Big Rig Brewery Alpha Bomb IPA

Alpha Bomb IPA

 

Big Rig Brewery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA Regular
Score
6.61
ABV: 6.6% IBU: 87 Ticks: 11
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6
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
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
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

W/navel orange. Massive orange, citrus, sweet, fruity, juicy, lactose, smooth, pulp

Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2019 at 17:34


6.9
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

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
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

Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2017 at 20:03


7.6
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
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


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can at Session Muskoka. Cloudy dark orange under a small white head that fades quickly and leaves some patchy lace. Nose has lots of pine, orange peel and tropical fruit. Light sweet and tart fruit moves to a moderately bitter middle and finish. Medium sticky mouth with average carbonation and a lingering bitter finish. 8/4-/7/3+/15

Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2016 at 16:17