Therapist
Dust Bowl Brewing Company in Turlock, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Regular|
Score
7.35
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At over 100 IBUs, Therapist is surprisingly easy to drink. Big, bold hop aromas and flavors of citrus, tropical fruits and pine are bracketed by light malty sweetness that does not overpower. A healthy addition of wheat in the grain bill adds to the body and mouthfeel.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: copper color with some transparency and a finger's worth of white foamy head which tapered off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral & piney hops with some light melon-like hop notes; light clean caramel/toffee malts
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes somewhat floral, melon-like and piney
Texture: medium bodied; this is a sipper; some smoothness but also some hop bitterness assertiveness, nothing overbearing - just noticeable
Overall: nicely done TIPA I could come back to.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: copper color with some transparency and a finger's worth of white foamy head which tapered off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: floral & piney hops with some light melon-like hop notes; light clean caramel/toffee malts
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes somewhat floral, melon-like and piney
Texture: medium bodied; this is a sipper; some smoothness but also some hop bitterness assertiveness, nothing overbearing - just noticeable
Overall: nicely done TIPA I could come back to.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2026
at 18:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 22A). Can 44 cl - Batch 1232 (canned on: 02/18/25 - BB: undeclared). AROMA: medium-high hop aroma with notes of ripe melon and slight floral. medium neutra malt background and slightly sweet. APPEARANCE: gold color and clear. medium moussy white to off-white head with good retention for style. lace formation. FLAVOR: initial medium hop flavor with ripe melon, resin, pine, followed by a medium neutral and slightly sweet malt background. medium-high bitterness with a semi-dry to dry finish with a bitterness that persists. MOUTHFEEL: medium-high body with medium carbonation. slight alcoholic warmth. OVERALL: an ok double IPA with less intense hop flavor
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2025
at 15:19
8.6/10
Malty, hoppy and sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2024
at 16:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smell of hops. Amber colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, spruce, some tropical fruit, some booze. Bitter, medium sweet. Hides ABV well. Lively carbon.
Tried
on 18 May 2024
at 04:03
10/10
Tried
on 21 Mar 2021
at 00:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black Friday in Ft. Worth at the Total Wine provided the opportunity to purchase a 22 oz bottle of Therapist. Out of several beers purchased, this was the only bomber, they continue to disappear. Sign of the times I can only assume. The label indicates bottling on 5/27/20 meaning this bottle needs to be opened and consumed. My ABGB tulip glass is arrayed for this tasting, I lift the cap and make the pour. The liquid is a determined opaque, medium yellow with a fair covering of solidly white foam. A decent scent, I get hay, pine and citrus, no surprises. And the taste, ah, definitely a step forward. Old school west coast aggressive bitterness with lemon, a tangerine sweetness, pine, grain, hops and some pineapple. I like the heartiness of the elevated ABV, lends some depth. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2020
at 01:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very clear coloured light amber and copper body with a nice two centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of honey, strong grassy and citrus-based hops with a lot of herbal notes and a good balance of malt all behind the hops and sweet scents. Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal hop flavours at first that show a lot bitterness from pineapple and resinous hops that shows a lot of fruit-based sugars, all sitting on top of a strong malt backbone that support the bitterness and sweetness. Aftertaste has the bitterness up front with a pungent grassy and very herbal finish and a good hop profile with the pineapple, resin and grapefruit right behind. Overall, a nice and pungent Imperial IPA that shows very well and leaves a lot of bitterness throguhout, but is balanced nicely by the malts and especially the fruit-based sugars on the end. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from BevMo in Vacaville, California on 10-March-2019 for US$7,99 sampled a day later in my hotel room here in Fairfield, California on 11-March-2019.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2019
at 16:42
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bière 65 cl achetée chez Rainbow Grocery à San Francisco. Robe orange clair. Arôme typique d'une Impérial IPA américaine avec des notes de houblon, de fruits tropicaux, d'agrumes et de pamplemousse, ainsi qu'un côté fermier, et des notes résineuses. En bouche, une typique IPA américaine à la saveur légèrement sucrée et caramel, mais avec un côté boisé et résineux très agréable. Menthe, réglisse. Belle amertume. Au final, une belle IPA assez forte, bien houblonnée et de caractère.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2019
at 19:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a bomber dated October 8, 2018. Aroma is hop and ester forward with a light cracker malt backbone and a hint of caramel. Grapefruit, pine resin and hints of tropical fruit with light stone fruit esters. Pours a fairly clear, brilliant, golden orange with a large, fluffy, slightly off-white head that shows nice retention as it slowly recedes to a thick film on the edges. Moderately high lacing and small legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with light to medium light cracker malt notes and a bit of caramel. Strong bitterness, but not over the top. Moderate grapefruit and pine notes with hints of tropical fruit and stone fruit. Light alcohol notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a decent west coast IPA with hints of east coast yeast esters.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2018
at 06:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled 2/22, drunk 8/3/18.
Clear, rose-peach. White head to ring.
C-hop heavy showing tons of orange variations but a good base malt behind it. Soapy and spicy on the end with no alcohol by this point and lots of marmalade lingering alongside light honey and hints of caramel.
In the mouth it's VERY soapy and astringent. Damn is that soapy...Good texture, soft and malty with engaging carbonation and good attenuation. This is clearly older than ideal, but even giving it a little leeway there, doesn't explain the burning soap character. Just too much alcohol here. Gratuitous.
Clear, rose-peach. White head to ring.
C-hop heavy showing tons of orange variations but a good base malt behind it. Soapy and spicy on the end with no alcohol by this point and lots of marmalade lingering alongside light honey and hints of caramel.
In the mouth it's VERY soapy and astringent. Damn is that soapy...Good texture, soft and malty with engaging carbonation and good attenuation. This is clearly older than ideal, but even giving it a little leeway there, doesn't explain the burning soap character. Just too much alcohol here. Gratuitous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2018
at 13:44