Bitter Valentine
AleWerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.77
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This Double IPA starts with big notes of rich citrus and tropical fruit followed by a dank, resinous hop character. Generously hopped with Citra, Simcoe, Columbus, Zythos, and Galaxy hops.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours a bright orange with a creamy, white head. Nose is musty, pine, grapefruit, flowers, honey, earthy, onion patch. Flavor is sweet, bitter, heavy orange, light honey, spicy, pine needles, grapefruit. Full bodied, bitter, refreshing finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2012
at 18:10
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Picked this up in a trade. Very stoked to try this very highly sought after beer.
A - Beautiful copper and gold colored beer. Excellent clarity and really gorgeous. Half a finger of head was produced on a moderate pour. Nothing too impressive in that regards. The beer has solid lacing on the glass each swirl.
S - Nice big hop profile. Lots of pine, hop resin, citrus fruits like lemon and tangerine. Very fruity and very hoppy. I’m getting a solid degree of dry hops as well. Smells exactly as a DIPA should.
T - Whoa. Gigantic hop explosion, lots of bitterness and very mind blowing. I’m getting loads of hops on the front and back of the tongue. There’s a nice malty taste at the back of my tongue, lots of citrus on the front.
M - 90% carbonation on a mouth swish which opens up more of the citrus profile. Lingering hop resin is a bit hard to deal with though.
O - It’s like an amped up Hopslam or perhaps a bigger version of Heady Topper. It lacks the smoothness of Pliny or the drinkability of Daisy Cutter. It’s somewhere in the middle but wicked impressive.
A - Beautiful copper and gold colored beer. Excellent clarity and really gorgeous. Half a finger of head was produced on a moderate pour. Nothing too impressive in that regards. The beer has solid lacing on the glass each swirl.
S - Nice big hop profile. Lots of pine, hop resin, citrus fruits like lemon and tangerine. Very fruity and very hoppy. I’m getting a solid degree of dry hops as well. Smells exactly as a DIPA should.
T - Whoa. Gigantic hop explosion, lots of bitterness and very mind blowing. I’m getting loads of hops on the front and back of the tongue. There’s a nice malty taste at the back of my tongue, lots of citrus on the front.
M - 90% carbonation on a mouth swish which opens up more of the citrus profile. Lingering hop resin is a bit hard to deal with though.
O - It’s like an amped up Hopslam or perhaps a bigger version of Heady Topper. It lacks the smoothness of Pliny or the drinkability of Daisy Cutter. It’s somewhere in the middle but wicked impressive.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2012
at 16:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 9
Sweet mango, tangerine, and orange peel aroma. I had a small sample of this shortly after its release. From a 22oz. sample I now smell those same aromas, but now with a touch of cat urine, which isn’t necessarily a detractor. Shimmering amber, medium yellow head. Orange peel, pine, and tangerine flavor. Alcohol well masked. Delicious, varied, and a good level of bitterness, but a bit resinous. Extremely well hopped in both quantity and quality.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2012
at 15:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Dallas, thanks man
Appearance: Clear golden with a small off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Tropical fruit and citrus
Taste: Fruity, grapefruit and grassy
Wow, very nice and well balanced
Appearance: Clear golden with a small off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Tropical fruit and citrus
Taste: Fruity, grapefruit and grassy
Wow, very nice and well balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 20:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Dallas. Pours a copper color with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet resin and rich fruit. The flavor is damn good; rich resin and bitterness, very large, drinkable, light tropical fruit and a bit of candy. Very nice. Competes with the better IIPAs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 15:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Vintage Cellar. Pours a clear amber color with a thin off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of floral, herbal, tropical and citrus hops, strawberry and mango, caramel malts. The taste is tropical, citrus and resin hops, strawberries, lemongrass, caramel malts. Medium-full bodied, average carbonation and a moderate lingering bitterness. Nice.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2012
at 23:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Draft at Rustico. Poured a clear orange/amber color color, virtually no head beyond a tiny wispy white head. Aroma was grapefruit, tropical fruit notes, pine resin. Flavor was incredibly hoppy, pine and resin, grapefruit. Enjoyed this quite a bit.
I’ve had this numerous times. I’m going to bump up the rating a bit more. Very good fresh. Wonderful.
I’ve had this numerous times. I’m going to bump up the rating a bit more. Very good fresh. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2012
at 20:56