Half Cycle IPA
Flat12 Brewing Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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The Half Cycle is so named due to its marriage of single and double IPA characteristics. In baseball parlance, a single and double is half of “the cycle”, and this IPA is a heavy hitter. It’s a single IPA, hopped like a double, with an over-the-top hop character that’s a bit spicy, citrusy, piney, you make the call. Light in color, but not on flavor, this big boy is dry hopped with a pound of high alpha American hops in every barrel.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle. interesting single/double blend - unique. citrus notes of grapefruit very nice. easy to drink - would like a bit more hops but overall very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2012
at 19:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Sweet caramel malt and floral pineapple/orange/pine hops aroma. Hazy honey color with a large thick off-white head. Strong pine hops flavor. Medium to full body. Personally, I’d like it better if it had more malt balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2012
at 17:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Twenty Tap in Indianapolis. The beer is a clear copper color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily to a film. Short stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, citrus and pine. Medium body with flavors of piney hops, citrus and earthy malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a resiny hops aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2012
at 19:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap. Strong pine hops and light malt aroma. Cloudy pale yellow color with small head. Slightly sweet orange malt flavor initially followed by a strong bitter pin hops finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 20:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
tap at the brewery - Pours copper-gold and a small lingering head. Holy pine, batman! That’s how I’d describe the aroma. I promptly asked and was told that this brew is a single hop beer using summit hops. The flavor has huge hops with lots of pine and some subtle citrus tones. There’s enough malt to hold it up. Medium bodied, this brew finishes with long, lingering bitterness. This one was my favorite brew of the ten samples.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2011
at 17:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. Hazy, deep gold approaching amber body. Frothy, off-white head. Pleasant nose of tangerine, orange, citrus and raw grain with a hint of grapefruit. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately to heavily bitter. Medium body, watery texture turning velvety in the finish, lively carbonation. A bit unclean with dusty, raw grain tastes. The citrusy, fruity hop tastes are quickly swept aside by the heavily bitter finish. I prefer the flavors over the dominant, long-lasting bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2011
at 18:38