Inappropriately Placed Ale
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.11
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Just a sip, swish it around, feel it coat the inside of your mouth. Now take it again, a little more now, that’s right, relax, it’s not unnatural, it just feels that way. Think about how much you love the regular American Style Double IPAs that always hit the same spot. But this one...well, it wants to get a little freaky with you, this double American Style IPA wants to take you in a different way. Instead of the normal citrus bombs we’ve all gotten used to this IPA uses some of America’s rarely featured hops such as Willamette and Mt. Hood which have a much softer and earthy character. We still kept some citrusy Cascade for some aroma additions but this is a smoother hop profile than most double IPAs. Simplicity is the theme of the malt bill, using just pale ale malt and a little wheat for head retention. A scottish yeast provides the respectable yet not over the top alcohol percentage to put this in the double or imperial IPA category.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
23rd July 2012
On tap at Craft. Clear amber beer, little white head. Smooth palate. Smooth sweet malt with a little cream. Nice hops - but they are pretty sweet with no real bitterness - orange, peach, mango syrup. First couple of mouthfulls thought this would be a stinker but my palate adjusted and I ended up really liking it!
On tap at Craft. Clear amber beer, little white head. Smooth palate. Smooth sweet malt with a little cream. Nice hops - but they are pretty sweet with no real bitterness - orange, peach, mango syrup. First couple of mouthfulls thought this would be a stinker but my palate adjusted and I ended up really liking it!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Sep 2012
at 10:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On draft at beer temple. Hazy cider pour with a thick slowly dissipating head. Slightly sweet floral aroma. Pomegranate notes in the taste. Lingering bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2012
at 12:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught@Cask Pub & Kitchen, London. Deep amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity, nectary, mild alcohol and some caramelly and crystal malty notes. Flavour is rather similar in a nice balance.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2012
at 01:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy amber colour, off white head. Aroma of hops, quite sweet, malty, raisins, caramel and toffee. Quite sweet flavour, caramel, quite bitter, malts and light sweet wine. Finish of caramel and sweet wine, while still quite bitter.
(Draught @ Beer Temple, Amsterdam)
(Draught @ Beer Temple, Amsterdam)
Tried
on 13 Aug 2012
at 11:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Hazy orange with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 260712
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2012
at 12:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Christian Firtal. Amber with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, caramel and toffee. Very sweet caramel malty flavour with some grapefruit notes, and a bitter finish. The bitterness is there, but not enough to balance the hefty sweetness
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2012
at 09:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ C4, Odense. Pours muddy dark golden with a White head. Herbal, toothpaste, flowers, caramel and pine. A wild and Odd mixture. Unrefined - bit of a mess. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2012
at 07:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Beer Temple. Pours hazy amber with a tan head. Aroma is full caramel malt, hops and light fruit. Flavour is medium to heavy sweet, light to medium bitter. Full bodies with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jul 2012
at 10:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On rap at the beer temple. Decent white head. Hazy golden blond pour. Lively bitterness. Yummy.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2012
at 10:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Beer Temple. Copper/amber color, cloudy. Not much head. Aroma’s: fruit, refreshing, peardrops, sweet fruit, some hoppy acidity. Flavor is rather sweet and rather bitter. Medium body. Finishes with lots of malt and finally lasting bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2012
at 23:20