Hop Valley Brewing Company Alpha Centauri Imperial IPA

Alpha Centauri Imperial IPA

 

Hop Valley Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.31
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 100 Ticks: 73
Big flavor, intense pine and citrus aromas dominate this brew. We keep the malt profile clean in this Imperial IPA to let the love lights shine on the fine NW hops.
 

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught at the Office in San Carlos for the Portugal v. France Euro 2016 Final. Overt citrus with moderate pine adding nice balance. Hazy orange with full white head that retained throughout the drink. Taste follows the aroma profile. Enjoyable.
Tried on 12 Jul 2016 at 23:51

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pours a slightly hazy golden-orange with smallish head. Dank, fruity aroma. Lots of tropical and citrus. Flavor also marked by strong fruit presence. A touch of sweetness and just a slight bitterness. I like this one.
Tried on 01 Jul 2016 at 00:28

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle bought as a gift. Dark gold, hazy. Thick. A bit of white head encircles the edge of the glass. Fresh mango, grapefruit, and subdued pine resin aroma. Bitter hop perfectly balanced by intense shortbready malt. The long finish is much note bitter. An extreme experience.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2016 at 14:11

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle poured. Bright orange pour with a white ocean foam head. Big pine aroma explosion upon pouring. Flavor is well balanced, with a clean, cool finish. Piney throughout, but medium bitter. Orage fruit background. Standard, solid IIPA here. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2016 at 22:58

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Flarra. Doftar, tallbarr, apelsin Typisk Weast coast doft. Smakar, grape , barr, apelsinskal. Weast coast fräsch som attans. Jävla fin sommar Dipa. Mycket balanserad beska och alkohol malt . Endast mer tropisk frukt behövs för nå topp nivå. Denna ska vi ha
Tried on 04 May 2016 at 13:29

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Amber colored, unclear, medium white head. Aroma is of malt, some caramel, medium+ floral and pine aroma, hop cones, lighter grapefruit. Taste is medium+ sweet caramalt, bit fruity, more floral and pine, dry hoppy hop cones, medium+ bitterness. Medium+ bodied, soft carbonation, resiny. (bottle, Pivoteka Zagreb)
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2016 at 04:53

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is grass and earthy pine forward with a bread backbone. Flavor has bread and grass with a strong earthy pine note growing through the finish.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jan 2016 at 16:26

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bomber from the grocery store. Hazy orange pour with a collapsing white head. Aroma is citrusy, earthy, piney, light floral. Taste is highly bitter with light malt sweetness; piney, citrusy flavors. Not bad.
Tried on 01 Jan 2016 at 18:32

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Orange color with good white foam. Aroma: hops with a focus on citrus and fruits, a little bit of nectar and herbs. Taste: a little sweetness and citrus, fruits, candy, wine, bitter and very good.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2015 at 02:17

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Lighter in colour and lighter in body than most DIPAs. Very nice hop profile, with citrus and pine notes both in the nose, as well as in the mouth, just as it’s advertised. The malt body does cut a bit of the bitterness, but doesn’t overwhelm, as it sometimes happens in other beers of this style. A bitter/salty refreshing aftertaste. Surprisingly drinkable, for its ABV, though it will get to your head easily.
Tried on 13 Dec 2015 at 18:00