Rebel IPA
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
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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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0,355 flaske fra Kvickly Nørrebro, på hytta nov-17: klar gylden med flott skum som varer (i mitt nye designerglass fra Torpah, måske det er medvirkende til det gode utseendet?). Overbevisende humlearoma, og smaken følger opp i en robust maltkropp. Furunål, kvae/harpiks, grapefrukt og appelsinmarmelade. En god ipa, og til 15 kr er den et varp.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2017
at 07:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
335 ml bottle poured in to a Tulip. Slightly hazy golden amber colour with a thin white head. Fruity aroma with citrus, tropical impressions, herbal and floral hops. A lightly toasted note. Taste is bitter. Medium body with a creamy texture and an average carbonation. Finishes dry and bitter with citrus fruits and herbal spicy notes.Fine IPA, a bit to herbal for my liking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2017
at 12:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours a clear, dark goldenwith a lacing, white head. Subtle tropical hop aromas, slightly dank. Medium body, fruity and malty, slight metallic edge, raw, late bitterness. Sorry, but not really worth the effort SA. 161017
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2017
at 06:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, sweet fruity hops, peach. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, malt, caramel, fruity hops, mild citrus. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light bitter finish. 121017
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2017
at 11:35
8/10
Tried
on 10 Oct 2017
at 16:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 6.5%. Clear golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, caramel and a little peach. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, caramel, little peach, medium sweet and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2017
at 12:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 355ml. @ home. [ As Samuel Adams Rebel IPA ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, sweet malt, moderate to light heavy hoppy, grass, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt, fruity, medium dry, dusty, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20171006] 7-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2017
at 10:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured an amber color ale with a medium off-white foamy head with light retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy and bitter hops is faint and not as dominant as I would have expected for the style. Taste is a nice mix of bitter and citrusy hops notes with light dry caramel malt notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Hops profile is too faint and bitter for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2017
at 14:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Has a hoppy aroma with vague grain hints. Appearance is modest head and a bubbly gold body. Flavour, again, is hops with a soft grain in the background. Crisp finish. Just an okay IPA, serviceable.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2017
at 18:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours gold with a white head. Aroma is suggesting juicy along with somewhat roasty caramel. Making me think APA. Med body. Flavor is somewhat juicy mixed fruits. Very mixed. Citrus/pale stone/tropical. And it's a bit spicy for me. Yet somehow it's not quite what I'd like it to be. It's dry. It's bitter. Actually, it's coming across in a Belgian way - that's what was throwing me. Now it's more what I'd like it to be. :) Good stuff now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2017
at 19:35