Egomaniac Ekuanot
Mad Scientist in Budapest, Capital City of Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.06
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When Egomaniac came out in 2018, we introduced a hop addition of 30g/liter which was by that time the most anyone has ever done in Hungary. By now, we are pretty sure, that this is not the case anymore, but we still consider this one a really nice recipe for a beer.
Egomaniac is single-hop, trying to showcase the very characteristic of a single variety of hops. Originally this was Citra, then in the August of 2020, we’ve done it with Simcoe, so in 2021 it was Ekuanot’s turn with all the citrus-oriented together with hints of melon, berry, apple and papaya.
Ekuanot was first released back in 2014 as ‘Equinox’, but it’s still a favorite for a few of us here in the brewery, that’s why we never hesitated to rebrew Egomaniac this way!
Egomaniac is single-hop, trying to showcase the very characteristic of a single variety of hops. Originally this was Citra, then in the August of 2020, we’ve done it with Simcoe, so in 2021 it was Ekuanot’s turn with all the citrus-oriented together with hints of melon, berry, apple and papaya.
Ekuanot was first released back in 2014 as ‘Equinox’, but it’s still a favorite for a few of us here in the brewery, that’s why we never hesitated to rebrew Egomaniac this way!
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7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Can at home, courtesy of the Mad crew. Pours hazy, murky orangeish golden with a white head. Nose is intense, fruity, zesty, grassy hops with a touch of tutti frutti. Taste is also rather fruity up first, but then it takes an unexpectedly spicy turn, which is pretty surprising on the one hand, and as it turns out, on the other hand it’s not really my cup of tea: it becomes overwhelming in the finish. It has a medium to big, somewhat creamy body and soft carbonation. A decent, well made beer, but the hop variety doesnt really work for me apparently.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 11:58
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hopfiger, leicht karamelliger Beginn mit unterdurchschnittlicher Karbonisierung. Grasig, eher milde Herbe, mit der Zeit auch bitter werdend. Geringe Süße, hohe Süffigkeit, langer Nachhall. Gut. 12/12/13/12/10/12
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2022
at 19:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Draught at Tritonia/Barrels, Stockholm, 31 July 2021) Cloudy yellow colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, tropical fruit, pine needles and fresh herbal hops. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, lemon peel, pineapple, pine needles and a generous herbal, citric bitterness. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Fresh and tasty, with a rich hop presence. Very nice.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2021
at 22:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Huge thanks to Erzengel for sharing! Beer in the glass deep orange, nice head. Fresh hoppy aroma. Starts intense malty, dry, bitter. Notes of bitter lemon, some grapefruit. Finish milder, still fresh hoppy, mild bitterness. Interesting!
Tried
on 19 Jun 2021
at 07:10