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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at St. Augustine’s. Pours a very hazy golden. Aroma and taste: fresh and clean, with tropical fruites and piney notes, flowers - very pleasant. Piney bitterness aftertaste. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2016
at 19:12
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Pours an amber from a can, frothy white head with lots of lacing. Big tropical/piney hop aroma, rather dank. Flavor starts to follow suit, but hoppiness is quickly displaced with a weird buttery caramel maltiness which then makes way for a thin bitterness with little flavor quality to it. A very disjointed IPA, surprised it’s rated so highly on RB. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2016
at 20:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at RBBWG16 . thnx for sharing everyone ! Pours clear blonde, small white head. Smell is bitter. Some tropical fruit. Taste is Sharp, bitter , Nice grainy back. Bit simpele, but not bad.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2016
at 06:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can shared @ RBBWG 2016. Thanks tderoeck! Hazy orange, beige foam. Grapefruit and pinapple. Dry bitter hoppy grassy finish. Easy drinkable. Good! .
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2016
at 13:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sample @ RBBWG 2016, thanks Tim. Orangée, col beige. Arôme est malté, agrumes apportant une touche west coast, pamplemousse et touche tropicale. Palais est malté, caramel pâle, profile des IPA américaines, fruité tropical, léger sur fin agrumes, avec un fini à cru venant de l’EKG qui donne une tournure plus noble. Épais sur belle pétillance. Fini reste cependant plus centré sur les malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2016
at 07:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at RBBWG 2016 in Antwerpen. Clear, golden yellow with a white head. Fruity-grassy aroma of mango, passion fruit and some pine. Sweetish, fruity-grassy taste of lemon, mango and passion fruit, followed by a short, slightly bitter, grassy finish. Thin to medium body, slightly creamy mouthfeel. Good!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2016
at 11:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Sarah! Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a nice light citrus note with some grass and a grain backbone. Flavor has more of a citrus bite with a bit of grass and a grain backbone.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2016
at 18:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can, bought at Bierzwerg bottle shop, Greven. Yellow golden in the glass, mighty frothy off white head. Fruity hopy nose with wheat and some peppermint. Starts with hopy bitterness, less fruity, more dry malt and grainy, but balanced. Hopy bitterness in the middle part and aftertaste, maybe a little bit too overlasting. But in the end a nice composition.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2015
at 17:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Tanakaya. From the can. Juicy grapefruit and pine resin on the nose. Lots of juicy citrus on the palate with pine. Bitter, but not overly so with some sweetness. Well balanced with the malt. Dry, finish with more bright citrus hops. --- Beer merged from original tick of Big Swell IPA on 15 Dec 2015 at 19:38 - Score: 8. Original review text: Traveller approved. Nice juicy IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2015
at 08:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours slightly hazed deep gold into a tulip. White head with little retention recedes to nothing. Resin and tropical fruit aromas. Dry with sweet caramel and tropical fruit upfront turning to hot resin in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2015
at 18:20