Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company Greylock

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Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Quadruple New England / Hazy Regular
Score
5.95
ABV: 12.0% IBU: - Ticks: 12
New Englanders know a little something about India Pale Ales, so, we had to bring our best with Imperial New England IPA. The New England Style is a departure from traditional bitter IBU-packed IPAs. The New England focus is on the beautiful citrusy characteristics of the hops and how to enhance their qualities with every sip. Our Imperial New England IPA is curiously turbid and cloudy, with just the right hoppiness, big aromatics, and tasty flavor. We paired a special blend of sought-after Pacific Northwest Hops with traditional New England style yeast to give a deliciously juicy and floral Imperial brew that’s completely unfiltered, so your pallet will enjoy hints of fresh-squeezed grapefruit, orange and passionfruit with every sip.
 

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3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Thanks for the share T.J?? Right from the can all I could smell was sugar. When it was poured into a chalice, I got alcohol and sugar. Yikes!! The flavor is overwhelming sugar and alcohol. I hope the Brewer rethinks this brew. The yeast had plenty of sugar to make this abundance of alcohol. This is a total drain pour, gosh.... Awful.
Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2017 at 20:41

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
12oz can, undated, drunk 7/3/17.
Thoroughly hazy, turbid, brass-copper. Off-white head immediately recedes to ring.
Initial aromatics are quite garlic-dominated. This seems to stick with it over the course of the beer, but is joined by light alcohol, caramel, dough and rich honey that definitely leave me wanting a lot more hop character. Pretty soon it’s just caramel and bread with an afterthought of garlic/scallion and grapefruit. Surprisingly light on the alcohol for 12%, though.
Yikes. First sip immediately yields why. Syrup, heavy sugar, very underattenuated and though the carbonation, while low, is fairly engaging, it stands no chance against this massive sugar assault. Mild to moderate, vague bitterness in the background, with some spicy pine and grapefruit that is quickly drowned out by the honey, caramel and cotton candy sweetness. Coconut, bubble gum and light alcohol esters litter the finish with more sugar lingering, as well as light garlicy hop. Pretty wretched, syrupy, messy stuff. Why in the hell is this 12%??? It adds absolutely nothing. Couldn’t manage more than a few sips, and those just for rating purposes.
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2017 at 13:30