Big Swell IPA
Maui Brewing Company in Kihei, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.18
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Tropical citrus hops burst from this dry-hopped India Pale Ale
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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased at a random grocery store in Honolulu, HI; enjoyed at a friends place with two days left on my Hawaiian vacation, dreading going back to frozen Chicago. Appearance is a lightly cloudy darkish gold with a huge frothy white head that nicely laces to the glass. Aroma is pretty great, nice hoppy profile with a bready malt undertone, also light spruce notes. Taste goes down nice and hoppy, English hops are most prominent, and gives it a bitter yet drinkable flavor. I’m liking this one a lot, one of the best IPA’s I’ve had in a while.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2015
at 21:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Pours a hazy peace juice color topped with a large, sticky & soapy off-white head. The nose is aromatic; citrus and pine. It’s sweet and has enough pine resin to just about cover up a light bit of bready malt. The taste is a straight forward dry-hop wallop. To me it hides everything else. Lingering bitters in the tail. I haven’t had anything like this in a while… it’s a welcome change. Nice effort, but at $3/can...
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2015
at 07:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 355ml can on 14/10/2014. Pours a cloudy golden with a medium to biggish fine white head. The nose is relatively muted with a bit of fruit and some minor floral notes presenting. Flavour wise, this is quite a sweet one with lots orange apricot and marmalade up front, followed by a solid, dry lingering hop bitterness. The palate is quite creamy and the carbonation is average. This is a bit unusual - it almost has a dessert like character. But I like sweet, so I’m not complaining. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2014
at 01:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Hazy light amber with a thin head. The aroma is fresh pine with dried orchard fruits. On the palate there is medium bitterness that is somewhat resinous, a fair bit of chewy malt, and a little alcohol in the finish. While the dry-hops come across fairly fresh for such a widely-distributed beer, the flavour hops are somewhat cheesy. All told I am certainly enjoying this on my cliffside perch in Huelo, but taken out of context it’s just an ok IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2014
at 20:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours golden yellow, lots of sweet grapefruit, bitter and fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jul 2014
at 12:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
can from pivnizub - cheers! Golden colour, mid-sized white head. Malty base that supports the fruity hops very well. Resiny, grassy, with a fruity touch.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2014
at 11:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can. A- Tropical fruits, papaya, mango, piney. A- Golden orange color, clear liquid, white head. T- Piney, citrus, bitter. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, long finish. O- A pretty standard but decent IPA. Tons of tropical citrus on the nose, however that doesn’t translate over into the taste all that much. Pretty piney and bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2014
at 17:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(can) hazy orange amber colour with a medium tall white head; aroma of tropical fruit, citrus; mostly bitter flavour with a long medium bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2014
at 22:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein oranges Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr malzig, hopfig fruchtig, bitter. Geschmack intensiv fruchtig hopfig, stark malzig.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2014
at 12:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
US, can from Antenna America. Served in a pint glass. It pours a tad paler than I’d ideally like in an IPA but it is in the right orange-gold ballpark with a thick creamy off-white head of foam that lingers as well as leaves tons of lacing behind. The nose is a fantastic blend of tropical & citrus fruits, nice hoppy herbal notes also come into play-good stuff. The taste is not as strong as the nose. It’s smooth body is still pleasant with resin, pine cone, citrus and a fairly strong mouth puckering bitterness. A pretty good IPA that would make a great palate cleanser.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2014
at 03:54