Controversius Maximus
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.13
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Controversius Maximus is a double IPA built from our beloved ControversiALE. Two times the Simcoe dose of ControversiALE yields a fresh citrus blast and evergreen aromas that flood your senses with dank hoppiness. Sweet flavors of candied orange peel combine with prominent caramel and toasted qualities from the addition of specialty malts. Intense aromatic pleasures combine perfectly with delicious bitterness.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes. Rcvd in trade.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance had a deep bronzed amber color with a mild transparency about it with a fairly decent one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute and leaving a light trickling lacing.
The smell had a fairly decent grapefruit presence with a fairly nice resinous and somewhat piney-ness rolling underneath my nose.
The taste took those flavors to combine with a nice orange to grapefruit structure that allowed a decent sweet orange to piney aftertaste and a dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat right about at a medium on the body and had a fairly decent sessionability about it.
Overall, hey, not a bad DIPA, I’d probably have again if I could get it in my distro.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Another bottle thanks to Another6Pack. Cheers, Trent!
It pours a clear golden colour with a small fine layer of foam that yields some nice lacing.
Oh my, the nose is so fresh and vibrant and balanced. It smells oily like in wet hops...grapefruit and pineapple dominate from the hop side. Throughout the nose, caramel malt provides the necessary sweetness to bring this beer to a balanced state.
Tasting provides proof that this is still a hop forward DIPA. Grapefruit and pineapple juiciness almost make my mouth pucker because of the rather intense bitterness but the caramel malt does play a part in tempering that bitterness. And, what’s that word to describe the hoppy yet mildly malty presence in a beer of this style...oh yeah, dank. Earthy. Yummy.
A very nice mouthfeel with the medium body and carbonation with the alcohol not playing a major role.
A pretty different take on the style, imho, and a winner.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/5/2013. Pours lightly hazy orange amber color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, pineapple, orange zest, tangerine, orange rind, pine resin, floral, grass, caramel, bread, toast, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity of hop notes with a good amount of malt balance; and good strength. Taste of grapefruit, pineapple, orange zest, tangerine, orange rind, pine resin, floral, grass, caramel, bread, toast, and floral earthiness. Good amount of pine resin bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, pineapple,orange zest, orange rind, tangerine, pine, floral, caramel, bread, toast, and floral earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and balance of hop flavors with a good amount of malt balance; and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a creamy, fairly slick, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice DIPA. All around good balance and complexity of hop and malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Controversius Maximus from Short's Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle thanks to hubsluvsbeer: Poured a murky orange with a thin off white head. Aroma is nice fresh hops. Taste is a nice hoppiness with a spiciness to the tongue, some nice malt balance.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy fiery orange body, thin to medium off-white head. Punchy nose with lots of sugared orange peel, pine needles, and hints of alcohol. Lots of piny bitterness initially, enveloping orange peel and sweet toasty malts mid-sip. Astringent, lingering bitter finish. Slick and rough.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a small white head. A citrus nose with some perfume. Overall, an odd flavor: sweet zesty hops, bitter in the middle and finish, lemon, rhubarb, resin at times. Its more bitter and green than one would expect from Simcoe. A bit of bubblegum. Maybe ginger. A long bitter finish with more orange peel. Good.