Lighthouse Brewing Numbskull Imperial IPA

Numbskull Imperial IPA

 

Lighthouse Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
6.95
ABV: 9.1% IBU: - Ticks: 13
An Imperial IPA brewed with Munich, Pale and Caramel malts. Contains very little logic or restraint.
 

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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.

Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2021 at 02:08


3.5
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.

Tried on 27 Sep 2019 at 04:55



7.4
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.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2016 at 21:43


7.2
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.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2015 at 12:13


7.8
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.

Tried from Can on 16 May 2015 at 14:41


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Golden tan. Herbal, floral, has a nice earthy, citrusy character, balanced and acidic.

Tried on 13 Jun 2014 at 17:08


8
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.

Tried from Can on 06 Apr 2014 at 13:15


7
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.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2014 at 22:17


7.1
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.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2013 at 12:08