2XSMASH
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.06
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2XSMASH is the newest in our line of single malt and single hop India Pale Ales, brewed with Mosaic hops and Special pale malt. Even simplified to one variety of hop and one type of malt, it is amazing how complex the flavor is. Mosaic hops are known for their luxurious tropical citrus notes like passionfruit and work absolutely brilliantly with the richness of Special pale malt. Cheers!
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of earthy hops, some light tropical fruits and bready malt. Flavour is showing an obviously too old IIPA, with earthy hops, subdued tropical fruits and bready caramel malt. This could've been good fresh, but as of now, it's too muted. I'll rate it generously due to the age and my neglectfulness at looking at the bottling date.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2016
at 22:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Clear copper and light amber coloured body with an orange glow and a thinnish, two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of deep rich hops, metal, alcohol, caramel malt and some lighter sugars noticeable. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malt notes showing caramel, toffee and earth along with a good deal of hops, but not biting nor horribly bittering. Aftertaste shows a robust flavour with a good balance, but nothing striking nor great. Overall, a decent Imperial IPA with some good flavours, but nothing that makes this a ’must-drink’ or necessarily worthwhile. That said, it’s not a bad beer or anything, either. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 16-February-2016 for US$1,99 sampled at home in Washington on 21-July-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2016
at 02:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very nice hops on head. Lots of orange and some caramel. Amber pour with good head and lacing. Light sweet finish without much bitterness. Tap at Assawoman.
Earlier Rating: 8/3/2014 Total Score: 3.6
Lots of hops here, with citrus and some pine. Pours golden with decent head and lacing. Finishes bitter. Well-balanced without being super original. Seems more like an imperial IPA than an American Strong Ale. Tap at Black Squirrel.
Earlier Rating: 8/3/2014 Total Score: 3.6
Lots of hops here, with citrus and some pine. Pours golden with decent head and lacing. Finishes bitter. Well-balanced without being super original. Seems more like an imperial IPA than an American Strong Ale. Tap at Black Squirrel.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2016
at 12:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and light tropical fruit aroma. Over-ripe tropical fruit flavor with light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Over-ripe tropical fruit lingers with light grapefruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2016
at 08:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bright orange-amber. Thin head. Fairly assertive, dankish hop nose. Has a very sweet palate, bit of hop accent. Boozy finish. Ok
Tried
on 14 May 2016
at 14:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A golden ale with a thick frothy lacing light mocha head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, light citrus pulp, very nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with loads resinous floral hops, pink grapefruit, very nice and smooth. On tap at North Country Brewfest 2016.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2016
at 18:48
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Just another one of those ubiquitous IPA brews. Slight aroma of BO. Clear orangy thang. Big thick viscous feel on this one. Mouth coating soapy experience. Ruins your taste buds, terribly on style. What else can be said? What ev. Taste buds ruined for a while. I came, I saw, I drank it.
Earlier Rating: 4/6/2014 Total Score: 1.7
On tap at the hollywood gardens. The smell is sweet candy. Bitter initial taste bud blast almost knocks me off my stool. Initially there is some fruit and spices in there but it fades to rude medicine after a while. Can’t feel any co2. Ling bitter nasty medicinal finish, wew. Not impressed by some of these strong ales.
Earlier Rating: 4/6/2014 Total Score: 1.7
On tap at the hollywood gardens. The smell is sweet candy. Bitter initial taste bud blast almost knocks me off my stool. Initially there is some fruit and spices in there but it fades to rude medicine after a while. Can’t feel any co2. Ling bitter nasty medicinal finish, wew. Not impressed by some of these strong ales.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2016
at 07:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bert’s Deep golden color with a bubbly off white head that persists. Grassy pine and spicy hop nose with a sweet bready maltiness. Light toasty character in the malt flavor adds a bit of complexity. Big hop bitterness and a touch of alcohol. Pretty decent brew if not a bit one dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2016
at 21:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Celcius. Hazy orange with medium off-white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is some citrus, herbal hops, pine hops, and bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2016
at 18:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled on draft this beer poured a dark orange-bronze color with a medium sized foamy white head that left good lacing. The aroma was dry and perfumey. The flavor was bitter with moderate perfumey, floral and herbal hops - lots of bite and then more perfume. Long perfume and herbal finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2016
at 11:12