Emerald Grouper
Pipeworks Brewing Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.73
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IIPA with Honey and late addition Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Cryo Amarillo hops
Admin Note: Formerly known as Square Grouper
Admin Note: Formerly known as Square Grouper
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
0.65l bottle. Very hazy orange body with a lasting creamy white head. Aroma of light toffee, biscuits, pine, hop resin, orange jam and some grapefruit. Taste of caramel, toast, pine, hop resin, grapefruit and a touch of burnt sugar. The resiny hop bitterness lasts for quite a while. The alcohol is definitely there but not disturbing, only provides a gentle warming effect. Big bodied with a creamy/oily texture. Great one. Perfect to finish off a tough day in the office.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2021
at 19:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/24/2019. Pours fairly hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel/nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, honey, and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel/nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, honey, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel/nuttiness, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, honey, and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 9.5% After the finish. Overall this is a fantastic DIPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, honey, and bready malt flavors; dangerously smooth and easy to drink for the big ABV, with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Amazing Simcoe, Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic profile. Extremely vibrant, juicy, dank, and earthy hops; with a nice sized honey and bready malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example. Loved the hop profile as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2019
at 05:06
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Himmeriget, Copenhagen. Pours light hazy orange with a medium offwhite head. Aromas of malt, orange, floral, earthy, citrus. Taste is malty, sweet orange, fresh hops, citrus, light tropical, grassy, honey.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can from Tavour. Cloudy amber pour, small silky head. Caramel malts first in the aroma , followed closely by bitter citrus notes. Faint honey. Sweet taste, honey, caramel coupled with a sharp bite. Velvety smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Oct 2019
at 02:03
8/10
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Tried
on 05 Sep 2018
at 12:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Happy Gnome. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a good amount of pine supported by bitter citrus, honey and sweet grains. Flavor has pine with a bit of resin and notes of honey and sweet grain underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2018
at 17:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from bottle orange with a white head. Aroma is juicy citrus honey floral hops light pine. Taste is orange grass honey nice mouth feel with a lingering piney finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2018
at 23:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at salthorse. Pours golden orange, nose is floral, crystal malt, citrus, taste is juicy citrus, dry, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2017
at 14:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Beer Republic @ Benzai is uitgepierd tasting, 10 cl sample. Almost clear golden color, short frothy head. A bit sweet, medium bitterness. Some pine and grapefruit. Aroma could have had a bit more power, but taste lives up to the reputation. Good brew. --- Beer merged from original tick of Emerald Grouper on 22 Jul 2017 at 23:22 - Score: 8. Original review text: A bit sweet, medium bitterness. Taste lives up to expectations
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2017
at 10:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Benzai is zo dood als een pier tasting. Hazy orange color, medium sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, there could be some honey in it, bit I don’t specifically get it, hoppy bitter. In the end though, the aroma is better than the flavor I’d say. Still good, but not awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2017
at 16:30