Double Agent IPL
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - India Style Rotating|
Score
6.82
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Brewing innovation is about asking "what if?". What if we gave an IPA a new identity and used some of our favorite West Coast hops, with their grapefruit, piney, & tropical fruit character, in a lager? The result is this boldly hoppy & and flavorful brew with the crisp smoothness of a lager. Cheers!
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sold. Well hopped with grapefruit & citrus qualities. Dry malt and dry finish on the palate. Unusual and good.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2013
at 19:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - Pours clear light copper with a one finger white head. It has some good grapefruit character in the aroma. The flavor is moderately bitter with citrus hops, a touch of pine, and ample sweet malt balancing it. It’s medium bodied and quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2013
at 19:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at Chips in Kitty Hawk. Pours a clear gold with a thick off white head. Mild floral hop nose. Flavors of citrus and biscuit. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2013
at 13:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Grabbed the Hop Project mix sixes from Duane Reed. Pours clear copper with one finger soapy white head that dissipates quickly. Great nose of grapefruit. Tastes of tropical fruit, grapefruit, bready, light tea leaves, and cloves. Very drying and smooth.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2013
at 18:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle with a best before of October 2013. Pours with a crystal clear golden orange hue with a medium sized, tight, bone hued head with some very solid lace. Aromas are of pine, light tropical fruit, mango, grapefruit and citrus. Light resiny cohumulone, medium strong malt background that is mostly toasty and biscuity, a touch of apple as well. Flavors are bready, toasty, biscuity. Mild bitterness, some fruity notes. I wish there was just a bit more hop flavor and a bit more grassy dry hop character. Bitter balance is spot on though. Dry. Neutral balance. Livelier carbonation. Quite a decent beer overall, but could be a bit more hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 07:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Churchkey. Hazy amber color, fluffy white head. Aroma of spiced flowers. Taste starts sweet then floral bitterness. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2013
at 06:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Hazy light amber body. Frothy, off-white head, rapidly diminishing. Aroma of leafy hops, toasted grain, grass, lemon peel, spice. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Taste of pine, resin. Aftertaste of raw grain and fresh, leafy hops. Thought it could be cleaner, crisper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 19:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle pours crystal clear deep gold with copper hues and supporting an off white head of foam. The aroma offers up sweet malts, citrus hop notes and a fairly lager yeasty esteriness. Pretty nice. The taste starts with citrus bitter tangerine hops and then moving into complimentary grainy malt notes and sweet lager yeast fruity esters. It comes together nicely and the sweet esters are kept in check and only add a small facet to the flavor experience rather than take it over.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2013
at 20:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(bottle) clear golden orange colour with a tall yellowish head; aromas of grapefruit, pine; balanced flavour with a long light bitter finish; certainly beats an average lager
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2013
at 17:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice clear amber color with a fruity off-white head. Nice aroma of citric and floral hops with piney notes and some caramelly malt. Flavor has sweetish caramelly malt, citric and piney hops and a moderately bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2013
at 15:05