Kurtz's Insane IPA
Heart of Darkness Brewery in Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam 🇻🇳
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.86
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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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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, shared on 23rd June 2018; Cotteridge gathering. Amber body, white affair on top. Nose held both piney and citrus hop esters, taste also hop forward and bitter in nature. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2018
at 11:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared during Cott Wines Convention; clear amber pour with a bubbly beige head, aroma has bready malts and some tangerine, taste has caramel, some malts, ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2018
at 18:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at Cotteridge Convention IV, many thanks, 23/06/18. Very lightly hazed golden amber with a decent off white cap. Nose is orange pith, light breads, pine dusting, peach, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises sweet malts, floral presence, melon, tangy citric shreds, bread dough, tangerine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with balanced hop bitterness. Ok IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2018
at 16:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in Cotts. Pours clear orange with a creamy white head. The nose holds mango and pine. Medium sweet flavour, mild piney bitterness, bread, orange. Medium bodiednwith fine carbonation. Lightly resinous finish, more melon, orange, lightly rindy bitterness. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2018
at 16:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Cotteridge Convention 2018. Dark amber colour. Lasting white head. Decent ipa. I rather liked it. Some pink grapefruit. Some bitterness. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2018
at 15:56
6/10
Tried
on 23 Jun 2018
at 15:36
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Keg at Druggists, Singapore. Clear amber, mid sized head. Caramelly nose with grapefruit peels and pine needles. Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with resinous pine needles and caramel. Very bitter finish. Too sweet and caramelly. By far my least favourite from an otherwise very good brewery.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2018
at 15:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
175ml on tap at the brewpub. Thick creamy white head. Very hazy amber pour. Lovely bitterness. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2017
at 08:54
6/10
A golden ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with pungent piney hops, light mineral notes, light grapefruit, pleasant and classic. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, nice and bitter. On tap at brewery .
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2017
at 08:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Heart of Darkness, pours a hazy copper golden with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out lots of caramel bready malt, some resinous hops and toffee. Flavour is over-malted, with plenty of caramel bready malt, subdued resinous hops and medium sweetness on the finish. Too malty and not enough hop flavour. It's alright, but these malty IPAs aren't my favourite.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2017
at 08:50