Chillwave
Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.52
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Inspired by the North Coast's dedicated (and sometimes chilly) surf community, our fully stoked Imperial IPA will melt the ice in your beard and never lose its balance.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8584 18
Clear, Reddish Copper Amber Color, Huge Thick Dense Tiny Bubbles Foam Head, Creamy Top, Good Retention, Runny Ring Leaves Few Soapy Strings and Spots of Lacing. Sweet Malt, Mellow Hop Aroma. Sweet, Malt, Moderate Pine, Resinous, Warming Alcohol, Hop Bitter. Sweet, Malt, Caramel, Slight Pine, Resinous, Lasting Hop Bitter Aftertaste. Smooth and Easy Going For ABV. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Clear, Reddish Copper Amber Color, Huge Thick Dense Tiny Bubbles Foam Head, Creamy Top, Good Retention, Runny Ring Leaves Few Soapy Strings and Spots of Lacing. Sweet Malt, Mellow Hop Aroma. Sweet, Malt, Moderate Pine, Resinous, Warming Alcohol, Hop Bitter. Sweet, Malt, Caramel, Slight Pine, Resinous, Lasting Hop Bitter Aftertaste. Smooth and Easy Going For ABV. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2026
at 15:50
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 16
A lovely red/gold body with a healthy, well laced off-white head. A soft nose features fresh grapefruit and lemon with caramel malt. This beer has a really nice blend of fresh fruity hops including grapefruit, lime, kiwi, melon and orange. A mild soapiness is appealing. Pepper and light caramel malt round out the taste profile. The body is slick and slight above average in density. Carbonation is light but appropriate. The finish is fruity with a controlled sweetness
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours copper amber from bottle, caramel, pine resin, malt and hops. old school and not super sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:40
9/10
RB score 3.93
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2025
at 12:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz. can, pours a mostly clear amber, a little haze, with a medium off-white head. Aroma brings out big resinous hops, thick caramel malt, and some red fruits. Flavour is rich and malty, with big caramel malts, plenty of resinous hops, and a bit of bitter pine. This could almost just easily pass for a hoppy barley wine as it could a malty old school DIPA. A bit too sweet and malty for my tastes, but it's doubtless well-brewed and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jul 2022
at 02:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can , shared with friend. Nice price a big strong imperial IPA. Very hoppy
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2022
at 18:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Orange pour. Very hoppy aroma with tropical fruit along with some malt and resin. The flavor has loads of hops. It’s fruity with resin and a malty backbone leading into a long hop drenched finish. However it comes off a bit cough syrupy to me. I’m not sure why some iipas are like that, but it takes some away from an otherwise excellent beer.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2021
at 05:06
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, courtesy of Ryan. Pours mahogany with a white frothy head. Orange, blackberry, caramel, grapefruit, light spice, light biscuit, pepper, somewhat bitter. Good juicy body. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2021
at 01:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle, pours hazy copper with minimal white head. Medium bodied and oily. Caramel malt and hops aroma, with hops bitterness and malt backbone in the taste. Mildly bitter, long finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2020
at 03:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pale amber color. Floral, slightly perfumed hoparoma. Lychee and citrus. Floral. malty sweet, hopbitter flavor, slightly perfumed. Mango, citrus. Pineapple. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06