The Implication
Odd Side Ales

The Implication- Father's Day gift from Mary, purchased at Copper Vine, 12 oz. bottle (mfg 06/06/16) poured into Duvel tulip.

A- A normal to conservative pour creates 1-1/2 fingers of foamy, khaki head. The body is a hazy, golden-orange with light carbonation. The head sustains at a thin foam that covers the surface and leaves wide rings on the glass. It eventually clears to a more golden-yellow brew.

S- Lots of hops off the bat, mostly grapefruit. A little lemon and, maybe, some minty qualities. Significant, sugary sweet, malt backbone. With some warmth, I pick up more of a tobacco and leathery vibe and everything becomes much more robust. There are very subtle hints of tropical fruits throughout.

T- Oh, that's nice! Grapefruit hops, tropical fruit, sugary and bready malts, with an herbal/leafy finish. Something of a hopped-up barley-wine. The alcohol is well hidden considering the 13% abv, but certainly present. Warmth brings more leafy-herbal-tobacco qualities throughout.

M- Full bodied and quite viscous with moderate carbonation. Smooth alcohol warmth in the finish. All-in-all, fairly smooth for the huge ABV (13%).

O- Received as a Father's Day gift from my wife, I almost pulled the trigger on this one myself. It's a big, slow sipper. 1 in a sitting is about right. I would do it again as a special occasion purchase (wanna say it was $4-5 a bottle). Wrapping up the glass on an empty stomach, I need to eat something as it's all going to my head. Last night I wrapped up the evening with an Devil Dancer. Both being a "triple IPA," this one really afforded a different experience. Both were kind of barley-wine-ish. It's just a little difficult to really put my finger on the contrasts.

 

 

 

 

Burnt orage body with a ring of white tiny bubbles. Oh citra, don't ever change. Smell has citra hops but in a sweeter body, together producing caramel, pine, grapefruit, lime, orange, candi sugar, and hop dankness. Taste is really sweet, with the caramel malts, sugary booze, and the juicy candied fruit really making their presence known with the resinous pine and hops. Scary good at hiding booze until it warms up a bit. Body is sticky, heavy and a little cloying. I really liked the flavor profile, but it is too sweet to want a whole pint.

 

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden amber color with a small, tan head of foam. It smelled of citrus, booziness, pine and caramel. Tasted of boozy heat, caramel, toffee and subtle piney bitterness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 12 fl oz bottle on August 18, 2018. Brewed with Citra hops. A very nice balance of hop notes and clean malt flavors. Full in body.

 

 

 

Reminds me of Absolute Citron and not much else.