Suruga Bay Imperial IPA
Baird Brewing Co. in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA - Rye Regular|
Score
7.15
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear deep golden orange with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has crisp sweet citrus with some light fruit and a light sweet grain backbone. Flavor has crisp citrus and well with a touch of grapefruit and a sweet grain backbone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2015
at 22:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light amber golden color. Punchy nose with tangerine, grapefruit and spicy hoppy character. Big full body that I found a bit boozy - I thought this beer was only 7%. Nicely balanced and is surprisingly light for 8.5%. Modest bitterness, nice stuff and very approachable.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2015
at 23:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From old notes. From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Light hazy golden orange color with off white head. Hoppy citrusy and caramel malty aroma. Sweet and biter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2015
at 14:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the 4th Copenhagen Beer Celebration, Session I, 01/05/2015. Lightly hazed orange amber with a decent light beige cap. Nose is citric pith, bitter orange, spice, mandarin, light grapefruit. Taste comprises juicy hops, tangy citricana, light bread, spruce, grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok easy drinking DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2015
at 13:06
2/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2015
at 22:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap@CBC2015, Yellow Session - fuzzy amber pour with white head. Sweet malty and tropical fruity aroma and taste, pine and herbal hoppy qualities throughout, very nice brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2015
at 07:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Hopner, Tallinn. Hazy golden to amber, with a decent off-white head. Hoppy and fruity aroma with notes of peaches, caramel and hints of herbs, citrus and malt. Medium sweet, less than usual I?d say, and quite refreshing. Finishes bitter, but balanced. Surprisingly easy to drink and quite tasty. Nice one!
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2015
at 07:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Extremely light and mellow for an IIPA. Gentle aromas of honey, floral essence, grass, hay. Hops are far removed from the aroma. Taste reminiscent of a golden ale ( pretty light, eh?). Mild bitterness and hop bite at the finish. Complex and compelling.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2015
at 06:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the 7th Tasting in Belgrade-Serbia. Pours extremely cloudy orange skin, white gassy head. Nose: grassy, hops, lavender, tangerine. Mouth: watery (a lot), tangerine, sweet juicy orange, thin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2015
at 01:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours a coppery gold with a foamy/creamy off-white head. Aroma seems mixed citrus, fruit and pine. Strong,but not biting. Med + body. Flavor is strong, and a rather unusual fruit leads off. Making me think of plum. It’s pretty dry, and has a persistent bitterness, but the fruit suggests otherwise. Not really understanding the malt - it has to be there to hold the hop, but I’m conflating hop and malt bitterness I think. Very different and quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2015
at 18:44