Second Date - Refurbished Double IPA
Rock City Brewing in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.85
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Special edition in Rock City's Second Date IPA series, "refurbished" because it uses hops from a previous brew - one could suspect that typical Dutch stinginess behind this idea, but it is probably ecologically inspired first and foremost... Thanks to Hinke again for the can! Snow white, frothy, thick and stable head slowly diminishing over a hazy golden robe with ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of green mango, unripe pineapple, desiccated green apple slices, old bread crust, pear peel, pomelo, dried biscuit, hints of petrichor, hay and burnt rubber faraway. Juicy onset, still brimming with colourful hop fruitiness, ripe apricot, mango, some guava and pomelo, medium carbonated with soft, fluffy mouthfeel; sweet bready malt core, a tad Betterfood- and biscuit-tinged, under tropical hoppiness with a zesty edge, ripe honeydew and mangosteen thrown in, with a generally sweet impression - almost devoid of any true hop bitterness. The alcohol remains well hidden. I must admit that had I not known that the hops in this NEIPA were reused, I would never have figured out, so they have very much retained their tropical fruit cocktail-like character - to the point where one can wonder why not more breweries work this way, but then who knows how many actually already do so... Not entirely my cup of tea because of the total lack of bitterness, but that is just me and I can say this of hundreds of contemporary hazy IPAs - so I will not take this into account too much.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hopy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Can at home. Murky yellow color, small white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, tropical fruits, fruity a bit, sweetish. Hmm not too special. Mwah. Also: as a DIPA? Bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can @ Mathews Tasting. Pours hazy yellow with large white head. Aroma is grapefruit, spruce, grass, and resin. Taste is very sweet and light to medium bitter. Body is oily with medium carbonation. Finish is long and mostly sweet with notes of orange and sugar.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can @ Torben Mathews tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich bitter hops, flowers, tropical fruits, malt and has a nice hoppy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Blik 33cl thuis. Juicy, redelijk zoet, fruitig, perzik, hoppig, wat bittertonen, citrustonen, pompelmoes. (15-12-2024).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
33cl Blik van AH. Troebelgele kleur, witte kraag. Steenvruchten, redelijk zoet, licht moutig, wat citrus, romig, zacht, degelijke bitterheid nog. Medium body. Prima bier.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330ml can from the Jumbo, Den Haag. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, herbal, light citrus. The flavour is over moderate bitter, with a smooth, earthy, herbal, citrus fruit, warm boozy, woody, hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Over medium bodied with average carbonation.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can 33cl. from AH XL Muiden @home poured into a teku glass. Opaque yellow golden colour, tall frothy white head, good retention and lacing. Aroma pale malt, grapefruit pine resin, straw, grassy hops. Taste above medium sweet and medium bitter, malty, tangerine, stone fruit, mango, resinous notes, spicy touch. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation, fruity sweetbitter aftertaste, the persistant resinous notes and a light alcohol burn make the beer a bit stubborn, nevertheless nice.