness that lingers until the next sip. Alcohol is hardly detectable.

M: Medium body with moderate carbonation. Super smooth and slick on the tongue.

O: Always enjoyable and extremely drinkable. Very well-balanced, refreshing DIPA. Really a top-notch offering from NEBCo.

Serving type: can

02-19-2013 21:40:24 | More by tehb33r

CharlatanSin

Connecticut

4.75/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

Finally reviewing my local favorite. Poured from a can, less than a week old, into a tulip.

A- Pours a hazy amber orange. Not a lot of head, with a foam ring and a light bubbly foam on top.

S- Amazing. This is why you drink IPAs local, folks. Smells like an IPA brew day. Fresh, glorious tropical citrus hops. Grapefruit, tangerine. A bit of bready malt makes it through.

T/M- Delivers. Pure, delicious hops, with the tangerine and grapefruit of the nose. Despite the huge hop profile, it's not all that bitter compared to some. Juicy is the word that comes to mind. Ripe. The malt backbone and the hops are almost perfectly balanced. It's hard to imagine a more drinkable double IPA. The mouthfeel is light-ish quite low on the carbonation -- lower than I remember from previous batches.

O- Truly at the top of the class. Deserves to be in the conversation with the best Double IPAs out there. I am very lucky to be able to get Gandhi-Bot basically whenever I want.

Serving type: can

02-17-2013 23:33:51 | More by CharlatanSin

Sam21

Connecticut

4.16/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

12oz can poured into snifter. Paid $11.99 for a 4-pack. No canning date, but it is always fresh from where I buy it. It never lasts long on the shelves.

A- Hazy golden/orange body with a creamy white head that clings for life to the sides of the glass. Really stubborn retention that never fully goes away.

S- Sugared grapefruit, citrus fruit rind, and lemon. The hop profile is very floral and heavy. It smells like having your nose in a big handful of whole cone hops fresh off the vine. Bits of mango and other tropical fruit.

T- The citrus fruit sweetness is really up front with the beer. Tangy grapefruit, sweet orange, a touch of burnt caramel, and a long evolving finish filled with hops. The bitterness cuts through the sweetness, but does not overpower. There is great balance in this DIPA, which makes for high drinkability. There are accents of papaya, mango, and lemon as well. It's a great combination of citrus fruit, sticky sweetness, and cleansing bitterness.

MF- Medium-full body with smooth carbonation. The finish is filled with lip-smacking stickiness, which ends nice and dry.

O- Solid, well-done, and delicious. I have no complaints about this beer. The crew at NEBco have done an outstanding job with this beer. The drinkability is damn good for 8.5% as well.

Serving type: can

02-09-2013 01:59:22 | More by Sam21

KevinMc79

Illinois

4.18/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

From a can to a Duvel tulip glass

A: Hazy golden amber color. Pinky finger head. Really nice lacing

S: Citrusy, grapefruit, lemon rind

T: Bitterness at the back of my tongue. Getting lots of sweetness up front. Grapefruit all over the mouth. Bitterness lingers for a while. Palate being taught a lesson

M: Full bodied. Almost chewy

O: This is a really nice beer. Almost reminds me of a famous RR product. I love beers in cans, and would love to trade for this again.

Serving type: can

02-01-2013 03:40:33 | More by KevinMc79

rodkin

Missouri

4.16/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

An extra from Bigedct. Thanks for the beer! No freshness date.

Pours a hazy straw golden-orange, about 1.5 finger beige head that reduces quickly, leaves a thin film and some lacing.

Smell is grassy, pine, a bit of tropical fruit, citrus. I had a hopslam earlier and this isn't quite as big and tropical, but it also seems less sweet. The citrus comes out more as it warms.

Big grass and pine, some lemon, orange, bitter hop bite in the finish. Slight grainy malt backbone.

Mouthfeel is on the lighter side, not overly carbonated, slightly dry.

This is a very good DIPA. Glad I got to try it.

Serving type: can

01-30-2013 02:59:17 | More by rodkin

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

4.19/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Thanks to GuisseppeFranco for sending this over as a bonus! This poured out as a murky golden color with some flakes floating around in it. The head was white and held a good retention and lacing. The smell of the beer gave off a very nice floral and citrus aroma from the hops. The taste of the beer was really quite nice as well. Again more floral fruity notes with some bitter pine in the finish. The mouthfeel of the beer is nicely carbonated, it's smooth and very drinkable. Overall it was a damn good DIPA. I would drink again if I came across more.

