Alpha Centauri Imperial IPA
Hop Valley Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.31
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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
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber. Golden color, big fluffy white head. Tons of sticky lacing. Citrus and piney aroma, some maltiness. Huge hop flavor; slightly sweet and moderately bitter. Citrus, pine... A little malty. Sturdy.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2015
at 20:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Oh boy, nice hoppy fruity piney fresh bitter madness. Make me happy! Backlog from 2014/07/03. --- Beer merged from original tick of Alpha Centauri Binary IPA on 03 Jul 2014 at 22:42 - Score: 8
Tried
on 01 Dec 2015
at 17:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. [ As Hop Valley Alpha Centauri IPA ].Unclear - hazy medium orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, tropical fruit. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, hops, sweet fruit, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150731]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2015
at 17:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle pours a murky orange with some soft, white head. Nose has heavy soap and some perfume, resinous, dried orange juice, some honey. Flavor has a bit of a crackery backbone then all citrus, orange, grapefruit, soap, grass. Sticky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2015
at 15:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Botella de @Vivalabirra, Oviedo 06/08/2015 BBD: 10/2016 Color amarillo anaranjado, aroma frutal caramelo, sabor frutal resinosa, final amargo.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2015
at 03:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dark golden color with a white head with medium duration and lacing. Aroma has notes of resins, grapefruit with light caramel hints. Flavor has a decent bitterness with good fruity notes, mainly grapefruit and tagerine with citrus hints in the final, medium maltiness. Good bitterness as well in the final with long duration.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2015
at 12:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to ChrisO. It pours clear golden yellow with a small white head. The nose is soft, juicy, icing sugar, apricot, nectarine, tangerine and orange chewits. The taste is crisp, juicy, orange peel, nectarine, peppery, grassy, mild pine, oily throughout, lemon poppyseed muffin and light alcohol warmth with a dry, almost grainy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Oily mouth-feel. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2015
at 10:10
8/10
Tried
on 31 Jul 2015
at 09:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Botella 65 cl en el momento en el kraken el 30-07-2015. (r159). Lote 00312 hasta 10/2016. Color ámbar claro anaranjado velado con espuma blanca poco persistente. Aromas y sabores más bien de una opa con predominio de maltosos y amargos secos algo herbaceos y ligeramente cítricos. Cuerpo medio de 9 vol fácil de beber. No está mal pero se queda más bien en una ipa.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2015
at 16:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a soft semi-hazy bronzed orange color. No head nor lacing appeared.
The smell started off with sweet onion running into a floral to grassy to citrus hoppiness.
The taste was mainly bitter with a light sweetness from the onion part. The grassiness comes back slightly sweet and damp. Lingering sweet onion to floral grassiness starts in the aftertaste and runs into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light and leads to a damp smoothness to it.
Overall, a bit different to me for a DIPA, what may lack in appearance (no head nor lacing) makes up in smell and taste. I’d probably have again.
The appearance was a soft semi-hazy bronzed orange color. No head nor lacing appeared.
The smell started off with sweet onion running into a floral to grassy to citrus hoppiness.
The taste was mainly bitter with a light sweetness from the onion part. The grassiness comes back slightly sweet and damp. Lingering sweet onion to floral grassiness starts in the aftertaste and runs into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light and leads to a damp smoothness to it.
Overall, a bit different to me for a DIPA, what may lack in appearance (no head nor lacing) makes up in smell and taste. I’d probably have again.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2015
at 15:17