Tropical Bitch Belgian-Style IPA
Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Belgian Regular|
Score
6.86
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2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Flying Dog, and to celebrate, we are launching our newest addition to the family, Tropical Bitch. A spin on the Belgian-Style IPA you already know and love, Tropical Bitch was brewed with pineapple, mango and passionfruit.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle. Clear golden colour but with large flakes of yeast floating around, nice creamy smooth head with good lacing and retention. Aroma: tropical fruit and yeast, pineapple, mango, citrus, spices. Taste: bitter hops and tropical fruits, yeast, pine, resin, orange, bitter finish. Medium body, average carbonation, oily texture. Expected this to be fruitier but it’s not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2016
at 22:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, reddish, amber colour with small, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Yeasty spicy, minimally funky and fruity hoppy aroma, notes of peach, apricot, mirabelle, hints of lychee, strawberry and mustard seed, a touch of aniseed. Taste bitter and fruity hoppy, peppery yeasty spicy, minimally dusty, notes of apricot jam, peach, hints of mango, a touch of aniseed; slightly pell-mell, rotatory fruitiness, nevertheless a bit engineer’d and adjusted. Cf. the less controlled, more "natural", surprisingly good ’Canoe 82┃02 Belgian IPA’.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2016
at 18:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Real Ale store, Newark. Deep golden Amber colour with a thin white head. Aroma is orange, tropical fruit and pine resin. Taste is light sweet, with a bitter orange finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2016
at 14:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rich, ever so slightly hazy golden and copper coloured body with a thinnish, single centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of mango, pineapple, malt, rich sugars and a bit of passionfruit - relatively strong in the nose. Medium-bodied; Assertive fruity flavours at first of tropical origin then show a good deal of sweetness, some resin and earth and a nice pungent yeast and alcohol kick near the end. Aftertaste shows some nice yeast with bitterness and pungency throughout, all with a hoppy and floral finish. Overall, a nice rich beer full of flavour and complexity all the way to the end. 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 12-September-2016.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2016
at 00:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle, 3/23/16. Hazy amber, large frothy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of mango, guava, hay, tart citrus. The taste is bready malt, spice, yeast, apples, pineapple, lime, hay. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, lingering bitterness, mild lingering spice. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2016
at 00:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Secret Santa RW80, many thanks! Pours slightly hazy, dark amber with white head. Tropical aroma with some lychee, grass, caramel and slight perfume. Taste is a bit sweet with floral hops, caramel, tropical fruit. A slightly bitter finish with more caramel, yeast and grass. Solid belgian style IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2016
at 14:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Wine Rack at Yarnton Nurseries consumed at home Thursday 18th August 2016 Had this after the Left Hand Extrovert and it was a case of ’after the Lord Mayors Show’. Pours hazy light amber with a frothy white head Loz correctly points out this is more Belgian than tropical, the fruitiness is there but the spiciness and yeasty edge so often a feature in Belgian beers swamps any hint of tropicalness here. It’s fine but I feel a tad disappointed if truth be told. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2016
at 22:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A dark orange beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has mix of tropical fruits, mangos, papaiyas, peaches fructose. Taste has mango- and papaiya- fruitmash, some peaches, medium bitterness, also some dryer spicyness and pine. Medium+ bodied, low carbonation, but not heavy. Strongly fruitnful, tasteful beer.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2016
at 05:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Biernavigatie, BB 15.02.17, large sample. Clesr orange to amber color, big frothy head, some chunks floating. Aroma of spicy yeast, bit caramel malt, some honey, some fruity notes, bit pineapple. Bit malty and honey sweetness in taste, soft fruity bittneress, bit spicy, slight alcohol. Feels a bit like a fruity Leffe Tripel. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2016
at 14:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Taproom, Malmö. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy weak yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty peachy hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty peachy hoppy bitter yeasty finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2016
at 05:23