Hopothesis A.
Poured out of a hand-capped bottle purchased at the brewery into a tulip pint glass. A: Not a lot of head but a lot of movement in the deep orange. A really beautiful, hazy orange. S: Huge piney hops smell up front with citrus, fades to malty goodness. T: Not much different than the smell, pitch perfect. M: Not as sticky as some of these can be. Very dry, of course. D: About as drinkable as this style can get. All too drinkable for 12.4% ABV I'm not a big hop head, but this one was exceptionally well balanced. It could easily be very overpowering if the sweetness of the malt didn't give it a solid foundation. Update: 2/17/10: Picked up a bottle at the brewery this past weekend. Hops had really faded, the sweetness was really intense was like a totally different beer. The alcohol seemed more pronounced too without the hop bite. Reminded me of a barleywine.