Colossal Claude
Rogue Ales & Spirits in Newport, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.04
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It's been a few decades since a Colossal Claude sighting has been reported, but we're fairly certain the massive sea monster has been laying low off the coast of his favorite brewery. Word has it that after years of terrifying sailors and feasting on salmon he acquired a taste for hops. So we brewed this Imperial IPA with a colossal dose of Cascade, Chinook, Citro and Strata hops in hope of coaxing Claude out to join us for a pint.
Ingredients: Superior Pills, 2-Row, Wheat, Oats, C-15, Cascade, Chinook, Belma™, Eureka, Strata™, Imperial Juice yeast
Ingredients: Superior Pills, 2-Row, Wheat, Oats, C-15, Cascade, Chinook, Belma™, Eureka, Strata™, Imperial Juice yeast
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7/10
Gold pour. Thin foam. Grass and Earth nose. Hoppy flavor of pine with grass and fruit finish. Slight sour fruit finish.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2021
at 23:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Caramel, new plastic, grass nose. Hazy amber, medium head. Antiseptic leather, grass. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2021
at 00:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Not bad, just a bit clunky, a little too malty and wort-ish, the hops almost just right but swaying just a smidge into overripe fruit and vegetal territory. Offers up nice veins of pine and grapefruit and orange, but never coalesces into a punchy, vibrant DIPA. I dig the can, though.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2021
at 01:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can. Really nice, balanced, clean IIPA. Has a soft body, but not too thick. The hops tone is sort of NW classical, or perhaps I just associate anything Cascade with that at this point. A nod to modern juiciness without losing IBU enjoyment. Pretty solid beer.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2021
at 02:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5
Clear orange body with lasting white head. Butter in the hoppy aroma. Taste is not as hoppy as you would expect, restrained. Bitterness in the finish
Tried
on 27 Jan 2021
at 01:43