On the Wings of Armageddon
DC Brau Brewing Company in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.63
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And so it was written.......
According to Mayan and Hopi calendars the "transition from one world age to another'' will happen on December 21, 2012.
As an homage to the "transition" DC Brau has concocted an Imperial IPA named "On the Wings of Armageddon".
OTWOA is a single hop blend* beer utilizing Falconers Flight™. Brewed with just enough Pale malt, Cara-60, CaraPils and Malted wheat to carry the intense hop character onto the pallet.
At first glance, it has an orange hue in the glass with a viscus, rocky head that refuses to dissipate. Upon first sniff there are dominate aromas of citrus, white grapes and grapefruit with light bread and biscuit notes. After the first sip we taste a mellow bitterness that only grows as more is consumed. Moderately carbonated, deceptively smooth, refreshingly dry and extremely heady for a beer at 9.5% ABV.
According to Mayan and Hopi calendars the "transition from one world age to another'' will happen on December 21, 2012.
As an homage to the "transition" DC Brau has concocted an Imperial IPA named "On the Wings of Armageddon".
OTWOA is a single hop blend* beer utilizing Falconers Flight™. Brewed with just enough Pale malt, Cara-60, CaraPils and Malted wheat to carry the intense hop character onto the pallet.
At first glance, it has an orange hue in the glass with a viscus, rocky head that refuses to dissipate. Upon first sniff there are dominate aromas of citrus, white grapes and grapefruit with light bread and biscuit notes. After the first sip we taste a mellow bitterness that only grows as more is consumed. Moderately carbonated, deceptively smooth, refreshingly dry and extremely heady for a beer at 9.5% ABV.
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9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
355 ml. can thx! to Travlr. 3 weeks old. Drank straight from the can as appropriate, so no appearance part of review. Grapefruit, white grape hops in the nose, light spice, lovely yeast, bitter fruity, nice,… Very bitter grapefruit, pine, light earthly hops, light bitter spice, almost touch honey, bitter hop flowers, light nectar, light threes, light nectar,… Excellent carbonation. Utterly delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Apr 2013
at 09:47
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can - thanks nimbleprop! Pours hazy orange amber with a medium beige creamy head and nice lacing. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit, passionfruit. Flavor is the same, lightly sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, oily mouthfeel. Nice DIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2013
at 17:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at the RBJG 2 Grand Tasting, thanks Tralvr. Clear amber colour with an off-white head. Heavy lacing. Aroma of hops, dried fruit. Flavour is well balanced hops, citrus, flowery, tropical fruits with a bit of bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2013
at 18:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
huge dry hopped floral nose. Dry hopped to the tits. Tons of dries fruit, nectarine, full body. Tons of hops. Big bitter finish.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2013
at 07:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can from Travlr. Big grapefruit sherbert, leaves, grass, herbal nose. Glowing orange color. Flavors of grapefruit salad, big citrus, tropical fruits, nice bitterness. Excellent stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2013
at 18:11
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 9
roasty, floral, earthy, golden, cloudy, minimal head, medium sweetness, very bitter, medium body, flat, long finish, bitter,
Tried
on 21 Jan 2013
at 18:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On draft at Churchkey DC on innauguration night. Pours a cloudy orange gold with an off white head. Aroma of orange zest. Flavors of spruce sap with a light honey note. Nice DIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jan 2013
at 18:47
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Nimbleprop. Pours muddy brown. White head. Nose/taste of pineapple, citrus, mango, tropical fruit, caramel malt and light pine/resin. Nose is very strong and pungent - in a good way. Medium body. Moderate hop bitterness in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2012
at 12:45
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Poured up on tap at GABF 2012 with a nice clear gold body that supports a quarter inch tan head of foam. The aroma offers up sort of Cascade like hops that comes across as a little bit citrus, a little bit earthy, a little bit spicy and then just a water thin wedge of malt sweetness. Yes! The taste is pleasing rich and deep and bitter with delicious hops (making my hop head very happy). I get a mix that is grapefruit to spicy to slightly floral hoppiness. It just delivers a nice degree of bitterness from front to back with some flavor hops thrown in there for good measure. Really nice sessionable middle of the road IPA and not pushing any limits. I’m not sure what makes this a IIPA. Man if this is really 9+% ABV this is trouble brother. I could drink a metric ton of this. Wow! They should call this “cab ride” cause if you tie into a few of these you’ll be very happy but sloshed. Nice one!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2012
at 21:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at GABF 10/13/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. Mostly clear dark amber pour with a medium off-white head and partial ring of lacing. Aroma of citrus, hops and sweet malt. Full-bodied with a moderately bitter hops character and notes of earthy malt and grapefruit. The finish is hoppy with a fruity aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2012
at 19:18