Big 100 IPA
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.85
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber pours with a crystal clear gold body that has thin copper hues and supports a thin off white head. The modest aroma offers up pineapple, resiny notes like pine hops and then some thin floral hoppiness. The taste is bold and firm with largely resiny bitter hops that seem to be a blend of pineapple, pine hops and candied lime peel as well as a bit of juicy citrus. Yep. There’s some juiciness floating around amid a sea of hop bitterness. The label states 100 IBU’s and this beer delivers all hundred. It’s growing on me the more I drink and as it warms a pleasing earthy tea sensation makes itself heard.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2015
at 22:53
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/3/2015. Pours slightly hazy bright golden orange color with a 2 finger dense white head with good 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 zest, orange peel, pine, floral, grass, honey, light caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, floral, grass, honey, light caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange zest, pine, honey, light caramel, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, fairly crisp/sticky, and lightly creamy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent DIPA style. All around great complexity, balance, and robustness of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate malt sweetness; and very smooth to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2015
at 22:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle labeled Big Hundo. Pours slightly hazy dark golden color with white head. Aromas of caramel malt and yeast with some pine. Tropical fruit and pine flavors with Magic Hat house yeast. Moderately bitter. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2015
at 18:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
2 oz. sample at the brewery. Marketed as Big Hundo at the brewery. Hazy yellow with thick white head in the sample glass. Aroma is grapefruit, tan grin and some grass.
Flavor is just has it smells with the fruit upfront with some malt in the base. Pine cone and grassy finish that lingers after the sip. It’s bitter but not harsh and really drinkable. Not going to be the best DIPA around but it is worth a try.
Flavor is just has it smells with the fruit upfront with some malt in the base. Pine cone and grassy finish that lingers after the sip. It’s bitter but not harsh and really drinkable. Not going to be the best DIPA around but it is worth a try.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2014
at 16:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours clear golden, medium creamy white head, nice lacing. Aroma is light cat piss, grapefruit. Flavor has some butter, pine, grapefruit. Light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Not really harsh. Medium body, creamy.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2014
at 11:17