Alpha Bomb IPA
Big Rig Brewery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
6.61
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at their YOW taproom. Pours murky yellow-gold with a white head. Sticky resins and tropical fruit on the nose. Flavour has resins, some pine, citrus, and overripe tropical fruit. The hops are pretty muddled and the body is quite thick. Not great
Tried
from Draft
at
Big Rig YOW
on 17 Jul 2025
at 18:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
473ml can. Hazy orange pour, medium white head. Aroma is resinous with hints if citrus zest. Mouth feel and carb are good. Finish is highly bitter, more pine resins, citrus notes are there but muted. This was very underwhelming. Not bad, but not what I expected.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Sticky orange notes. Sticky and sweet orange with a light bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2022
at 21:13
5/10
W/navel orange. Massive orange, citrus, sweet, fruity, juicy, lactose, smooth, pulp
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2019
at 17:34
7/10
Tried
on 12 Jul 2019
at 19:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy piney hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Aug 2018
at 17:50
7/10
Cloudy blonde, foamy, soapy white head. Resin hops, tropical fruits too. Sweet malts, but very light. Tropical fruits, slight resin. Very easy drinking. It's ok. Not much of a challenge, kinda a sitting on a padio for a few, kinda beer.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2018
at 01:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Plastic glass, 4-ounce, cask, at Festibière de Gatineau, savoured on February 3 2017; eye: golden, ring of off-white head, no lacing; nose: fruity, ashy, malt, hops; mouth: fruity, ashy, malt, hops, fruity finale with presence of malt, medium body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, grainy texture; overall: correct
FRANÇAIS
Verre en plastique, 4 onces, en fût, au Festibière de Gatineau, savourée le 3 février 2017; œil : dorée, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, pas de dentelle; nez : fruité, cendré, malt, houblon; bouche : fruité, cendré, malt, houblon, finale fruitée avec présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture granuleuse; en résumé : correct
FRANÇAIS
Verre en plastique, 4 onces, en fût, au Festibière de Gatineau, savourée le 3 février 2017; œil : dorée, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, pas de dentelle; nez : fruité, cendré, malt, houblon; bouche : fruité, cendré, malt, houblon, finale fruitée avec présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture granuleuse; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2017
at 20:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy golden-amber colour with a big warm cap, good retention and thick foamy lace. Fresh fruity aromas of citrus, grass and pine with nice balancing yeast. The taste is piney with some nice sharp bitterness. Not really that dry though. Slightly oily, nicely fruity overall. A nice Alpha hop bomb!
Tried
on 21 Jun 2017
at 01:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Keg at Big Rig Brewery, Ottawa. Lightly hazy deep golden, creamy head. Pears and grapefruit up front. Mid dry with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Resinous pine and citrus. Resiny bitter finish
Tried
on 03 Mar 2017
at 14:56