Hop Kitchen: Botanical Imperial IPA
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Series Out of Production|
Score
7.03
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New from our Hop Kitchen Series - Botanical Imperial IPA. From the garden to your glass, Botanical Imperial IPA blossoms with Spring flavor. This big imperial IPA packs an equally potent hop punch courtesy of Bravo, Cascade, Sterling and Willamette varieties; and then we intensified the citrusy, herbal and spicy hop flavors with botanicals like Basil, Sage and Juniper to create the freshest IPA around. Taste the bounty.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample during at Daily Growler Powell during the "5th Friday $5 Fest" on 04/29/2016. Clear amber-gold color with a medium thin bone white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing. Herbal hops, fruit and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of floral hops, pungent hops and malt. The finish is mildly bitter with an herbal hop aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Growler
on 10 May 2016
at 10:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
On tap @ Black Bottle Fort Collins. Hazy light golden appearance with a fluffy, off-white head. The aroma has melon, green herbs, kiwi, grass, and pine. The body is medium full and a little gooey. Moderate high sweetness and moderate bitterness. Not hard to drink but the flavor is completely uninspired. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Apr 2016
at 18:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at The Beer Mongers, pours a clear golden with a medium white head. Aroma is spicy, with notes of rye, herbal notes, basil and sage. Flavour is huge on the basil and sage, followed by dry hopping and a soft pillowy bready malt backing. Pretty good incorporation of the spices, but not really my thing. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2016
at 01:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral notes, pine. Tastes of citrus, tropical fruit, floral notes, light herbs. Medium body with a dry finish. Pretty good, herbal notes are not as prominent as I expected.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2016
at 20:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a dark caramel color with a medium sized foamy white head that left good lacing. the aroma was sweet with an odd herbal presence and tangy citrus. The flavor was tangy and sweet with citrus, basil and other vague herbs. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2016
at 13:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Juniper and basil really come out here. Light floral aroma and some pepper. Golden pour with great head and lacing. Some resin. Bitter finish with hint of sweetness. Not bad. Tap at pizza paradiso Gtown.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2016
at 14:10