Pipeworks Brewing Company Ninja Vs. Unicorn

Ninja Vs. Unicorn

 

Pipeworks Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating
Score
7.57
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 150 Ticks: 186
Ninja Vs. Unicorn celebrates the epic battle between two of the biggest hop-heads of lore. Brewed with over five pounds of hops per barrel, this unfiltered double IPA is sure to please the most discerning hop lover. Whether you're rooting for the mythical horned horse or the deadly assassin of the east, we hope you'll enjoy Ninja Vs. Unicorn.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Canned. Very yellow clear pour white head. Pleasant citrus and pine and resin. Dry finish. Very good.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:21


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

On tap @BPBW. Hazy golden, no head. Tropical fruits, some honey, moderate bitterness, very well balanced. It's pretty close to a NEIPA, I thought this was an old school west coast. Can at home. Pours hazy deep golden with thick head. Nose is a juicy-fruity hop bomb with the same character in taste, plus some "green" hoppy notes to it, with moderate bitterness and no palpable malty base. Long lasting moderate, but definitely bitter finish, light to medium body and dangerously high drinkability. Perhaps too much excellent beers were drunk during the festival, but it felt even better from the can.

Tried from Draft on 04 Mar 2025 at 07:15


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at De Dikke Koning, Amersfoort. Nicely malty and hoppy aroma with orange, soft pine resin, grapefruit, tropical fruits. Sweetish flavour, good bitterness. Maybe a little alcohol in the finish? Body is medium. Well-balanced bittersweetish IPA, orange, pine, malt.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:58


8

Fairly decent 2x.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:38


8

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Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2024 at 22:07


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours clear gold with a one finger white head. It smells of citrus and piney hops. The flavor is at most moderately bitter with a hefty dose of malty sweetness. It’s very good though for me the one drawback is that I generally prefer more bitterness in my IIPAs.

Tried on 19 Sep 2024 at 05:16


2.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 0.5

Oh boy, this pounder can is going to kick my ass @ 8%! It pours an off pale hazy thang. First big swig is fat bitter hoppy bullshit. The smell, thru a stuffy pollen infested nose, is that of heavily hopped alarming volatile resin or something of off hoppy perfume, maybe, just maybe, there is some lurid ass fruit in there, mango er sumthin? Not sure. The initial taste is like that of a terrible accident on the road, got past and slow down and turn yer neck to find out what the heck is going on. Such a hoppy one sided mess this is. Whew, difficult for any cheap pale lager lover of the american style, heheehhhehh. I'm so curious why they put this into a pounder can? Should we get a little buzz, before we find out if we like it er not? Just asking. Yes, half way thru the can I think my brain is produces extra dopamine, which travels to the sections of mind known as reward center? Jut asking again. I believe its the injection that make me feel good and I want to do more of whatever of this brew, so Ill take another swig, hehehehh. So, it seems, my first couple of big gulps are likely to make me feel good. Continuing to the end, that hoppy bitterness is mowing over my taste buds, like a rototiller thru a garden. I won't be able to taste anything else after this mouthcoating chaos. Whew. Finally, the finish leaves me wondering what the meaning of life is all about. Goodbye.

Tried from Can on 19 May 2024 at 20:25


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dose 0,473l: Helles Bernstein, leichte Trübung, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr fruchtige + kräftig würzige Nase, kräftige Süße, exotische Früchte, Mango, Maracuja, eingelegte Früchte, kräftige würzige Hopfennoten, leicht harzig, etwas Pinie, Malz, Weizen/Hafer, kräftige Hefearomen, fruchtig-würzige Bitterkeit; sehr fruchtiger + kräftig würziger Körper, Maracuja, Grapefruit, Orangenschale, getrocknete Zitrusfrüchte, kräftige würzige Hopfennoten, kräutrig, etwas Pinie, Malz, kräftig Weizen/Hafer, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, kräftige Hefearomen; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang

Tried on 02 Apr 2024 at 07:02


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home for some True Detective. Dark gold some clouds and moderate white head. Nose is pineapple and mango. Tastes of those two fruits plus, strawberries, floral, bubblegum, hint of pine. Medium bodied easy drinking

Tried from Can on 29 Jan 2024 at 05:32