Baxter Brewing Co. Bootleg Fireworks

Bootleg Fireworks

 

Baxter Brewing Co. in Lewiston, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Triple Rotating
Score
7.02
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 46 Ticks: 19
Our bombastic triple IPA is bursting with the aroma of classic American IPA hops and a blast of new Australian hop varietals. Bootleg is here to detonate your tastebuds. Don’t be fooled by the light, crisp malt profile, this triple IPA is far from balanced – It’s all about the hops.
 

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, version 2, from Charles St Liquors refrigerator, drunk 12/20/15.
Clear, light bronze color shows light carbonation and a medium-sized off-white head that fades quickly to cover.
Pineapple, mango, light grapefruit and lighter, headier citrus notes (tangerine skin, orange juice). Light honey, biscuits and clean yeast round out the aroma with low alcohol apparency and no flaw. Pretty sniffable, not exactly deep, overly fresh or juicy like some of the best, but it’s not horribly resinous or dominated by pine/grapefruit.
In the mouth it’s lightly sweet, but well-attenuated with only biscuit and light honey showing from the malts. Not sticky, resinous or caramelly, so that goes a long way. Lightly catty citra hops, lots of pineapple and tangerine, with a bit of apple and pear. Herbs, leaves and other various goofy mosaic notes. Cherry sweetness on the end, with light alcohol warmth and malty sweetness. Moderately carbonated with a lightly bready to watery texture. For 9% abv it does well, but is certainly not among the top tier of DIPAs in New England.
Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2015 at 20:52

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours deep gold into an English pint. White head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Pine and resin aromas. Thick with sweet caramel and resin upfront turning slightly cloying in the lasting hot bitter caramel finish.
Tried on 12 Sep 2015 at 18:30

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
16oz can from Bert’s Citrus, onion, pine, and earth aromas abound, but damn thats bitter with and alcohol burn. Almost could stand a bit more malt for balance.
Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2015 at 18:49

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can shared in Hoboken. Pours clear gold with a creamy white head. Nice aroma with ripening, juicy fruits, some orange and other citrus, pale bread. Medium sweet flavor with a bit of booze-soaked citrus fruits, orange, mango, melon, some husky grains, grassy and woody bitterness. Full bodied with average carbonation. Hot finish with more ripe fruits, orange, some fusel alcohols, more wood, grass, pine. Not bad, if a bit heavy.
Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2014 at 19:47

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz. can thanks to Rob B. The color is mostly clear gold in an overly carbonated can. Had to wait about 5 minutes just to get a full pint, the can also gushed a bit. Aroma is ok, muted citrus and weak pine, malt.

The flavor shows more sweet rather than a blast of hops. The backbone of sweet malt nearly wipes out the hop flavors. Light mango, cantaloupes, mild pine notes that becomes real bitter in the finish. I’m confused because it has a very sweet flavor of malts and honey that gets aggressive in the finals part of the sip. Seems with this much sweetness that wouldn’t be possible but it is.
Tried from Can on 14 Dec 2014 at 18:24

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16oz can I grabbed at the Warren Store. Pours a clear, dark gold with some cloudy, ringing white head. Nose is resinous, a little chivey, lemon, grapefruit, soap, pine. Flavor is sweet but also punchy, honey, lemon, pine, grapefruit, mild chive, tangerine, some garlic scape. Full bodied, sticky, resinous finish.
Tried from Can on 08 Dec 2014 at 18:09

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16oz can. Poured a clear golden color with a small white head. Light citrus, light malt. Okay. Not too bad, drinkable.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2014 at 15:25

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Citrus and lots of malt. Amber pour with good head and ratings. Medium bitter finish with some sweetness. Good balance, and nice malt. Bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2014 at 15:23

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From a can at the DC Ratebeer event Dec. 6, 2014. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of grapefruit and pineapple. Bitter finish. Tasty.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2014 at 15:19