Big Swell IPA
Maui Brewing Company in Kihei, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.18
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Tropical citrus hops burst from this dry-hopped India Pale Ale
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
can - Pours orange with an off-white head. The hop led aroma is of citrus and pine. The flavor is bitter with resin and citrus notes and a solid underlying malt. Medium bodied. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2017
at 09:23
7/10
0,3 litre Can from Total Wine Laguna Hills. Golden with big head,. Tropical flavor and aroma! Good!
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2017
at 16:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of pine and sharp tropical fruit. Flavors of same tending to bitter pineapple plus biscuity malts. Bitter finish. Nice enough but like so many others.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2017
at 14:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dégustée au Mondial de la Bière de Montréal 2008 (De mes notes papiers). .
Tried
on 20 Aug 2017
at 00:15
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Very nice IPA. ARoma is fresh Hops and some nice balancing malt fresh grain. flavor is Like nose fresh hops on the Piney side but very good drinking.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2017
at 00:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Poured from can dated 1/10/17 damn it’s fresh golden copper with with a nice white head. Aromas of ta da....caramel malt hint of fruit.and some resinous pine. Taste is you guessed it caramel and more caramel slightly sweet not alot of fruit but alot of lingering bitterness. I imagine this would be better fresh but not much better.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2017
at 16:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/8/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden/amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with incredible retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts the whole glass. Thick foamy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, honey, cracker, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, honey, cracker, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, grassy, citrus peel, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, passion fruit, mango, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, honey, cracker, bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderate crisp, bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.8%. Overall this is an excellent IPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and pretty refreshing to drink; with the balanced bitter/drying finish. Very dank, vibrant, and juicy on hops; nice malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2017
at 17:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
opalescent golden colour, one inch creamy, slightly yellowish off-white head; aroma of grapefruit, pine resiny and grassy, as well as slight floral notes,hints of manygo and celery; taste of surprisingly intensive malty-honey-like sweetness, grapefruits, tropical frutis and bitterness of resiny hops; great IPA
Tried
on 23 Apr 2017
at 09:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml can. Pours orange brown with a quickly disappearing head. Pineapple, peach, mango, caramel. Peppery bitter finish. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2017
at 02:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Total Wine. Pours hazy golden with a large, soft white head. Aroma of floral hops, grapefruit, tropical fruit. Flavor is roasted malt, citrus hops (without being specific), syrup. Not a huge fan once that syrup comes into play.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2016
at 18:27