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Originally Posted by phisherman
I just drank the Ghost tonight. It's quite a turbid beer, very muddled in color, but I'm used to that with DIPAs. It had a little simcoe "catty" smell on the nose when it was ice cold, but that calmed down and it was all citrus as it warmed a bit. I found the taste to be a little bit herbal, maybe a little bit grassy as well on my initial taste, but that citrus also popped like crazy as it warmed up. It was also quite dry for how full the general mouthfeel was, and it finished with a massive blast of what tasted, to me, like mandarin oranges. Very impressive double IPA. Not quite up there with Heady or Double Sunshine, but definitely quite tasty. I'd be happy to drink them regularly if they were available here.
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Originally Posted by KCUnited
I had Timbone's Ghost In The Machine last night. This is definitely a DIPA right up my alley with a really nice balance of herb and citrus hop notes. I agree with phisherman that the citrus evolved as the beer warmed in the glass. Dangerously drinkable DIPA.
Despite different hop profiles, GITM was Surly Abrasive enjoyable for me. Big fan of the label art as well.
Cheers to Timbone for the hookup.
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Yeah....you guys are spot on, I think. I was worried this batch might not be as good as the one I had a year ago, but I've loved it. As United said, it's dangerously drinkable. The smell is one of my favorite things about it. And the blast of citrus is awesome. It's almost as if there is orange juice in it.