Fair Winds Brewing Company Dank & Stormy

Dank & Stormy

 

Fair Winds Brewing Company in Lorton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.08
ABV: 9.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught from catch. Clear orange pour. White head and lacing. Citrus, hops, caramels. Pretty good.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:48


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Stale bread, honeycomb, caramel. Cloudy deep amber, medium head, good lace. Caramel, grass. Medium body, easy carbonation. Malty with less than pristine hops.

Tried on 08 Jan 2023 at 23:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Deep, dark copper and rich bronze coloured body that is relatively clear, all with a nice, thick, two to three centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of super dank (as expected), resinous hops with pineapple, pine, grass and very sticky sweet, syrupy notes with seemingly a lot of alcohol, too. Full-bodied; Very rich, sweet, syrupy and sticky flavours at first show the resin, fruit and hop notes with still a lot of bitterness left over along with a dry herbal and very malty flavour towards the end, with a bunch of alcohol and punch at the end, but the fruit still hits hard at the end and very tropically, too. Aftertaste shows the resin, alcohol and malt way more than anything else, but those tastes are pretty nice. Not much bitterness or alpha acids left from the hops, but the resin, syrup and tropical fruits are pungent in a good way. Overall, not a bad offering, just not great - but nice to try a local Imperial IPA that's fresh. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Whole Foods in Tyson's Corner (Falls Church), Virginia on 25-January-2020 for US$2,99 sampled a day later at home in Washington on 26-January-2020.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2020 at 09:07


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On draft at Spacebar in Falls Church. Pours A clear copper with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of pine resin and mandarin orange. Moderately bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2016 at 19:02


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22oz bottle pours a hazy, dark orange with some cloudy, white head. Nose has orange, Parmsesan, grist, lightly vinous. Flavor is chewy with malt, Parm, lemon, orange, a little soap. Chewy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2016 at 19:22


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Florals and some light booze. Malt. Amber pour with good head and lacing. Bitter finish. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2016 at 12:43


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Poured into a snifter showing dark honey amber with half a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows clean malts with a hint of clean pine. The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Flavors of very resinous pine with light hints of malt. Strong IPA finish.

Tried on 10 Jul 2016 at 16:42


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Clear golden color, bright white head. Lemony aroma. Taste is bitter citrus. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2016 at 16:36


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

~10oz pour at the brewery. Poured a clear copper yellow color, maybe more orange. With a nice lightly off-white head. Aroma was a lot of solid hop resin notes, blast of floral notes, juicy citrus. Flavor was about the same, but include some really nice malt backing, which cuts through some of the bitterness, but doesn’t lead to a lot of sweet, cloyingly boozy notes. The alcohol is there, but is masked very well. Solid.

Tried on 19 Jun 2016 at 16:43


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draft sample at Dominion Wine & Beer. Clear amber orange with off-white head. Aromas of tropical fruit, citrus, garlicky notes. Tastes of garlic, onion, citrus, tropical fruit, floral notes. Medium body with a dry finish. ABV is well masked. Better than I expected.

Tried from Draft on 26 May 2016 at 19:40