Samuel Adams Rebel IPA

Rebel IPA

 

Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
6.57
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 45 Ticks: 62
For the first time, the brewers at Sam Adams have completely reformulated a popular flagship beer: Rebel IPA. After more than four years, the brewers undertook what they called “Project Lupulus,” an experiment that takes advantage of hops that were not readily available or have been newly cultivated since Rebel IPA first launched in 2014. As part of this project, the brewers collaborated, starting in 2013, with a hop breeder in Yakima Valley, WA to create a new hop variety proprietary and exclusive to Sam Adams called HBC 566. After months of experimenting with dozens of trial batches at the Boston Brewery, the brewers are now ready to release the new Rebel IPA recipe which is brewed with HBC 566 and another new experimental hop variety for bittering, HBC 682. Rebel IPA now has a more intense juicy, tropical and citrus flavor supported by a leaner body and a crisp, clean finish to optimize the hop character. So what changes? Paying homage to the original recipe, Rebel IPA is brewed with a few of the original hop varieties including Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe® and Chinook. For the 2017 release, the brewers added Mosaic hops, alongside HBC 566, a new hop proprietary to Sam Adams, and HBC 682, a new, experimental bittering hop.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

At home, at Prélaz, it is a regular IPA, not bad, not great, decently bitter, side of resine, a bit sweet and malty, 02.09.18, buying it in one coop and drinking it at home, Lausanne, Prélaz.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2025 at 12:07

gave a cheers!

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8.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Clear dark golden colour, minimal creamy off-white head; aroma of pine resins, grapefruit, some grainy, biscuity, slight floral and fruity notes; hop-dominant taste with pime, and grapefruity notes; great IPA

Tried from Draft at Samuel Adams Boston Taproom on 17 Jul 2025 at 16:11

gave a cheers!

6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is modest fruity hops with citrus, malt, floral/perfumed notes, and some pine. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Decent IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 12:00


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried on 03 Jan 2025 at 01:40


8

Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:46


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Poured a golden color with a medium white head. Aroma was pretty big citrus, sweet earthy notes, sweet malts. This is a bit of an improvement over how I remember this being before they retooled it. Crisp, kind of inoffensive. Just fine stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2024 at 06:07


7

Tried on 14 Jun 2023 at 20:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Golden colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is herbal, mild spiciness, some fruits, sweet malts and mild grains. Flavour is sweet malts, spices, some herbal, citrus and mild floral tones. Mellow bitterness in the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2023 at 09:55


7

Malzig, getreidig und gut gehopft

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2021 at 16:09


6

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2020 at 19:44