Hellboy #4 (Abe Sapien Indigo Blue Beer)
Gigantic Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.84
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle signed by Mike Mignola
Blue pour. Thin head. Sweet hop smell. Bittersweet wheat. Blueberry finish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.