Superconductor
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.48
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Bone dry and ultra hoppy Double IPA. Brewed with 80% more hops than our already extremely hoppy HopWired IPA. Will be launched at the Annual Westcoast IPA Challenge at the Malthose in Wellington on Thursday July 14th 2011.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Beer Temple. Slightly hazy golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of citrus hops, sweet malts, light caramel. Flavour is quite smooth, light citrus but not as sharp or zesty as you’d imagine from NZ hops, oranges, caramel, light floral, crisp bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2013
at 08:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at beer temple. Pours clear orange with an off white head. Aroma of caramel, pine and grapefruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jan 2013
at 11:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma with light sweet malt. Pine and grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Very nice bitterness. Pine and grapefruit linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2013
at 11:47
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
From a 500ml bottle on 24/12/ 2012 (shared by Butz with thanks). Pours a very dark golden with a small to medium head. Has a fabulous, very strong piney hop aroma, with some floral and caramel notes. Flavour wise, you get sweet biscuit and caramel malt, orange, lime, citrus peel, and a massive, lingering resiny bitterness. Exhibits a wonderful sweet bitter balance and great complexity while being exceptionally easy to drink for a beer approaching 9%. A sensational DIPA. Another cracker from 8 Wired.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2012
at 01:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Cask, Pimlico - 07/12/12. Clear mid amber with a large off white head that thins but retains. Good lacing ensues. Nose is big on caramel malts, grapefruit backing up the malts, also a good pinch of pine and some mineral tones. Taste comprises caramel malt, mango, pine, hops, bitter grapefruit, sweet candied sugars, touch of biscuit. Medium bodied with bite, soft carbonation leading to a bitter sweet finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2012
at 01:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
11th December 2012
Craft Clerkenwell. Light haze on this amber beer and a little white head. Nice fine carbonation in a slightly soft palate. Sweetish pale malt underpins. Lovely tropical fruity hops. Marmalade with mango, dried apricot, fresh orange and a trace of lemon. Finishes crisp and minerally, with a marmalade bitter aftertaste. Every mouthful a winner!
Craft Clerkenwell. Light haze on this amber beer and a little white head. Nice fine carbonation in a slightly soft palate. Sweetish pale malt underpins. Lovely tropical fruity hops. Marmalade with mango, dried apricot, fresh orange and a trace of lemon. Finishes crisp and minerally, with a marmalade bitter aftertaste. Every mouthful a winner!
Tried
on 15 Dec 2012
at 08:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft Beer Co. - Islington, London. Pours clear gold with a fine, creamy head. Nose is all caramel and pine. Medium sweet flavor with some gritty pine, grass, earth, toasty malts. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Strong bitter finish, lightly warming, with ripe orange, more pine. Very good DIPA. Quite pleasant drinking. (3.8 - 11/25/2012).
Sampled at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013 - Day 2, Session 1. Pours clear, deep gold with a creamy cap. Bright citrus fruits in the aroma, especially grapefruit. Big sweet flavor with sugary pale malts, lightly dried citrus, more grapefruit, some tangerine, faint pine needles. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately resinous on the finish with sticky citrus, orange, grapefruit. A touch sweet at times but decent overall. (3.7)
Sampled at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013 - Day 2, Session 1. Pours clear, deep gold with a creamy cap. Bright citrus fruits in the aroma, especially grapefruit. Big sweet flavor with sugary pale malts, lightly dried citrus, more grapefruit, some tangerine, faint pine needles. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately resinous on the finish with sticky citrus, orange, grapefruit. A touch sweet at times but decent overall. (3.7)
Tried
on 25 Nov 2012
at 13:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Mikkeller Bar, November 2012. Clear amber with a small white head. Fresh and nicely hoppy. Also some grass and caramel. Rather long, bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2012
at 02:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A hazy amber beer with q yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, spices, straw, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2012
at 06:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 11C. Bright clear amber with an inch of white head. Aroma of pine, kumquat, peach, caramel, lighter tropical fruit notes of lychee and gooseberry. Taste has peach and caramel, lots of citrus and some tropical fruits followed by a dry and bitter finish that leaves pine and grapefruit to linger. I find those lush Kiwi hops can be a bit overbearing and they’re well supported by more defined ones here. Nothing syrupy about it, alcohol dangerously well-hidden. Taut.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2012
at 05:46