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4.28/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

16 oz can served at Churchkey in DC. What did I do to deserve this beer available to me, I'll never know.

A great beer. Probably stood out more a few years ago when there weren't so many hazy unfiltered IPAs available regionally.

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2.12/5  rDev -53.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

4.5/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.67/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

5/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

4.79/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

4.19/5  rDev -8.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

in a can? in a glass? tastes better out of the can, smells better out of the glass. delicious IPA nonetheless, as you can't go wrong with citra and mosaic when done right... and this is done right.

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4.76/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

From Bierkraft. In Teku glass. After dinner. Really tasty and amazingly smooth, giving it plenty of personality. However, it could have more aroma and less sediments.

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4.96/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

4.5/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.33/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Thought it was good. But not sure about all the hype. I MUCH preferred HT to this.

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4.53/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

16 oz. Drank most from the can as instructed, but poured a bit into glass to see it.

Hazy light yellow in color.foamy white head. Great hop aroma, citrus fruits, berry, grassy herbal. Taste is dominated by those flavors, but enough of a touch of malt flavor to balance. And a nice proper bitterness. Sticky​ mouthfeel. Overall an excellent IPA, balance of West Coast and NE style.

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4.5/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.3/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25

4.25/5  rDev -7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.44/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25

4.71/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Look: Bright Orange with floaties all over- sitting in the foam head, swimming in the beer, and settled at the bottom.
Smell: Big Citrus- I'd say more Citra than Mosaic along with dank piney hops.
Taste: all of the big citrus fruits- grapefruit, orange, and mandarins standing out. Finishes with moderately bitter, dank, piney hops.
Feel: I'd say oily feel but slightly dry. Leaves a resiney, bitter hop aftertaste at the roof of my mouth.
Overall: A special occasion IPA. I prefer this hop formula over Heady. Australian tropical hops are hot now, but I still appreciate Citra and Mosaic IPAs.

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4.65/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

4.49/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.34/5  rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.14/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.41/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.58/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.5/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.83/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75