Civilized Brut IPA
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Brut Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.13
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Extra Dry IPA
Like a fine Brut Champagne, this IPA is brilliantly bubbly, refreshingly crisp and stunningly clear. Designed for a more sophisticated IPA drinker, Civilized Brut has a clean and restrained bitterness. The clarity and malt sweetness allow the hop notes to tantalize your senses in a bold yet never-overpowering way. Nothing savage about this brute – this IPA is unconventionally sophisticated.
Like a fine Brut Champagne, this IPA is brilliantly bubbly, refreshingly crisp and stunningly clear. Designed for a more sophisticated IPA drinker, Civilized Brut has a clean and restrained bitterness. The clarity and malt sweetness allow the hop notes to tantalize your senses in a bold yet never-overpowering way. Nothing savage about this brute – this IPA is unconventionally sophisticated.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Unclear golden color with white head. Aroma is resinous, white sugar. Taste is palen malts, resinous, a bit herbal, dry finish. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Nothing Brut about this, just a dry old school IPA. Nice!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2019
at 17:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can, 12/7/19. Hazy pale amber, large foamy white head, good retention. Aroma of dank lemon and pale malt. Taste is dank, onion, lemon, grapefruit, pale malt. Medium bodied, strong bitterness. Mildly juicy.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2019
at 01:52
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/11/2019. Pours crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, passion fruit, mango, melon, gooseberry, red apple, white grape/wine, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, passion fruit, mango, melon, gooseberry, red apple, white grape/wine, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pear, passion fruit, mango, melon, gooseberry, red apple, white grape/wine, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is an awesome Brut IPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/refreshing to drink with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Feels like Simcoe, El Dorado, and Nelson Sauvin. Very vibrant dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hops; with a great clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with lingering crisp resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example as expected of the brewery.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2019
at 22:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Holiday Market. Pours a clear straw gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates. Dried citrus peel, dank, tangerine and light gooseberry aromas on the nose. Bone dry on the palate with a pithy bitterness...moving into strong astringent territory. Lingering pith and mild pine. Very dry but still some fruity notes from the hops/yeast on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2019
at 00:58