Big A IPA
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.48
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For our hopping regime we went with Cascade and Nuggets in the boiling addition. Centennials were added every 5 minutes for the last 30 minutes of the boil. We added Crystals into the whirlpool. Dry hopping was done in both the fermentor after primary fermentation and the bright tank. We used a mixture of Chinook, Nuggets, and Sterlings in the fermentors and whole leaf Centennials in the bright tank.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Temporary rating. At some point I might re-write this. Tiny hazy golden, frothy white head, slow diss, small lace and trace. Fruity, floral, herbal, biscuits, grapefruit juice, grass, pine, lemon balm, freshly chopped wood, lemon zest, gooseberries, grape skins, Bitter, floral, herbal, biscuits, sweet bread, alcohol, grapefruit juice, pine, grass, resinous wood, caramel, grapefruit rinds, lemon zest, orange zest, moist soil, gooseberries, overripe green grapes, round, astringent, tiny boozy, medium to full bodied. Bitter, rinds, peal, zest, grass, pine, soil, res wood, lcohol, sweet bread, biscuits, caramel, This is quite good but could be fresher. Smell was packed with juice hops but taste has faded slightly giving way to sticky sweet malts and alcohol. good but hope to try this really fresh some day. --- Beer merged from original tick of Big A IPA on 11 Dec 2013 at 01:30 - Score: 8
Tried
on 26 Dec 2013
at 23:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft in snifter at Hopcat--East Lansing with a meal. Hazy orange-amber. Malty caramel taste followed by hops. Excellent!
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2013
at 18:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A nice sweet and potent DIPA. Notes of orange peel, toasted pinapple and grapefruit. Hop juice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 03:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle. Big and bad imperial IPA. Lot going on but easy to drink for 9% beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2013
at 20:09
7/10
Welcome to MI!
Tried
on 19 Dec 2013
at 16:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap in a flight at Ale Yeah! Pour copper, with a small, tan head. The aroma is molasses, pine sap, oak, and some floral notes. Very sweet and very bitter flavor, but the sweetness is more dominant. Heavy body, sticky and syrupy. Overall, this is a nice, malty IIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2013
at 20:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
(tap) clear orange amber colour with a medium tall white head; rich fruity aroma; somewhat creamy palate; rich and balanced flavour - excellent
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2013
at 13:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle: Pours hazy, light amber with a short,off-white head. Fruit, pine, caramel aroma. Taste is sweet fruit, almost tropical, pine/herb hoppy. Almost sticky, almost a little too boozy.. Toes the line very nicely. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2013
at 17:50
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at GABF 2013. Poured a hazy light amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is yeasty with some zesty citrus. The flavour is rich liqourice malt and spicy bitter hop. A classic DIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2013
at 20:17
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Golden blond with some haze. 2 finger white head. Nose is grapefruit. Taste is citrus and malts. Very thin mouthfeel. Lots of bitterness but a malty finish that’s a turn off
Tried
on 18 Feb 2013
at 19:43