Toppling Goliath Brewing Company King Sue

King Sue
(has 2 batches)

 

Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

  IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating
Score
8.01
ABV: 7.8% IBU: 50 Ticks (all batches): 217
This full-bodied, hazy double IPA is Citra-hopped with a juicy combination of mango, orange, and pineapple flavors finishing with a grapefruit aroma and ferocious bite.
 

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7.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
0.473 l can from 'Speciaalbierpakket.nl', canned in May 2020. Hazy, golden yellow with a medium large, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, rather fruity, slightly grassy and a little resiny aroma of lemon peel, pineapple and some passion fruit. Slightly sweet, moderately bitter, intensely fruity, quite juicy, slightly resiny and a bit grassy taste of lemon peel, passion fruit, pineapple and hints of spruce, followed by a short, moderately bitter, gently grassy and slightly resiny finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nicely intense Citra showcase DIPA, really good.
Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2020 at 19:33

7.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from Bine & Vine. Nothing on the can about double dry hopping. Pours mildly hazy gold with a creamy white head. Aroma of garlic and mango. Full, foamy body. Not too dry. Ok, it's not garlic, but something that made me think of garlic. Going with citrus, mango and passion fruit or pineapple. The hops are being absorbed into my mouth lining. The flavor is very strong; the ale is quite bitter. Yet there's a juicy character, and also a dank aspect. Amazing ale.
Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2020 at 00:04

7.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Citra-hopped β€˜NEDIPA’ from this hyped brewery in Iowa, one I’ve been wanting to taste for a while. Thick and creamy but quickly thinning, egg-white head on a hazy apricot blonde beer with vague ochre-ish tinge. Bit dank and very juicy aroma of lemon flesh, orange zest, mango peel more than mango juice, unripe pineapple, toasted shallot, sweat, dough, withering dill, lime, sweet red onions, olive oil. Fruity onset, halfripe banana, mango peel again, some pineapple, sweetish but not too much so, softish carb, supple and soft, smooth body; white-bready and doughy core with still some thin honeyish sweetness but most of all, soaked in hoppy aromatics, offering retronasal aromas of citron, lime, tangerine and yellow kiwi with a dank edge of shallots sweating in hot olive oil or even toasted garlic, highlighted by a light glow of gin-like alcohol. Very stereotypical for the style, it ticks all the boxes of what constitutes a good NEDIPA, but I am not blown away either – I guess this one just embodies everything that typifies its style without adding anything to it. It’s a very good example of it, though, do not get me wrong on that, but I would probably not buy it again, at least not at the prices charged here.
Tried on 08 Jul 2020 at 15:10

8.5/10
Lush and lusty. And a smidge lushy. Slightly better-ish than Pseudo Sue. Definitely better than pseudo me. Canned 6 short weeks ago.
Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2020 at 23:19

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can. Slightly hazy amber beer with a cream head. tropical fruit and grapefruit aroma with light backing malt. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor with light summer fruit and light malt. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and tropical fruit linger with light summer fruit.
Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2020 at 22:04

7.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tall can from Cave Beer Point. Hazy slightly creamy yellow pour with fine white head. Aroma is dank fizzy hops, slightly banana maybe from transit? Can is pretty fresh - 4/22/2020. Some booze. Taste is big bitter, apple and dank hops. Again seems a bit dulled maybe by transit. Too bad. Palate is light without much carbonation. Will have to try closer to the source one day.
Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2020 at 16:48

8.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
On draught at Pint Room Dublin. The beer is a hazy golden color with a medium thick foamy white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lace. Aroma of floral hops, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of floral hop, grapefruit, melon and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a lingering tropical and citrusy hop aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried on 16 Jun 2020 at 13:13

7.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
16 oz. can from 4 pack. Everything people claim it to be? Well, you have to really, really be a hop-head to say that. But it is very good. Pours a cloudy gold with a fizzy finger width of foam that fizzes in good speed. The beer is a properly hazy golden color. Smell is mainly orange and pineapple citrus, then the catbox that I used to figure came from Amarillo, but is definitely a part of Citra. That nose is there in the taste too, as well as some bitter hop resins. Not a palate burner, but it does kind of scratch the back of my throat. Malts are bright and a bit quiet, belying the strong abv figure. When the hops go south, there won't be much else for this stuff to go to tastewise. Drinks very quickly, which may be my downfall. But for those who love hops, it's quite drinkable.
(Added a photo from my having or with lunch right at the Field Museum, Oct. 12, 2025
Tried from Can on 06 Jun 2020 at 04:49

9.5/10 β€” Appearance 10 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
16 oz can poured, shared by Tcon. Thanks! A truly standout imperial. Cloudy, and bright golden pour, no lacing, moderate foam head. A citrus aroma that more or less fills the room when you crack the can. Nice balance of citrus, and smooth grain. Lightly sweet fruit character, Citra like hop follow, extreme refreshment with this imperial. Just an amazing brew here. Ideal after work feature here.
Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2020 at 00:31

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tasty citra bomb, loads of mandarin, grapefruit, lime zest, and mango, with a modest wet-grain malt undertone and a moderate pine-herbal bitterness in the fade. Alcohol does come through on the finish, giving a slight bite to the texture, but still a good pint.
Tried on 01 Jun 2020 at 00:17