Going To The Sun IPA
Great Northern Brewing Co. / Black Star Draught House

4.74/5  rDev +27.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Dark amber. Thin white head with a fair amount of lacing. Smells of hops and citrus. Mmmmm.... Full bodied hops with a citrus finish. Nice mouthfeel, a little fizzier than most, which i like indeed. Nice aftertaste as well, the refreshing citrus continues and readies the palette for more. Overall a really nice IPA that I would recommend to anybody visiting my home state of Montana. Really a diamond in the rough.

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3/5  rDev -19.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

4/5  rDev +7.5%

4/5  rDev +7.5%

4.06/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

3.97/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

3.71/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

3.85/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%

4/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.25/5  rDev -12.6%

4/5  rDev +7.5%

3.5/5  rDev -5.9%

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured from a bomber into a sampler. A moderate pour produces a creamy, frothy and billowy head that threatens to overflow the glass. The head lasts well, coating the top of the beer and the sides of the glass. The beer is a pale amber color with medium carbonation and is hazy.

Plenty of aromatic hops on the nose. The taste is quite unique, with most of the flavor provided by citrusy and spicy hops with a bit of something extra that I can't put my finger on- perhaps some malty flavors shining through. A hint of a sweet, candy-like taste to balance the hoppiness.

This is a very tasty IPA and probably a bit lower in alcohol than most. It's pretty easy drinking for an IPA, and probably just exceeds the bitterness of a typical west coast american pale.

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4.5/5  rDev +21%

3.25/5  rDev -12.6%

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%

4.25/5  rDev +14.2%

3.5/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

22oz bomber

Appearance- a hazy burnt orange, hmmm didn't realize it was unfiltered, slow pour still yields a good finger and a half creamy light beige head that craters down

Smell- good citrus notes from what I could only guess are centennials, grapefruit hints over a light malt undertone, not overly invasive

Taste- mild sweet start, a hint at an amber, mid palate and back mouth bitterness, flavors are completely separated however

Mouthfeel- Medium-light bodied with carbonation crisp, a bit of a watery feel, finish leaves partially dry sensation

Overall- The appearance and smell led me on but the balance and feel of the brew just didn't have me interested after a half pint. Perhaps a bit more to the grain bill would help.

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4/5  rDev +7.5%

3.97/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Drank out of a 22oz bomber on $3 bomber night, yuh.

Appearence from memory is a solid cloudy gold with a hint of amber. Anyway, the nose is huge citrus with a lot herbacious qualiteez. Taste: straight forward quintessential IPA in my experience. Nice bitterness, citrus and grapefruit great carbonation makes this beer very drinkable. In fact, this beer has been the culprit of many brown-outs(not yet blackedout but almost there eh). Finish is bready yeast but still fruity, not unpleasant. Overall I was never impressed and never offended, sometimes hopheads just need hops and for those feenin the GTTS IPA is a noble choice.

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3.75/5  rDev +0.8%

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%

4/5  rDev +7.5%