Fresh IIPA V3
Hubbard's Cave in Niles, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Une Année BreweryIPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.12
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superspak (10160) reviewed Fresh IIPA V3 from Hubbard's Cave 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 6/20/2016. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pepper, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, honey, bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, fairly creamy/grainy, and lightly slick balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent DIPA! all around great complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy/resinous citrus/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV and big bitterness. A very enjoyable offering.