Imperial IPA
4 Pines Brewing Company (CUB) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.93
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle) Pours clear golden amber with good dense white head. Lovely intense fruity aroma - citrus and pine. Medium body, oily smoothness, plenty of fine carbonation. Taste is great balance of light toffee malt sweetness and plenty of hops. There’s not a lot in the way of complexity, just a great balance between these two tastes. Very drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Clear palish amber with a white head that starts at an inch and a half and fades gradually to a good coat. Aroma of peach, fresh pineapple, some tenor-register citrus; sticky bread crust underneath. Oily, with moderate carbonation. There’s a fair bit of breadcrust and caramel sweetness (with hints of honey), but it’s not flabby. Peach, pineapple, kumquat.. The pineapple seems mildly astringent, or maybe that’s me unconsciously filling in the gap. Quite bitter, but it struggles to cut through the sweetness, as is often the way of these sorts of beers. Probably going for a Ruination sort of thing here - not too shabby, just doesn’t quite pop enough. Feel a bit stingy here - could anybody here have made this 3 years ago?