Knee Deep Brewing Company Hoptologist

Hoptologist

 

Knee Deep Brewing Company in Auburn, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.37
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 102 Ticks: 71
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
 

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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Draft at Kern River courtesy of Jeremy. Nose is citrus, pine, and mango. Nice and hoppy. Flavor is lightly bitter with a bunch of tropical fruits. Yellow with a small offwhite head.
Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2014 at 19:27

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle in field at cropredy 2014... Copper... Big white head... Soft floral lime.. Sweet toffee fruit nose... Juicy fruits... Soft sweet oily lime fruits...little of tge crystal toffee malts... Dry roast... Sweet lime peel
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2014 at 11:20

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle consumed at Cropredy ’Fairports Annual Reunion’ Festival, Cropredy, Oxon, Thursday 7th August 2014 Big malty hoppy beer, it is a touch sweet but as you might expect it does have a good hoppy bite. Drinking this alongside a 2.7% Sun Dancer a great comaprison beer, however it really is a case of I don’t know which I like best. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.7 .
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2014 at 08:57

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
The Sampler, NYC tap: Pours copper with a white head. Aroma is very fragrant hops: plenty of cannabis, pine, resin, and some citrus. Taste is very hoppy, but not overly bitter. Nice oily and malty backbone, but there is no question that this beer is hops first and everything else second. Slightly sweet. Quite good.
Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2014 at 08:16

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Alcohol present and overt resin and earth hops. Lots of dank. Clear orange with a full white head that lingers. Taste is grassy and dank. High bitterness. This does not work as well as most of their awesome hop explosions.
Tried on 27 Jul 2014 at 13:26

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 5/13/2014. Pours crystal clear deep orange amber color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big peach, pineapple, mango, tangerine, grapefruit, orange peel, lemon zest, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and nearly balanced malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of big peach, pineapple, mango, tangerine, grapefruit, orange peel, lemon zest, pine, floral, grass, caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of peach, mango, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, orange peel, pine, floral, grass, caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and robustness of juicy citrus/tropical hops and fairly balanced malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a smooth, fairly creamy, and moderately crisp/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn good DIPA. All around nice complexity, balance, and robustness of juicy citrus/tropical hops and caramel/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the the big ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jul 2014 at 19:51

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle split at Bruce’s pad, from the Big Sur Taphouse shop, 12/05/14 Hazed orange amber with a moderate off white swirl and edgework. Nose carries dankish hop tones, bitter orange, mandarin, pine, straw, light spice, lemon peel. Taste comprises carmel maltings, bitter grapefruit, candied orange peel, light spice. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness in the close. Ok DIPA.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2014 at 06:34

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bomber. Pour is a deep orangish copper with some haze and a big head. Aromas are kind of a dank hops with some resin and caramel. Flavor is caramel driven with lots of herbal and resiny hops. Sticky and sweet. Not exactly my thing, but decent.
Tried on 27 May 2014 at 20:14

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
650ml bottle from Whole Foods SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Bottled 03/06/14 - Pours dark orange with a large head. Aroma of spicey hops, grass, lemon, caramely malts and hints of pesto(!). Taste is sweet, malty and hoppy with stingy bitterness, hints of glue and grass. Finish is sweetish, heavy malty and caramely with lingering bitterness, toffee and ripe fruits. Quite malty and heavy, feels a bit unbalanced.
Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2014 at 08:23

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
65 cl bottle @ home, bottled 06.03.2014
Aroma is rather odd with pesto(!). Also some fruity hops in the background. Flavour has pesto, some grassy hops, herbal tones and some caramel. Also some gluey tones. Finishes with more grass and lingering hops. Rather herbal and unusual DIPA – but not bad. The pesto feels rather overwhelming here.
Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2014 at 08:22