Heart of Darkness Brewery Kurtz's Insane IPA

Kurtz's Insane IPA

 

Heart of Darkness Brewery in Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam 🇻🇳

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.86
ABV: 7.1% IBU: 102 Ticks: 52
IPA is the King of Craft beer and this IPA is Heart of Darkness flagship. A mixture of the great Columbus and Cascade IPA hops provide piney, citrus flavours with hints of bergamot and grapefruit. A big, hoppy beer which is not for the faint of heart. Recommended for experienced Craft beer drinkers and those that can appreciate big, bold, bitter flavours.
 

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Tried on 19 Oct 2019 at 18:10

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared at Cotteridge Convention 23/06/18. Many thanks! An amber orange coloured pour with awhite head. Aroma is weedy, grassy hops, green hop. Flavour is composed of woody, grassy hop, , hop resin, woody, Palate is resinous hop, moderate carbonation, sticky hop.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2019 at 21:03

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Crisp copper and bronze coloured body without any glow or haze, all with a nice, relatively large four to five centimetre tall off-white head at first that does fade quite quickly to just a thinnish layer on top after several moments. Aroma of tropical fruits, guava, light oranges, a dose of pine and resin and a touch of alcohol on the very end. Medium-bodied; Strong piney and floral bite at first with a lot of hop bitterness up front, although more on the perfumey and grassy front and less on the pure hop cone bitternesss, and no fruity or resinous flavours are evident either. Aftertaste shows the grassy and piney flavours with some light malt notes as a good balance and some relatively strong astringent alcohol notes as well, all with a touch of sweetness. Overall, a nice and enjoyable beer that shows a solid IPA with a good deal of bitterness, but better balance throughout. Great to sample fresh and better even to pick this up at the brewery. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased a few hours ago at the Brewery here in Saigon, Vietnam on 10-August-2019 for 95,000VND sampled a few hours later here in my hotel room here in Saigon before leaving for much cooler climate in Sydney, Australia.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2019 at 20:24

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2019 at 22:47

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Shared @ KJUBZT tasting June 2019. Pours a golden colour, slightly hazy, with a white head. Aroma's of tropical sour fruit and some sweetness. Retronasal it's dankish and fruity. Flavour is rather bitter with light sweetness. Medium bodied. Long finish, firm bitterness. Not bad, but there's room for improvement.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2019 at 22:05

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl Bottle at KJUBZT. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, yeast, grapefruit and pine. Flavour follows, a bit watery and yeasty, but a decent classic IPA nonetheless.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2019 at 21:03

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared at Zaandam tasting. Clear golden with white head. Caramel, dank weedy hops, soft spruce, soft grapefruit, spicy herbal hops, soft bread. Solid medium sweet and bitter. Solid medium bodied too.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2019 at 17:03

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at KJUBZT. Aroma of mild pine, citrus, pineapple, mango and orange. Taste of bitter pine, citrus, herbal, malt and bitter herbal finish. Allright.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2019 at 17:02

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle shared at KJUBZT June ‘19. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, fruity hops, herbal notes, pine and grapefruit. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and light heavy bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2019 at 00:07

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma: Fruity hops with caramel and malt. Flavour: Fruity bitter with caramel and notes of citrus. Colour: Amber with an offwhite head. From: Bottle @ Torben Matthews tasting May 2019.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2019 at 14:33