Tropical Beer Hug
Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.52
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This big 9.9% Imperial IPA is super juicy and bursting with tropical flavors. Just the thing to accommodate a swing in the hammock.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16oz can picked up in Boston. Pours clear light golden with a small white head, good lacing. Pineapple juice, resin, zesty. Doesn't taste like 9.9%, good.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2022
at 00:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Stovepipe can, FOON. Clear gold with a soft white head. Paper, pale malt, light tropical nose. Thick tropical fruit, caramel, citrus peel, mango, pine, resin. Boozy for sure - does not try to hide it.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2022
at 19:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold with a small white head. It’s big on the citrus/tropical fruit in the aroma and flavor. Hops is assertive but not as over the top as some. I wish it was, but it’s still a very good brew.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2022
at 05:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours amber with a fluffy white head. Aroma of pineapple, guava, mango. Taste has heavy resin, lingering acerbic oils, vaguely tropical, booze. Palate has resin lingering on the nose, tons of booze. Heavy.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2022
at 04:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Enjoyed after a cold run on the lake in Chicago, light burn on the back end, light tropical notes, not much in the nose. Just ok.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2022
at 00:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 08 Mar 2022
at 01:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a fairly clear golden yellow, with big head that dissipates rapidly. Aroma is citrus, hops, some bread. Flavor largely follows, with a pretty bitter, hoppy finish. Mouthfeel seems fairly crisp and clean.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2022
at 01:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pineapple and marmelade. Orange pour with good head. Orange peel. Decent, though nothing stand out. Light bitter finish. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2022
at 21:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Best before April something 2022. The day has 2 blue dots covering the day.
It pours a pretty clear gold with a rather massive head of foam with great lacing.
Smells hoppy and bitter, grapefruit and tropical fruit, onions and melon. Rather typical aromas for the style.
Hoppy, yes, dry hopped, I wouldn't doubt it. Tropical fruit, pine, bit of onion but less than I expected from the smell. Dank, the smell and tastes are so familiar so there's nothing that makes this stand out.
Really good mouthfeel.
A single can purchase and it will stay that way. +$4 for the can.
It pours a pretty clear gold with a rather massive head of foam with great lacing.
Smells hoppy and bitter, grapefruit and tropical fruit, onions and melon. Rather typical aromas for the style.
Hoppy, yes, dry hopped, I wouldn't doubt it. Tropical fruit, pine, bit of onion but less than I expected from the smell. Dank, the smell and tastes are so familiar so there's nothing that makes this stand out.
Really good mouthfeel.
A single can purchase and it will stay that way. +$4 for the can.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Feb 2022
at 23:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Moderately hazy bright orange body, thick puffy cream head. Nose sticky-sweet fermented fruit and pine. Body mostly citrus-pine with tangy caramely malts and some warming booze. Odd beer that, though fresh, tastes like an aged West Coast IIPA with reduced bitterness, or even a barleywine, the muddled elements probably (?) not the target of this poor effort.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2022
at 21:44