Exponential Hoppiness
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.80
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Very popular. A complex hopping method where each hop addition is double the previous amount. More hops in the hopback and then two dry-hop sessions. The second dry-hop session is with whole hops and oak chips. 1.093 OG 10.75%ABV
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Peter. Pours apricot. White head. Nose/taste of tropical fruit, oak chips, caramel malt, resinous and bitter hops and citrus. Bitter dry pine finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2011
at 21:35
9.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Fresh ass growler thanks to Richie. Clear burnt orange pour with a frothy white head. All kinds of tropical hop and malt aromas. Delicious. Tropical fruits: orange, papaya, and mango, mixed seamlessly with grassy/piney hops that are supported by an a super smooth caramel malt backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2011
at 00:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Received in trade from TexIndy, thanks for the opportunity! Pours a slightly hazy deep orange amber color with a small fluffy white head that slowly dissipates to a cap. Smells of grapefruit and slight pineapple with more caramel and toffee than I expected. Taste is much the same as the aroma. Juicy grapefruit mixed with caramel and toffee or butterscotch. Taste is smooth as hell. Medium body with a lingering almost sweet finish. Light to medium level of carbonation, resinous mouthfeel. I really enjoyed this one. I had this right after it came out as well, and the hops are fading quickly. Great beer, especially fresh.
Tried
on 28 May 2011
at 18:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle. golden colour with an off-white head. Flavour is fruit, grapefruit, peaches, alcohol, citrus, yeast, pine malt. Bitter finish. Nice hoppy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2011
at 21:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: Bottle at Max and Andy's Fantasy Tasting, 5/1/10
Aroma: The nose is mostly hops (citrus, floral, herbs, and resin), and a little caramel malt
Appearance: It pours a hazy golden-like color with a medium sized off-white head
Flavor: The taste is still rather hoppy, but it has definitely turned a bit sugary
Palate: The body is medium-full, the mouth feels sticky, and it has a long and dry finish to it
Overall Impression: To me, this stuff was really good, even though it wasn't so fresh. Man would I love to try this stuff fresh! I bet it is crazy good. Even not so fresh, I still enjoyed it. Maybe I was so excited for it that I had it built up in my mind, but I could feel the great IPA craftsmanship coming through even though the beer was clearly beyond it's best days. Anyway, great stuff that I now know I need to try again as fresh as possible and update my rating.
Aroma: The nose is mostly hops (citrus, floral, herbs, and resin), and a little caramel malt
Appearance: It pours a hazy golden-like color with a medium sized off-white head
Flavor: The taste is still rather hoppy, but it has definitely turned a bit sugary
Palate: The body is medium-full, the mouth feels sticky, and it has a long and dry finish to it
Overall Impression: To me, this stuff was really good, even though it wasn't so fresh. Man would I love to try this stuff fresh! I bet it is crazy good. Even not so fresh, I still enjoyed it. Maybe I was so excited for it that I had it built up in my mind, but I could feel the great IPA craftsmanship coming through even though the beer was clearly beyond it's best days. Anyway, great stuff that I now know I need to try again as fresh as possible and update my rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2011
at 15:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
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Tried
on 16 Jan 2011
at 04:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... amber .. thin white head ... the pine ... pineapple .. light grape fruit nose jumps out at you ... there just no need to activly smell this beer ... sweet resiny hop ... light american malt ... loads of pine hop ... decent enough
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2010
at 11:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
23 oz bottle. Hazy orange body with a big, creamy off-white head. Amazing and almost intense citric aroma. Definitively grapefruit and pine with a malt and caramel, but much more complex. Flavor has a nice balance between sweet malt and bitterness; there are also some really smooth caramel (fudge) and interesting spices. WOW this is just a fantastic DIPA, really bitter and still balanced and the high alcohol is just detected as a warming feeling. The aftertaste lasted for 30 minute. One of the best DIPA I have tasted. A big thanks to KØLF 2 for kindly sharing this fine beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2010
at 06:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 22oz. There’s an orange tint to the golden body. Unclear, and with a dense, off-white head resting on top. Nice lacings. Loads of green pine cones and resin on the nose, some of the white part of orange-peel. Malty sweetness too. Full-bodied and with a nice level of carbonation. A bit on the sweet side, but I guess that’s required due to the bitterness level. There’s loads of green pine cones and resins on the nose, white sugar, canned tropical fruits and citrus peel. The finish is really lasting, with resiny, citrusy bitterness, malty sweetness and something best described as what hits the nose when you pour loads of hops into a boiling DIPA. Overall, too sweet, but still wonderful. Mmmm. Wonderful. 101112
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2010
at 14:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Sean, thanks! Poured a clear orange gold with a white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a nice woodsy pine note accompanied by resin and s slight grain backbone. Flavor was similar with strong pine and resin notes and a cereal backbone helping to control the bitterness of the hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2010
at 14:57