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A recently purchased twelve ounce bottle with a date stamp that appears to read 06/06/16 poured in a 13oz. tulip.

Look- Pours a nearly transparent dark gold with a couple of centimeters of rapidly disappearing white foam that leaves a fair amount of lacing.

Smell- Floral perfume, sweet malt and wet grass.

Taste- Strong floral notes, resiny pine, wet cardboard or wood and a giant dose of sticky malt sweetness in the finish.

Feel- Oily, sticky and very drinkable despite the huge abv. A little burn as you consume the ounces.

Overall- This is one big unbalanced assault on the palate. It could be Devil Dancers evil twin brother! Biting hops, a giant dose of malt and high octane alcohol. I like it to a fault and would list it somewhere behind RuinTen and Devil Dancer. I'm definitely going to cellar one of these beasts for science! Worth a try for fans of the style.

 

 

 

 

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.