Bright hop aroma with slightly sweet hint from caramel malt. Smooth flavor, no hop bite. Aftertaste comes in with caramel malt taste and a bit of hops.
Strong sweet aroma of hops like ripe fruit. Chunky fruit flavor hits the palate and then a mix of malt and stone fruit hop flavor. Aftertaste is an even mix of hops, malt, and a bit of yeast.
Dank aroma, almost like body odor. Slight bite of hops that cuts very cleanly then finishes with some minor hop flavor and good clean malt taste. Slight hop aftertaste.
Dank aroma, almost like a stinky gym shoe. No bitterness in first drink. Transitions fairly smoothly to an even, moderate hop flavor with a mild malt aftertaste. Very easy on the hops for an IPA.
Faint aroma of hops and a bit of caramel malt. Slightly crisp hop bite that quickly fades and a wave of caramel malt comes in. Next comes a good clean malt taste that is fairly balanced, finishes clean. Wonder how the hop flavors might change if fresher.
No big alcohol presence, surprising it’s 9.5% ABV.
Bright hop aroma with some resin aspect. Flavor is a mix of moderate hops and a bit of malt. Finishes with mixture of hop flavors to a final lingering hop aftertaste that’s slightly raw/greens.
Bright fruity hops aroma. Slightly tangy initial taste, backed by balanced fruity hops flavor. No real hop aftertaste and no overbearing chalky yeast flavor like other Russian River beers.
Bottled 3/5/2025, drank on 8/27/2025.
4 out of 5 stars.
Craft beer and homebrew from a Michigan perspective.