The Boy King Double IPA
COAST Brewing Company in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.20
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz can. Poured a clear copper color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was some malt, some light grain. Alcohol was a lot lighter than expected, not nearly as hoppy as I had hoped. Reminded me a bit of an old-school DIPA, more malt than hop.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Taster at Hops & Pie 8-13-16 Hop Fest
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Super deep and hazy pure copper and very bronze glowing beer with some almost ruby and orange coloured tints when held up to a light, all with a thick, three centimetre tall off-white head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of alcohol, resin, pineapple, light pine, some cleanser, a touch of caramel and nuts with a large malt backbone showing biscuits and a good deal of yeast near the end, and still a bit more alcohol at the very end as well - smells quite strong, my guess was at 9,5%. Medium to Full-bodied; Super rich malt profile at first with the nutty and very earthy flavours showing a lot of grain, some biscuits, a lot of alcohol and resin with pure pine, cleanser, astringent flavours with medicinal notes and ending with a light syrupy bite of sugars. Aftertaste shows more of the alcohol, resin and astringent flavours with a touch of apricots and pineapple as the fruit-based sugar at the finish. Some additional hop notes come through at the end, but more of a warrior, amarillo or slightly more toffee-y or earthier than you might expect, but the alcohol definitely hits near the end, along with the big body. Overall, a nice and robust Imperial IPA that definitely shows more of an East Coast style, but perhaps in a good way - with a still fairly good balance, but the malt and alcohol hit hard, with some hops in there trying to keep up with the malt, but this is definitely more malt-centric, even as an Imperial IPA. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Greenville Beer Exchange in Greenville, South Carolina on 31-May-2018 for US$2,74 sampled at home in Washington on 08-July-2018.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
12oz can pours a dark amber, basically brown with some sticky, frothy white head. Nose has orange peel, black tea, herbs, pine, quite a bit of lavender. Flavor is super tannic, heavy black tea, heavy pine and herbs, some honey comb, orange. Full bodied, sticky and bitter. Old school, which by itself isn't a bad thing, but it's not particularly well done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours a hazy copper gold with small off white head. The aroma is fruity malt and pine. Medium mouth, pine, dank, light bitterness, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
32 oz. growler, sent from Elliesbrown (thanks a lot, Zack!), pours a fairly clear orange with a small beige head. Nose is full of tropical fruits (pineapple, peach and mango, in particular), loads of citrus and resinous hops, and a big malt backbone. Flavour is robustly tropical fruit-heavy and citrus and resinous hops heavy, loads of grapefruit, and with a big, but not overdone, malt backbone. The hops pack a punch, but a beautiful one, without any astringency whatsoever. Full bodied and robust. Beautiful IIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours apricot with white head. Nose/taste of tropical fruits, grapefruit, freshly cut grass, pineapple, caramel malt, citrus, pine and resin. Finishes dank and resin pine. Bitter. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler at Maltzilla’s tasting. Pours hazy dark golden color with off white head. Citrus and grapefruit aroma. Bitter grapefruit rind flavor with very little maltiness. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
The only negative thing I can say about COAST Brewing is that they make me feel like a total homer. This beer truly ranks as amazing, one of the purest, best DIPAs I’ve tasted. Gorgeous pour, hazy brown-orange with a head that refuses to back down. The nose is all grapefruit and herbs and sticky, potent $200 weed. I’ve had DIPAs with killer looks and amazing aromas, but nothing has prepared me for the herbal, citric wonder that is Boy King. Malty sweetness starts things off, but quickly things submit to the massive Citra hops, bitter and lingering and bounteous in their presence. Finishes like a grapefruit honeybun consumed at the judges’ table at the Cannabis Cup. Firm, creamy, with no trace of the ABV, Boy King stuns me. Worth arranging a trip to Charleston that converges with the release date. As close to perfect as a DIPA can get. (4/23/09)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Growler pour courtesy of kiefdog. It pours slightly hazy copper with off white head. It has a pleasing nose of pine and citrus backed up by sweet malts as well as some spicy hops. Overall it emits a modest amount of bitter hop aroma. The taste is smooth yet feels thin for the style ushering in notes of grapefruit, pineapple, pine and spicy hops. It seems to begin with semi sweet hop flavor sweetened up by a thin layer of malt sweetness and then building to moderate levels of hop bitterness as the finishes nears. It ends with fading hop notes that dwindle down pretty quickly.