Double Riwaka
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Series|
Score
7.70
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Imperial India pale ale brewed exclusively with Riwaka hops.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: brassy orange/copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated gently to leave some light lace
Aroma: subtle peachy to apricot to piney and danky toned grapefruity hop notes; super light clean malts (seemed barely noticeable)
Flavor: wonderfully meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to bittersweet and firm danky sweet sort of quality; finishes slightly dry with some danky tones in a grapefruity to semi-earthy sort of way (I'm trying to remember the Frost beer that reminded me of this but at the moment it escapes my mind)
Texture: medium bodied; this is a sipper; great smoothness with nothing distracting anywhere; nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: what a NEDIPA, I would very much love to come back to this one! But now I also have to think of the Frost beer this reminded me of....hmmm...
Can to tulip.
Appearance: brassy orange/copper color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated gently to leave some light lace
Aroma: subtle peachy to apricot to piney and danky toned grapefruity hop notes; super light clean malts (seemed barely noticeable)
Flavor: wonderfully meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to bittersweet and firm danky sweet sort of quality; finishes slightly dry with some danky tones in a grapefruity to semi-earthy sort of way (I'm trying to remember the Frost beer that reminded me of this but at the moment it escapes my mind)
Texture: medium bodied; this is a sipper; great smoothness with nothing distracting anywhere; nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: what a NEDIPA, I would very much love to come back to this one! But now I also have to think of the Frost beer this reminded me of....hmmm...
Tried
from Can
on 16 Apr 2026
at 18:03
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Can at home, from J and B Craft Drinks, Amsterdam, 25th May 2025. Pours clearish and light orange copper in colour. Aroma is resinous and malty, pithy. Taste is deliciously balanced, malty, resinous, bitter and sweet, very enjoyable
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2025
at 13:34
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
CD: 03/11/25. Een troebele oranje kleur en een mooie hobbelige gebroken witte schuimkraag met lange retentie. Geur van kruidige hop, harsig, hoppoeder, ook wat zacht fruit. Retronasaal is het fruitig, jam, harsig, bloemige hop. Smaak is redelijk bitter met een fruitig zoetje. Medium body. Zachte koolzuurprikkeling. Lange finish met kruidige bitterheid, een tikje droog. Erg lekker weer.
Tried
from Can
from
J&B Craft Drinks
on 06 Jun 2025
at 19:37
8/10
Hoppy and juicy, fairly sweet, a dry finish. Tropical fruit with orangey citrus, pinecones, smooth, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2023
at 17:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tropical fruity, grassy hoppy and slightly floral with hints of hay, citrus, pine, tangerine and orange peel, mild maltiness and bitterness in the finish. Balanced, but perhaps not the best hop for a single hop beer.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2023
at 17:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at Monk's: pours opaque haze with white head. Aroma is buttered popcorn and really smelly tropical fruit. Intense tropical fruitiness. Riwaka is more palatable here than in their single hop pale ale, but it is still Riwaka.
Tried
on 11 May 2023
at 03:18
9.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Publick house draught, 4/9/23. Heavily hazy, apricot-peach. Large, well-retained, white head. Nose is all sulfur. Bits of peach, apricot skin and dry nectarine juice. Touch of late harvest Semillon and we can call it a day. That's the best nose on an IPA I've had in years. One of the few good ones to come out of the abysmal recent harvest. Clean, snappy, balanced by dainty, honey-like malt and with no resin or alcohol. Soft, juicy, full of stone fruit, white wine and mineral. Balanced maltiness, good attenuation, clean, no resin or alcohol. Jesus fucking christ that's unbelievable. That's everything I want from a DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2023
at 23:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can thanks to William. Pours a cloudy orange yellow with medium frothy white head. The aroma is earth, pine, and citrus. Slick body, juicy melon, mango, bitter dusty finish, very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2021
at 03:14
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Can. Pours clear golden yellow, large creamy off-white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is pine, grass, spice, melon, herbal. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, hoppy. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jun 2020
at 22:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
On tap at Arts and Crafts Amsterdam Ave. Pours hazy bright yellow. Pineapple, orange, sweetcorn, honey. Good soft body. Cloying sweet thing. Not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2020
at 22:56