Dead Man's Curve IPA
Goldhorn Brewery in Cleveland, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.75
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superspak (10160) reviewed Dead Man's Curve IPA from Goldhorn Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/23/2018. Pours slightly hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, papaya, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is an awesome IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Spot on Azacca/El Dorado profile. Lots of tropical/stone fruits. Very juicy, dank, and earthy balanced hop complexity; sizable malt backbone, but not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and well made Midwest style example.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Dead Man's Curve IPA from Goldhorn Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 4.5
Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a caramel-bronze color with a medium sized foamy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was tangy with pine and lemon notes. The flavor was tangy, sourish and off with some pine, lemon and pepper. Long finish. Full bodied.