King's Blockhouse
Devil's Peak Brewing Company in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.88
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Our flagship IPA won best beer on show at the 2011, 2012 and 2014 Cape Town Festival of Beer, the 2014 Johannesburg Festival of Beer – and was the winner of the 2014 SAB Craft Brewer Championship. Enjoy our take on this iconic style.
Aroma: A prominent to hop aroma with a citrusy, floral, resinous, piney, and passion fruit character derived from the American hops. It has been dry hopped to add aroma. Some clean malty sweetness may be found in the background, but is a lot lower level than in English examples.
Appearance: Color is medium gold. It is almost clear, which is achieved through fining. Good head with white to off-white color should persist.
Flavour: Hop flavour is medium-high and will reflect typical American hop characters with citrusy, floral, resinous, piney and passion fruit aspects. Medium-high hop bitterness is present, although the malt backbone will support the strong hop character and provide for good balance. Medium-dry to dry finish.
Mouthfeel: Smooth medium-bodied mouthfeel without hop-derived astringency, although moderate carbonation can combine to render an overall dry sensation in the presence of malt sweetness.
Overall Impression: A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American India Pale Ale.
Vital Statistics:
Style: American IPA
OG: 1.057
FG: 1.012
IBUs: 56
ABV: 6%
Aroma: A prominent to hop aroma with a citrusy, floral, resinous, piney, and passion fruit character derived from the American hops. It has been dry hopped to add aroma. Some clean malty sweetness may be found in the background, but is a lot lower level than in English examples.
Appearance: Color is medium gold. It is almost clear, which is achieved through fining. Good head with white to off-white color should persist.
Flavour: Hop flavour is medium-high and will reflect typical American hop characters with citrusy, floral, resinous, piney and passion fruit aspects. Medium-high hop bitterness is present, although the malt backbone will support the strong hop character and provide for good balance. Medium-dry to dry finish.
Mouthfeel: Smooth medium-bodied mouthfeel without hop-derived astringency, although moderate carbonation can combine to render an overall dry sensation in the presence of malt sweetness.
Overall Impression: A decidedly hoppy and bitter, moderately strong American India Pale Ale.
Vital Statistics:
Style: American IPA
OG: 1.057
FG: 1.012
IBUs: 56
ABV: 6%
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 08:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting, my place. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich hops, fruits, flowers, malt, grass and has a nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 08:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Johns. Pours yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, light spicy hops, grass, fruit, light pine. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, malt, fruit, light pine. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light bitter finish. 081016
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 08:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 6%. Clear golden with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop and earthy. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, earthy, cheesy, little sweet and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 08:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Clear golden with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 081016
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 08:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
34cl bottle from a trade with SinH4, thanks Stefan! Pours clear dark golden colour with a huge most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of old resinous hops, spices, peach. Taste of intense bitter hops, resins, spruce, very long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 12:27
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Indeed floral, resinous and piney. Some tropical fruits too, really pleasant aroma. Really low on malts and high on bitterness though, could be more balanced on that side. Surprisingly not a particularly dry palate, though. Still, a really good IPA for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2016
at 12:58
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear bright golden color, white head. Nice aroma of floral fruit. Taste is juicy bittersweet stone fruit. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2016
at 08:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy golden-orange color with small white head. Aroma is melon, caramel, piney-resinous hop oils. Taste is sweet toasty malts, caramel, piney, soothing. Bittersweet finish, but on the drier side for this pineyness. Fine-bubbled carbonation. A correct "woodfloor" IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2016
at 17:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Hazy golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, floral, grapefruit, some malt.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Floral, ,bread, caramel, fruit.
Where: SBWF 2015.
Appearance: Hazy golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, floral, grapefruit, some malt.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Floral, ,bread, caramel, fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2015
at 01:06