Apocalypse Cow
3 Floyds Brewing Company in Munster, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.47
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This complex Double India Pale Ale has an intense citrus and floral hop aroma balanced by a velvety malt body which has been augmented with lactose milk sugar. With this different take on an IPA, we have brewed an ale that is both please to drink, and once again, "Not Normal."
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy golden coloured body with a thick, four centimetre tall light tan coloured head and a decent amount of bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of pure, full cone hops with a pine, grassy and very resinous aroma, a ton of malt, a lot of alcohol and almost an entire christmas tree tucked in the bottle. Full-bodied; Dense malty flavour at first with a ton of piney, grassy and herbal hops. Aftertaste is super strong with the alcohol and malt hitting the hardest, then showing a lot of grassy and herbal notes with some verbena tea and lemons in the mix and a ton of more alcohol and a pungent hop finish. Overall, a super strong beer with a ton of malt and somehow even more hops. This is what I’d expect from an Imperial IPA from Three Floyds and it didn’t disappoint. Perhaps, its too big of a beer, especially for the large format bottle, but this again, is what you expect from the brewery. Nice to sample and definitely worth trying if you can find it and you enjoy the style or hops in general - this is the epitome of the style. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Discount Liqour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 05-September-2012 for US$9.99 sampled at home in Washington in a mini-celebration for finishing the Marine Corps Marathon 10K (no full race this year, due to baby Claire) on 28-October-2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2012
at 22:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle, sent from FullObs (thanks Brett), pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is full of citrus and tropical fruits, pungent citrus and floral hops, and the candied (or milk) sugar. Flavour is extremely potent, full of tropical fruits (mango, pineapple), truckloads of citrusy hops, and a perfect amount of the milk sugar. An extreme hop bomb, so expertly crafted yet again by Three Floyds. This is sort of like a slightly less hoppy version of Dreadnaught with more sweetness. Excellent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2012
at 19:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Finally cracked into my 22oz bottle that was brought back from Indiana by my buddy raveskdr. Poured a slightly cloudy golden-orange color with a large foamy white head. Aroma was nice pine hop, with some notes of tropical fruit notes. Malt character is quite nice in the flavor, considering I always worry that I’m about to consume a malt bomb that happens to have a good bouquet for the nose. For 11% or whatever - the beer is surprisingly easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2012
at 22:28
8.5/10
ipe fruit, bit of caramel, sugar, fruit syrup, green hops, bit earthy, sweet citrus
Tried
on 06 Aug 2012
at 17:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Purchased at a Whole Foods on the outskirts of Chicago, IL; enjoyed on a hot Sunday night in the dog days of summer. Appearance is a slightly cloudy dark gold with a thin white head that laces to the glass. Aroma of intense citrus notes with enriched caramel malt/sweetness. Taste is very citrusy with a bite that may be subdued from the addition of lactose. I can pinpoint the lactose in here and it has a distinct flavor that makes it lightly chewy, which doesn’t really happen with IPA’s. Pretty damn good stuff, 2nd time I’ve had it and this is better than the first one I had.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2012
at 16:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle. First thought - Incredibly smooth! The aroma is magnificent - true to form on an imperial IPA and pretty unique. I usually compare all double IPAs to Hopslam and while this is really really good, Hopslam is still king.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2011
at 19:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a hazy golden yellow, not unlike a wheat beer. Good-sized head that rapidly dissipates. Strong hop/citrus aroma and very complex mixture of citrus flavors with bitter hop bite. Has a very full feeling to it; heavy, almost syrupy mouthfeel with an almost hidden sweetness to it. This is a good one.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2011
at 13:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Glass, 5-ounce, on the premise, savoured on July 7 2011; eye: caramel with an orangey hue, hazy, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head; nose: resinous hops, grapefruit, orange, malt, caramel; mouth: resinous hops, dense, grapefruit, orange, malt, caramel, alcohol, alcohol warmth, finale in resinous hops with presence of caramel, full body, good carbonation, rather bitter, quite sweet, syrupy and alcoholic texture; overall: quite fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, à la brasserie, savourée le 7 juillet 2011; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangée, voilée, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse beige; nez : houblon résineux, pamplemousse, orange, malt, caramel; bouche : houblon résineux, dense, pamplemousse, orange, malt, caramel, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, finale en houblon résineux avec bonne présence de caramel, corsée, bonne carbonatation, plutôt amère, assez sucrée, texture sirupeuse et alcoolique; en résumé : bien bon
Tried
on 06 Sep 2011
at 15:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ home, courtesy of drfabulous. Amber orange appearance with a big ivory head. Quite grapefruit, earthy, hoppy, pale malty nose. Grapefruit, citrus creamy, hoppy, moderate to highly malty nose. Lingering grapefruit hoppy aftertaste. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2011
at 21:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from secret Santa. Pours cloudy gold. Cream white head. Nose and taste of spicy and floral hops, citrus and caramel malt. Taste has a lactose milk texture to it. Finish is dry and bitter. Medium to full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2011
at 20:14