Hoptologist
Knee Deep Brewing Company in Auburn, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.37
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Part of the MEPS series. An American Double India Pale Ale that packs a punch when it comes to hops. The aroma and flavors will give you citrus and pine with a slight malt sweetness that finishes dry.
Malts – a blend of Canadian, German, Chile and United Kingdom malts
Hops – Cascade, Citra, Columbus, Magnum and Hersbrucker
Malts – a blend of Canadian, German, Chile and United Kingdom malts
Hops – Cascade, Citra, Columbus, Magnum and Hersbrucker
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A soft bready malt and citrus nose on an amber body with a fluffy white head. Less going on here than expected, and this is a pretty fresh bottle. taste profile is soft citrus hops, some candied fruit and bready malt. Ultimately the fruity hops dissipate pretty quickly leaving malt and a touch of bitterness. Odd for 102 IBUs and 9% ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:03
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 473ml can on 30/8/2025. Pours a clear deep golden with a medium head. The nose features, caramel, biscuit, bread and pine. On the sip, proceedings begin with a chewy malt backbone promised by the aroma - caramel, biscuit and bread, with a dash of citrus fruit sweetness. It's indeed a hoppy beast, with lots of resin and pine coating the tongue, and while, it's not boozy, you sense the beer's heft. Full bodied with a slightly oily, syrupy palate, and average carbonation. Really impressive.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 30 Aug 2025
at 05:07
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jan 2025
at 01:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Almost clear pale amber with a cm of white head. Aroma of sticky breadcrust, pine, kumquat. So it tastes - sweet caramel-tinged malt with pine and tenor register citrus. Resin and bitterness make it feel increasing dry towards the end. 9% is strong for what it offers but it's good.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2024
at 12:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Amber colour with just a slight haze. Thin head. Has an orangey hop aroma. On the palate, similar hop profile, with some added pine. There's a biscuity malt character, and some alcohol in the finish. Lots of bitterness. So this is straight up old school DIPA, but not at all bad.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2022
at 05:32
8/10
Ouderwetse dubbel IPA. Bergen hars, kneiter bitter, een stevige malty backbone zoals wij stoere bierkenners dat zeggen. Top!
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2021
at 00:18
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Nice stuff, great resin aroma, good taste of bitterness, slight funkiness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Golden color. Oily grassy aroma with herbal hops And a hint of mango. Malty sweet flavor, herbal with tea leaves, ripe mango and citrus. Hops may have faded a little, but still a very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
The Aromas are slightly old Hops and caramel malt. Flavors are like nose caramel sweetness comes out first with bitter growing stronger, hops have a little more resin coming out. Decent bitterness, good carbonation with a slight metallic finish.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2019
at 00:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled from bottle @ Niilstrong birthday party. Hazy orange color, average sized white to off-white head. Aroma is malts, lovely hoppy, heavy resinous and piney hops. Taste malts, hops, heavy resin and pine, resinous and piney bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Another great hoppy beer from this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2018
at 19:49