Ninja Vs. Unicorn
Pipeworks Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.58
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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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can @ Jacobs. Pours slightly hazy yellow with a creamy white head. Aroma of light malt, rich fruity hops, mango, bitter citrus, grapefruit, pine, little spicy hops, resin. Flavor is rather bitter, malt, rich hoppy, fruit, mango, citrus, grapefruit, piney, resin. Medium to full body, average carbonation, dry and lasting bitter finish. 210516
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2016
at 09:37
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
From can at Himmeriget, Copenhagen. Hazy golden orange color with off white head. malty and hoppy aroma, floral, light pine, citrusy fruity, grapefruit, tropical fruits, caramel. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2016
at 13:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can@Himmeriget, Copenhagen (11/05/2016) - (canned only a few months ago) pours golden amber with a white head. Aroma and taste comprises sweet tropical fruits, prominent grapefruit, tangerine, citrus peel, with good malty backbone, caramel, resinous hoppy, pine needles, bitter finish. Lovely gear.
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2016
at 05:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473ml can @ Himmeriget, Copenhagen. Canned 03/15. Pours orange with a smooth head. Aroma of fresh juicy fruits, tropical notes, caramely malts, pine, resin. Taste is smooth, fruity and juicy with loads of caramely maltiness, pine, resin and citrus. Finish is smooth, juicy hoppy and citrusy with some caramely maltiness and piney notes. Awesome hoppy and fresh DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2016
at 18:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canned 2/29/16 and drunk 4/15/16 at Torst.
Very large white head tops a deep copper-to-light-amber body. Definite chill haze but not cloudy or anything New Englandy. Retention is strong.
Tons of juicy fruit in the nose; cherry, watermelon, key lime. It’s backed by a fair amount of caramel drenched biscuity malts that keep the intensity of the nose high. Pine works towards that end as well, with spicy, dank resin and moderate grapefruit. Some light alcohol.
At first, it’s full of juicy, lively, fairly soft fruit juice notes and you almost think Pipeworks has cracked the New England code. But very quickly these notes are outclassed by a rather heavy-handed assault of pine, white grapefruit, alcohol, caramel and bread. The attenuation and texture are done well and it’s not obnoxiously unbalanced or anything but it provides nothing unique or interesting. Reminds me very much of Dreadnaught. Odd that their Amarillo DIPA is much more easygoing and drinkable at 1.5% abv more. Pity about being 6 weeks old, which is definitely at the high end of the threshhold for what Id rate. But if Torst is happy to sell it.....
Very large white head tops a deep copper-to-light-amber body. Definite chill haze but not cloudy or anything New Englandy. Retention is strong.
Tons of juicy fruit in the nose; cherry, watermelon, key lime. It’s backed by a fair amount of caramel drenched biscuity malts that keep the intensity of the nose high. Pine works towards that end as well, with spicy, dank resin and moderate grapefruit. Some light alcohol.
At first, it’s full of juicy, lively, fairly soft fruit juice notes and you almost think Pipeworks has cracked the New England code. But very quickly these notes are outclassed by a rather heavy-handed assault of pine, white grapefruit, alcohol, caramel and bread. The attenuation and texture are done well and it’s not obnoxiously unbalanced or anything but it provides nothing unique or interesting. Reminds me very much of Dreadnaught. Odd that their Amarillo DIPA is much more easygoing and drinkable at 1.5% abv more. Pity about being 6 weeks old, which is definitely at the high end of the threshhold for what Id rate. But if Torst is happy to sell it.....
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2016
at 18:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can. A- Peach, mango, grass. A- Orange color, clear liquid, white head. T- Grass, alcohol, tropical stone fruit, bitter. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- The can is hands down the best thing about this beer. 5 stars all the way. It’s not a bad beer but I don’t think it’s a Top 50 DIPA. Plenty of bitterness and dank fruits.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2016
at 19:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared by Maakun at Ex-ABC. Hazy gold with white head. Skunky weedy light sweet, tropical fruits, very fruity. Very bitter on tropical sweet backbone. Medium body, nice carbonation. Really nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Ninja Vs Unicorn Double IPA on 21 Nov 2017 at 15:53 - Score: 8. Original review text: 3.9
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2016
at 16:32