Serving type: can

01-26-2013 05:47:29 | More by Knapp85

Boto

Connecticut

4.21/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

12oz can: Finally got a hold of one of these. This one pours a orange-tinged hazy darker golden color. There was a very small white head on it that doesn’t linger or leave much lacing. Tons of hops in the nose of this one. Lots of resinous pine, and some citrus. Not much else making it past. Taste is very good. Bitter, but some residual sweetness bubbling up. Pine, biscuit, citrus, some caramel malts. Just a touch over medium bodied. Very Nice!

Serving type: can

01-25-2013 01:01:39 | More by Boto

KelsoSaaz

New York

4.58/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

12oz can poured into a NEBCO tulip.

A: Pours a hazy golden-orange with floating sediment. Fine, one finger cream-white head with small ring lacing.

S: American hops - Citrus fruit, predominately grapefruit and orange, then piney aromas with sweet bready malts to back it up

T: Tastes just like the nose smells. Huge hop hit, with generous American hops. Grapefruit and other citrus then piney and almost woody followed by wet bread and a long lasting bitterness that begs you for more.

M: Medium body with mid to low carbonation. Wet and soapy in the mouth.

O: One of the best DIPAs on the East Coast and one that is, IMO, under appreciated. Definitely worth seeking out, especially since it can be hard to find at times.

Serving type: can

01-24-2013 23:18:29 | More by KelsoSaaz

slim2043

Connecticut

4.86/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Poured from a can into a tulip. Pours a nice burnt orange w a thin white head. Sticky lacing w each sip. The aroma is really nice orange grapefruit citrus and pine heavy w a little bit of sweet malt and maybe a bready note in there too. Taste is hopforward piney minty orange citrus grapefruit bitter nice light malt backbone but sweet caramelly and then hop closed w a lingering piney bitter finish. Mouthfeel is pretty light w good carbonation. Goes down smooth for a DIPA. Overall I am very glad to have found the last 4-pack in town of this baby and drinking it right now. This is a hop showcase IIPA. Really diggin the Gandhi-Bot.

Edit: had it fresh this time. It's more amazing than I recall. Notes are similar but the nose punch and finish are much "fresher" this time around.

Serving type: can

01-24-2013 02:07:59 | More by slim2043

biggred1

Indiana

4.31/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Thanks Scott (heliosphann)!!!

Hazy blonde with a pretty, creamy bone colored head that leaves sticky rings of lace on the glass. The nose is really nice, caramel toast, pine sap and grapefruit rind combine for a really nice aroma. Big and hoppy with plenty of piney hop flavor and citric bitterness with a smooth, toasty maltiness. Full bodied and super smooth with the perfect carbonation for my palate. Finishes with a resinous hop aftertaste. A really good beer that I knew nothing about, the surprise gems are better to me than the hard to get sometimes.

Serving type: can

01-14-2013 02:20:55 | More by biggred1

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

4.29/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Big-time thanks to wittyname for supplying me a generous box!

I can't seem to decode the canning date, but it reads: '0 08 18A 2 B E'

Pours a very hazy and dusky orange color with tiny floaties all over. The head was shy to form, but I ended up with about 3/4" before she fell into the rest of the beer. A ring and nebulous foam remain. Doesn't want to leave much lace, either.

The nose unwields spirals of discarded orange peels, mowed grass cuttings, grapefruit, pineapple, and very mellow pine. Fruity and lightly tropical, while promising some striking hop bitterness. Biscuity malts have a dry fragrance and huskiness. A very nice nose.

Bitter orange, balsam wood, spicy floral notes, mild grapefruit, and a hint of tropical fruit. Grassy, perfumy, and bitter. If I had to guess, I'd say there's a combo of Amarillo, Chinook, and Citra here. Soft notes of permeating alcohol that, surprisingly, don't survive very far into the finish. Nice upfront bitter zap followed by a hoppy and zesty middle. The outro is less dry and grassy. Semi-cake-y malts are practically dwarfed here. This is a hop-monster's delight. Nice representation of varieties of hoppiness.

Not one of the bigger DIPAs, but still... the strength on this is tame! Doesn't have the feel of wasted excess malts, big sugar, big glaze, and big booze. Instead, this drinks close to a regular American IPA. Wet and sudsy with a great bitter afterburn. I'm almost questioning my use of a snifter glass for this beer (but, I'd have slammed it back in a pint!).

