Numbskull Imperial IPA
Lighthouse Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.95
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Lubiere (24605) ticked Numbskull Imperial IPA from Lighthouse Brewing 4 years ago
A golden DIPA with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with resinous hops, light metallic notes, light treacle, OK. In mouth, sweet caramel malt with light resinous hops, light cereals, light dank notes, OK. On tap at brewery.
Deanf (9781) reviewed Numbskull Imperial IPA from Lighthouse Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Middling clear gold body and okay foam on top, sweet farty hops on the nose, you know, like someone took your lollipop and shoved it in their pants and farted on it - that's what this smells like. Flavour is hugely cloying malts dumped in with fake chocolate syrup. Aftertaste is supremely cloying. Sure, it's a heavy IIPA but on the other hand, it's heavy handed. Bleh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle bought in Liberty Wine Merchants. Aroma and taste are tropical fruits, some flowers (similar to lagers, hm...), a little bit dirty on the background. Tropical fruits bitterness aftertaste. Good one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a hazy orangey color ale with a nice off-white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy notes is pretty refreshing with some residual sugar notes and bitterness also perceptible. Taste is also a mix of citrusy notes with medium level of bitterness with some residual sugar and light caramel malt notes distinguishable. Body is full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very enjoyable beer but would improve with more attenuation and less bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bouteille 660ml, gracieuseté de Beervana lors du CanBIF spring 2015, merci! Couleur orange foncé légèrement voilée, mousse blanc cassé meringuée laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme de pêche, nectarine, malt, houblon fruité, touche florale, litchi? Goût de pêche, houblon résineux, pin, amertume moyenne-élevée, côté un peu jujube, floral, malt, alcool habilement camouflée. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Numbskull Imperial IPA from Lighthouse Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Golden tan. Herbal, floral, has a nice earthy, citrusy character, balanced and acidic.
fiulijn (28383) reviewed Numbskull Imperial IPA from Lighthouse Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
2020-10-27, can from Legacy LRS, Vancouver, 5-5-7-3-12=32
Light amber colour, perfectly clean. Mild aroma, mainly Parmigiano cheese, not really exciting. It's lean, bold but not sticky, at least there's that; but the flavour profile is disappointing, not even the caramel or cereals, rather some mushy grain with a veil of cabbage, relatively strong bitterness, with litle to say about hop quality. Warming alcohol. Old style, it's drinkable, but I wish I had some food to go with.
2016-06-12, bottle from Waldorf Liquor, Vancouver, 7-5-7-4-15=38
For an IIPA, the aroma and flavor are rather bready; nice hopping, with an orangey character, and piney resins in the final.
Good, maybe not fresh though.
2014-05-20, bottle, courtesy of Josh, 8-4-7-4-15=38
Cloudy golden color. Peculiar aroma, but nice; strong earthy, pungent hops, manure, iron/tomato sauce. Lean body; malt flavor, with mild straw and toffee character; strong bitterness, orange oils, some hop resins.
Good, but it seems that it's not very fresh.
2014-03-10, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 7-4-8-5-16=40
Hazy amber color with small head. The aroma is sweaty but even more fruity. Good body strength, yet with a lean mouthfeel; malty flavor, quite sweet but not cloying, fruity nut with a nice mild animal character; strong bitterness that blends in well.
Well designed, strong and fruity.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Poured from 650mL bottle. Clear, orangey-yellow with white head. Aroma of pine and citrus hops, and oranges. Soft semi-sweet malt balanced with light hop flavour, alcohol pretty hidden. Medium body. Finish is a little bit short.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Numbskull Imperial IPA from Lighthouse Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Sweet grapefruit that finishes with tropical fruits and sweet malts. Hazy gold with a decent white head. Candied orange, pineapple, grapefruit pith and resin. The resin overwhelms although is balanced with the sweetness. Mouthfeel is rich and appropriate and alcohol is well masked. Overall, decent but I had higher hopes.