Renaissance Brewing Enlightenment Series Boom!

Enlightenment Series Boom!

 

Renaissance Brewing in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.23
ABV: 8.3% IBU: 89 Ticks: 36
BOOM! IBU:89 is an American style Double IPA with a light but balanced malt body giving the hops the chance to do the talking. Lots of citrus, stone fruit and pine notes. With a long lingering bitter finish. Here comes the boom.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Backlog august 2016. Clear, golden body under a fine off-white head. Strong aroma of grapefruit with pale malt. Taste is sweet malt, fruity hops, grapefruit and solid bitterness. Fine body with long lasting bitter aftertaste.

Tried on 16 Oct 2025 at 19:21


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from the lcbo. Cloudy copper pour, with a large off white head. Aroma is lots of toffee, lightly toasted caramel malts, and some pine resin. This tastes old, any citrus notes are long gone, just toffee, sticky malts and some pine resin left. Alcohol is present in the finish, low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:19


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Ambery golden colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is tropical fruits, some mild pine and sweet malty tones. Flavour is sweet malts, citrus, mild tropical fruits, pine and some toffee.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:45


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Hazy orange, offwhite low head. Cheesecake citrus and tropical hops. Medium body, sparkly, a bit buttermilk smoothie on the tongue. Metallic grapes and melonrind, limepeel, ginger, a hint crystal meth, fizzlestick finish. In the end actually not as sticky as most DIPAs.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2018 at 20:34


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Unclear orange color with white head. Aroma is piney, orange juice, light toasted malts, bready yeast. Taste is piney, toasted malts, bitter finish. Velvety mouthfeel with natural carbonation. Good!

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2018 at 20:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Internationales Berliner Bierfestival 2018. A bit hazy dark golden with a medium white head. Hoppy with grass, citrus, some pineapple and light caramel. The body was medium and the finish quite bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2018 at 10:10


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a slight hazy golden-amber colour with a big warm cap, long lasting with creamy-foamy lacing. Fruity aromas from the citrus hops and some notes of coriander. The taste is grassy with the hops with a real dry finish. A very dry and bitter Imperial IPA.

Tried on 04 May 2018 at 05:23


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

(bottle) hazy, bright yellow orange colour with a medium tall white head; aroma of tropical fruit, grapefruit rind; rich, balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish, well hidden alcohol

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2018 at 23:40


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the LCBO. Cloudy medium amber with a lingering, one finger, off white head leaving patchy lace. Nose is light honey, caramel, some citrus, peach and some pine. Light+ toffee sweetness supporting a medium+ resinous bitterness, Mouth is medium+ and sticky with average carbonation. Alcohol is quite obvious in the finish. I'm sure this would be better closer to the sources. 7/4/7-/4/14

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2018 at 00:06


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, citrus fruits, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, spices, citrus fruits, malt, and a bit of caramel, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2018 at 09:03