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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle shared at a ABCbeers rating evening. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely grapefruit aroma. Great bitterness!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2013
at 13:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from bottle @ Dean plays crappy music tasting. Clear golden color, medium sized slightly creamy white head. Smell malts, hops, fruits like orange and grapefruit. Taste malts, hops, fruitiness of grapefruit and orange again and bitter. Absolutely lovely! Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2013
at 13:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dull bronze with slight haze. The aroma is big, citrusy and floral with columbus, amarillo and I might even get a little of the orange from simcoe plus lychee. Medium bitterness, clean and balanced. Rich, earthy, citrusy and floral. The hops are fresher on tap (Banana Jam, Pride & Glory) than when consumed from the bottle. Good balance, though, and as of today the hoppiest beer in Africa.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2012
at 03:05