6.6

madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

24th October 2016
Almost clear deep reddish amber beer, good cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Airy malts, some light cream and a mild sweetness. Light tangerine and orange peel. Hop spice, well buried. Pithy bitterness and then hop spice increasing. Semi dry finish. Lacks hop brightness but it’s alright.

Tried on 28 Oct 2016 at 12:29

7.3

tderoeck (22946) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Imported from my RateBeer account as Hilldevils Exploded Double IPA (by Hilldevils):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

10/VIII/16 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte) @ Erwin's BBQ ponton tasting - BB: n/a, bottled: V/2016 (2016-831) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!

Little hazy deep orange beer, big creamy off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very sweet, sugary, overripe banana, some vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter hoppy start, grassy, bit sweet, tropical fruits, citrus, grapefruit. Aftertaste: very bitter, citrus, more grapefruit, fruity finish, caramel malts, bit sweet in the end.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2016 at 16:04

7.3

Borresteijn (12473) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

33cl Bottle from Uiltje Taproom. Hazy dark amber -orange colour, off-white head. Aroma of sweet fruits, melon, pineapple, nectarines, roosvicee. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, very fruity, same as in aroma, bittersweet fruity hoppy finish, a bit yeasty. Medium bodied. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2016 at 02:19

6.9

Alengrin (11675) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

IIPA from a Dutch brewery I never heard of so far, bottle from Wijnegemse Drankenhal. Heavily cobweb-lacing, pale yellowish egg-white, irregular, moussy head over a clear, warm coppery amber coloured beer with bright orange hue, turning misty and deeper amber with sediment. Aroma of dried grapefruit peel, caramel, old cake, biscuit, dry tea leaves, (unsmoked) cigarette tobacco, barbecue spices, marmelade, black radish, fried potatoes, Grand Marnier, fresh toast, green banana, wild roses, dry tree leaves in autumn, soap, strawberry - in all, quite agreeable, but not very typically DIPA-like. Fruity onset, dried fig, green banana, blue plum mixing subdued sweetness with a soft background sourishness, medium carbonated, supple and smooth, lean body. Toasted, caramelly and nutty malt middle with lingering dried fruit impressions, bittersweet and quite ’filling’, leading to a drying, resinous finish of earthy, spicy hops leaving a tonic water-like bitter flavor in the back of the mouth, but in a somewhat ’superficial’, mild and gentle way, whilst yielding retronasal floral and spice aromas (the latter probably partly phenolic as well). Traces of toasted malt bittersweetness peep through in the end while the - considerable - alcohol, all things considered, remains quite well hidden. Earthy yeast flavors also linger - not too disturbing as such, but not fit for the style either. Technically fine, even pleasant beer, but clearly too earthy, too malty and a tad too yeasty for a DIPA, in need of a more fragrant, in-your-face, New World hop bouquet even though apparently Citra and Cascade have been applied (but apparently insufficiently so, not delivering the lush tropical citrus aromas they are capable of if generously and correctly used). Enjoyed it after all, but not what I was expecting from something identifying itself as a "double IPA"; I do think, however, that the wood-aged version, which is waiting now in the cellar, could bring some improvement to this bitter, but not all too aromatic, (overly) malty and yeasty interpretation of DIPA.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2016 at 11:00

6.8

Sebletitje (15913) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bouteille 33cl, bottled 05/2016. Logo just oddly familiar to Trou du Diable. Orange, fin voile, col épais crémeux blanc-cassé. Arôme au nez malté, cara pils, herbacé, épicé, Galaxy semble plus en rétro. Palais est malté, pils cara, houblonné renfermé avec les 9% qui jouent bien leur jeu, pointe levure, qcq épices au fini et une certaine onctuosité, herbacé sec, pointe agrume; pamplemousse avec un soupçon de pin, et fine note tropicale. Correcte mais manque de fini.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2016 at 16:35

6.5

fonefan (85107) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 330ml. [ As Hilldevils Exploded Double IPA ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, grass, leather - brett. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, brett, pale malt, leather, dry, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160422]

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2016 at 14:35

7

Camons (21701) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Home. Pours hazy burnt orange with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, brett, fruity hops, little pine. Flavor is little sweet, rather bitter, malty, bretty, fruit, grapefruit, pine, alcohol. Medium body, average carbonation, dry and lasting bitter finish. 240416

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2016 at 07:21

7.2

Rasmus40 (37098) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Gusher. Hazy orange with a huge off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, bretty and moderate hoppy - orange. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. The brett worked well, though I doubt if it was intended. 220416

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2016 at 15:03

7.1

saxo (29778) reviewed Exploded Double IPA from HillDevils 10 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Nice creamy head with excellent duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich earthy hops, fruits, flowers, pine, malt and has a nice long bitter finish.