An exquisite, yet mind-charging, DIPA. If you're the brewer that produces this beer, you'd have to hold it very close to your heart. A game-changer Imperial IPA. Want to shift your focus off of the pine? Prepare to be programmed! Gandhi Bot!

Serving type: can

01-12-2013 01:00:07 | More by thecheapies

gcamparone

Rhode Island

4.7/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12 oz can into a tulip. Acquired in a trade from Surge1311. Thanks man!

A- Pours a golden orange, very hazy body with a very small white head that reduces quickly and doesn't leave much lacing. I feel as if I didn't pour it agressive enough to really from a good head.

S- Very floral. Tropical fruits, grapefruit. Fresh evergreen and citrus notes.

T- Wow. This one just knocked my socks off. Big grapefruit and citrus notes with modest pine and resin notes in the background. Huge hop presence without being cloying or astringent. Leaves a subtle bitterness on the tongue that demands another sip. First 5 I've ever given for flavor.

M- Low carbonation, medium-low body. Very drinkable, crisp, and refreshing.

This may just be my new favorite DIPA. It hits all the high points that I look for in the category. It's juicy, hoppy, and balanced. It's intensely flavorful with a light mouthfeel that warrants extreme drinkability. Perfect for any occasion. I just wish I could get more. A+

Serving type: can

12-30-2012 05:20:29 | More by gcamparone

cfrances33

Illinois

4.38/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Can thanks to ILOVESTOUTS, enjoyed in a Hill Farmstead stem.

Pour: Hazy yellow orange, with a finger and half of white, fizzy head. Hangs around as a rim, and leaves okay lacing.

Smell: Big pine and citrus up front, along with some light honey and bready sweetness. Finishes with zesty citrus and light pine.

Taste: The following of the nose I've had yet. Clean citrus, grapefruit, and pine, plus a nice white pepper. Sweetness is characterized but a light honey. Finishes with a lightly bitter pine.

Mouthfeel: Very drinkable, and super refreshing. Bitterness isn't overpowering.

Overal: This beer definitely met my hopes. I loved it. I will definitely look forward to having it again.

Serving type: can

12-22-2012 03:17:14 | More by cfrances33

maxk

Maryland

4.13/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12oz can, no date. Bought a four pack while driving through Connecticut.

Pours a hazy orange, almost glowing. One finger head settles down to a nice bubbly coating atop the beer.

Citrus and resin hops. Little bit of grass in there too. Smells very fresh.

This beer is a veritable hop bomb. Lots of grass and pine upfront with sweeter citrus fruits following shortly thereafter. There's a subtle malt flavor, but it's not quite as strong as what I generally look for. It's hop heavy but not unpleasantly so.

Well carbonated, good bodied, I'm happy with the mouthfeel.

Overall, I had mixed feelings. I like it, and recognize that it is a very well done example of the style, but personally, I like my DIPAs balanced out with a little bit more malt sweetness. Don't get me wrong though, this is still a phenomenal DIPA.

Serving type: can

12-21-2012 23:12:25 | More by maxk

TWStandley

Massachusetts

4.43/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Drank from the can (gasp). Did pour a bit into a cup for a look - hazy orange/gold. Pretty standard looking DIPA.

Smelled of straight up hops. Citrus, Pine, Sweetness.

Taste is delicious. Waves of hops with a slight honey-like sweetness.

Mouthfeel was a bit light - would like a bit more body and a bit less bubbly.

Overall - quite tasty. Not quite up to Heady Topper or Kiwi Rising IMHO, but definetely close. Love the smaller cans (take note, Alchemist).

Serving type: can

12-10-2012 18:31:40 | More by TWStandley

chefhatt

Pennsylvania

4.23/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Got this from a trade from JCrandall.
I poured into a pint glass from the can, it has a burnt orange color body with a 2" white head that hangs out for a while then leave a nice foamy lace around the edge of the glass. The aroma of the earthy and citrus hops, is very inviting. The taste has that awesome hop flavor up front, the citrus and earth tones from the hops, then the bitter taste on the back of the tonuge that lingers for a little bit. the mouth feel is great, rolls off the tongue nice and leave a nice bitter after taste, over all this one stands up to my expections of a DIPA

Serving type: can

12-04-2012 03:38:38 | More by chefhatt