Gigantic Brewing Hellboy #4 (Abe Sapien Indigo Blue Beer)

Hellboy #4 (Abe Sapien Indigo Blue Beer)

 

Gigantic Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Flavoured Regular
Score
6.84
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 9
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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle signed by Mike Mignola

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2023 at 16:53


7

Blue pour. Thin head. Sweet hop smell. Bittersweet wheat. Blueberry finish.

Tried on 21 Mar 2020 at 01:41


6.1
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dandelion and hay nose. Cloudy golden at first but a green layer forms at the top, thin head. Dandelion. Medium body, easy carbonation.

Tried on 21 Mar 2020 at 01:36


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the tap at Red Cow North Loop. Pours a clear greenish blue with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has earthy citrus and grass with a touch of rind and grain underlying. Flavor has dank citrus and a bit of rind with grass and light grain backing.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2020 at 17:34


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 7/2019. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, indigo flowers, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. A bit malty/muddy aromas. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, indigo flowers, citrus peel/zest, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, indigo flowers, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.66%. Overall this is a very nice flowered IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Great Nugget, Citra, Mosaic profile. Very vibrant and fairly juicy/dank/earthy hops; with a great clean pale/wheat malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Indigo did not turn it blue at all as claimed.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2019 at 00:12


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle thanks to Doug. Sky blue pour with pale blue head. Aroma is light and fruity, some citrus. Taste is subdued, light sweet notes and a touch of bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2019 at 16:27


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

Bottle shared by Doug. Pours clear deep green with a medium size light green head, light lacing. Citrus, floral and pine. Good

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2019 at 04:34


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle thanks to doug pours out this crazy crisp clean blue green topped with a blue head. Nose is citrus orange hops light bread malts. Taste is more of the nice crisp citrus hops and a light cereal malt.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2019 at 04:32


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. The pour here is amazing. Almost a dark golden hue with hints of blue, a large white head, it then grows to have a bright clear blue color, like window cleaner. But in a good way. A light fruity nose. Sweet fresh hops, earthy, light tangerine, something bready. Very nice. Love the ingenuity here. This is no Romulan Ale.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2019 at 06:17