Audacity of Hops
Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Belgian Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.29
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Real change is here! No longer will American beer lovers be forced to choose between those quirky, eccentric beers of Belgium or the explosively flavorful IPAs of the United States.
We have brewed the change we have been waiting for!
Liberally hopped to an audacious degree, our Belgian Double IPA reaches across the aisle to bridge the seemingly contradictory brewing philosophies of the old world and new. Our beer uses generous portions of Pilsner and Vienna malts to give it its hazy golden color and rocky white head. Two independent dry hop additions of Simcoe, Chinook, Amarillo, Hallertauer, and Spalt put aside their differences to form a delicious coalition. Floral grassiness dominates the nose with fruity hints of bright citrus well represented. Its subtle spicy flavor comes from a Belgian yeast as well as generous doses of German hops in the kettle. These aggressive flavors are complemented by a determined bitterness and a full but dry finish.
All of these characteristics come together in a nonpartisan spirit of cooperation to form a beer that is both righteously flavorful and drinkable.
Enjoy!
Previous batch:
IBU: 70+
OG: 1.076 FG: 1.008 ABV: 8
We have brewed the change we have been waiting for!
Liberally hopped to an audacious degree, our Belgian Double IPA reaches across the aisle to bridge the seemingly contradictory brewing philosophies of the old world and new. Our beer uses generous portions of Pilsner and Vienna malts to give it its hazy golden color and rocky white head. Two independent dry hop additions of Simcoe, Chinook, Amarillo, Hallertauer, and Spalt put aside their differences to form a delicious coalition. Floral grassiness dominates the nose with fruity hints of bright citrus well represented. Its subtle spicy flavor comes from a Belgian yeast as well as generous doses of German hops in the kettle. These aggressive flavors are complemented by a determined bitterness and a full but dry finish.
All of these characteristics come together in a nonpartisan spirit of cooperation to form a beer that is both righteously flavorful and drinkable.
Enjoy!
Previous batch:
IBU: 70+
OG: 1.076 FG: 1.008 ABV: 8
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber bought @ Bierkompass.de. Pours hazy golden with a small creamy offwhite he’d that leaves some sticky lacing and trace while dissipating. Smell is sweet, fruity, phenolic and hoppy with crackers, peaches, pineapple, mango, papaya, sweet bread, grapefruit juice, orange zest, black pepper, resinous wood, honey, alcohol, banana bread, toffee, lemon zest, dried apricots, oily pine, freshly cut grass, lemon grass, dried flowers and lemon balm. Taste is sweet, bitter, fruity and phenolic with white bread, grapefruit juice, orange peal, resinous wood, unripe mango, pineapple, dried apricots, lemon grass, dark grapes, grapefruit rinds, honey and hints of sheet metal and mandarin oranges. Mouthfeel is round, slightly dry, very tiny tart, tiny alcohol and medium bodied. Finish is bitter, tiny sour and fruity with grapefruit juice, crackers, honey, unripe pears, lemon grass, orange zest, dried apricots, pineapple, alcohol, slightly dry grass and pine. Quite nice...
Tried
on 09 Nov 2012
at 12:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. [ As Cambridge Audacity of Hops ].ABV: 8.0%. Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, moderate yeasty, riped fruit. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, grapefruit, peach, light yeasty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120914]
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2012
at 08:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle labeled as Cambridge Audacity of Hops. Snifter shows a cloudy, unclear golden color. Great head retention. Lots of lace. Nose is an amazing blend of juicy hops and some Belgian yeast. Taste is very much the same with an excellent balance of big wet hops and malt. Citrus and pine notes. Nice fuller body without a whole lot of bitterness. But don’t let that fool you…. Plenty of hops flavors. This was an enjoyable brew for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2012
at 12:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650ml bottle [as ’Cambridge Audacity of Hops’]. Clear golden colour with average, firm, frothy, moderately lacing, white head. Floral and citrussy hop aroma, some menthol, borrowings of cough drops (Wick Zitrone). Taste is hoppy, slightly citrussy, fruity, some grapefruit, a spicy touch, hints of menthol and peppermint.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 13:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Blumig hopfiger, mild bitterer Start. Die Aromen des Hopfens werden intensiver, helles Malz, knackige passende Bitterkeit, die sich parallel zum Hopfen in seiner Intensität steigert. Fruchtig, frisch, gut! 8/11/12/12/11/11
Tried
on 27 Sep 2012
at 12:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Really Late Ulfborg Summer Tasting, 2012. Pours cloudy golden with a small white head. Sweet perfumey and malty. Bitter hops, peach, soap and caramel. Medium bodied. Dry and piney end. Too much malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2012
at 15:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and rather hoppy - peach. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 140912
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2012
at 15:30