Rebel IPA
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.61
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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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma - Malt body with with some hop bitterness to balance - Malt and some hop bitterness goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
on 19 Apr 2020
at 20:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2020
at 17:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours light amber with a fluffy white head. Aroma of resinous hops, fruit. Taste has light hop bite, slightly resinous pine notes. Palate has cedar, pine and a little bit of grapefruit. One of the few Sam Adams that doesn't suck.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2019
at 23:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap in Hollywood Studios. Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, light lacing. Grapefruit, mild bready, floral, zesty. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2019
at 23:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Asda. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2019
at 22:50
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2019
at 19:23
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Copper brown beer with very small head. Aroma has sweet malts, caramel and hints of pine and fruits. Taste has more flavour with malts, caramel, pine, hops and fruits. Medium body. Not very fresh IPA.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2019
at 12:47
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2019
at 00:50
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle from the importer. Piny, resiny nose, grapefruit and lemon, light caramel and honey malts. Bit of mineral and peppery spice. Clear orange color. Flabby malt flavor, pine and citrus, pepper. Minerals. Fizzy and a bit watery. Not impressive at all, really. Seems to be falling apart. I bet this travels on a very hot ship.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2019
at 02:36