Ace of Spades
(has 1 batch)
Hopworks Brewery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.55
|
|
Ace of Spades Imperial IPA is a big, assertive hop bomb that won the World Beer Cup Gold in 2009. With bold pine on the nose and finish, and strong citrus notes, this fan favorite is an IPA lover’s rich, dank dream brew.
Sign up to add a tick or review
8.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
1st March 2016
Light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is light, mildly dry and has good fine carbonation. Very light malt base with a nicely judged light creamy sweetness. Hops bring a lovely nectarine and orange start. Fair dose of hop spice ensues with sweetish pine and a generic tropical fruit burst. Peach and mango resolve. Mildly sweet floralness before a light and hop spicy finish. This is my kind of DIPA. Light malt base, showcasing the fruity hop characteristics. And a nice way to raise a glass to the great man - Lemmy Kilmister. Super duper.
Light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is light, mildly dry and has good fine carbonation. Very light malt base with a nicely judged light creamy sweetness. Hops bring a lovely nectarine and orange start. Fair dose of hop spice ensues with sweetish pine and a generic tropical fruit burst. Peach and mango resolve. Mildly sweet floralness before a light and hop spicy finish. This is my kind of DIPA. Light malt base, showcasing the fruity hop characteristics. And a nice way to raise a glass to the great man - Lemmy Kilmister. Super duper.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 04:58
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A light orange beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma is sophisticated from the bottle. In the glass, grapefruits, some tropical fruits, caramel and wood. Not fresh anymore. Taste has fruitness, citrusfruits, grapefruits, caramel. The bitterness is strong but balanced. Age of the bottle is mystery but it’s not a fresh, unfortunately. Medium bodied, slightly too heavy body, but that’s not a bothering. More fresh bottle should be tasted, now it’s difficult to say to overall performance. Tasteful anyway. Nice and long lasting bitterness but now the aromatic nuancees are too mild.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2016
at 11:47
8.3/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Fles gedeeld @Benzai’s Carnaval Tasting. gouden met witte kraag en lichte floaties. aroma van hop, den, hars, gras. smaken evenzo, lekker fris bitter maar niet extreem, redelijke verse smaken, kruidig, enorm smaakvol, grapefruit, den, prima --- Beer merged from original tick of Ace of Spades on 18 May 2018 at 11:36 - Score: 8
Tried
on 07 Feb 2016
at 13:43
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Benzai’s crazy carnaval, small sample. Clear golden color, short frothy head. Piney, grapefruit, some biscuity malt. Medium bitterness, clean, crisp. Just the way you want your DIPA. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ace of Spades on 15 Jun 2017 at 21:44 - Score: 8. Original review text: Mouthpuckering bitterness with sweet candy maltiness. Lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 08:02
8.3/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ Don’t want anything to do with carnaval tasting. Clear golden color, average to medium sized white head. Aroma is malts, resin, citrus, pine. Taste malts, hops, piney, spruce, nicely bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2016
at 17:14
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle from Firma-Bier
Rated while listening to Motörhead - Ace of Spades. RIP Lemmy - Pours clear dark orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of resinous grassy hops, pine, herbal notes, hints of age, biscuity caramely malts and citrus. Taste is crisp, resinous hoppy and herbal with some grass, biscuity caramely maltiness, pine and citrus. Finish is resinous, sweetish and caramely with some grass, pine and herbal hops. Pretty generic, but balanced resinous west coast DIPA. Surprisingly good despite the bottle is probably not very fresh.
Rated while listening to Motörhead - Ace of Spades. RIP Lemmy - Pours clear dark orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of resinous grassy hops, pine, herbal notes, hints of age, biscuity caramely malts and citrus. Taste is crisp, resinous hoppy and herbal with some grass, biscuity caramely maltiness, pine and citrus. Finish is resinous, sweetish and caramely with some grass, pine and herbal hops. Pretty generic, but balanced resinous west coast DIPA. Surprisingly good despite the bottle is probably not very fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2016
at 11:22
7.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the Return of Old Spice tasting, Dec 2015, Den Haag. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a thin whispy white head. The aroma is big yeast, nettle citrus hop, The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a nettle, woody resin hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2015
at 16:02