The Final Countdown
North High Brewing Company in Columbus, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.28
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2.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 0.5
Got this can for buck fitty off the bargain shelf. Date code is unreadable. I bet it's pretty old. As it sits in the glass, I can smell the odor of rude sweet body odor hop perfumed candy permeating the air. The eye is cloudy off pale with a thin pond scum head. First taste is volatile bitter hops, followed by a mild warming sensation down the throat. Whew; this is one big fat over-the-top rototiller churning across my taste buds. Wow, a big boozy brew that almost comes across like there is whisky in this stuff. Idaho 7 and away we go, off to another world. I'd swear there is much more alky in this than stated, did I say whew yet? A quick surprising left hook right in the jaw. Oh baby! In the end it's just another alky bomb that is so fricken bitter, but thankfully I think I'm ketchen a buzz on the finish. There, you have it. Buzzy beer fer sher.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2023
at 19:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/15/2019. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, biscuit dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, biscuit dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, biscuit dough, light toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance; and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 9.3%. Overall this is an awesome DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not aggressive. Fantastic Idaho 7 profile. Super juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; with a great balanced bready malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. Not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2019
at 12:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This brew is a hazy golden color with a medium white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of herbal hops, fruit and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of resiny hops, dank citrus and caramel malt. The finish is moderately bitter with an herbal hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2018
at 15:52