VelociRapture The 2nd Coming
Staggeringly Good in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 🏴
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.07
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The flavour saviour IS BACK! West Coast IPA’s are all the range once more and this Impy version get’s you on the stairway to beer heaven summoning THE HOLY TRINITY of sweet malts, chunky hops and jooooce.
Originally Birthday Edition, now produced in cans at 8.5%
Originally Birthday Edition, now produced in cans at 8.5%
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample courtesy Grumbo, via SHIG, cheers! Aroma is of pine, melon, mango, citrus and peach. Taste is of the tropical fruits, sugar, syrup, pine and grass. Long finish, minimal carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36
5.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 10
Overall 4.5
Åh så glad få testa en weast coast . Helt ok utan jämförelse Dipa som brukligt. Häller upp ölen och den skummar typ inget 👍. Färgen är som bra klassiska dipor hade förr😋. Doften är fin med persika och lite trä 😃. Jsg tar stora klunkar och känner då persika samt lite karamell som brukligt i klassisk dipa sen kommer udda parfymig smak tyvär .parfymig smaken sänker ölens betyg rejält tyvär .
Tried
on 07 Mar 2023
at 13:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16th January 2022
Can. Almost clear gold beer and that's a fucken change for this style when it's not some West Coast BS. Small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light but has well embedded fine minerally carbonation. Clean crisp pale malts, nicely sweet. Hops bring crisp pine and juicy tangerine and mandarin. A good serving of tropical fruits coming up on the back end. Ripeish mango, little papaya and pleasing morass of the other tropical goodness. Juicy bright citric finish with plenty more pine on the back end. Fuck my old boot! A cracking dipa from this formerly middling brewery. So joyfully clean but not the usual caramel malt and orange peel of the tedious West Coast style. A totally drinkable delight.
Can. Almost clear gold beer and that's a fucken change for this style when it's not some West Coast BS. Small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light but has well embedded fine minerally carbonation. Clean crisp pale malts, nicely sweet. Hops bring crisp pine and juicy tangerine and mandarin. A good serving of tropical fruits coming up on the back end. Ripeish mango, little papaya and pleasing morass of the other tropical goodness. Juicy bright citric finish with plenty more pine on the back end. Fuck my old boot! A cracking dipa from this formerly middling brewery. So joyfully clean but not the usual caramel malt and orange peel of the tedious West Coast style. A totally drinkable delight.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2022
at 23:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at home, 11th December 2021. Pours clear and golden. Aroma is sweet, caramel and honey, esters. Taste is sweet, much sweeter than I expected, resinous sweetness, some hops, it’s rich. Not doing it for me, although I did manage to finish the can
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2021
at 12:17
7/10
Tried
on 19 Nov 2021
at 21:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 26/10/21. Clear golden amber with a decent off white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is orange zest, melon, grass, soft malts, papaya. Taste comprises grapefruit, pineapple, pine needle, grass, melon, papaya, mango flesh. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with lightly aggressive juice laden hop bitterness. Decent DIPA if a touch on the sweet side.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2021
at 20:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a small halo of white head. Aroma is semi sweet, spicy citrus, pineapple, resin, peppercorn, toffee malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty, toffee, coconut, biscuit, pine, tangerine, cakey malts. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, fine carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2021
at 23:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12/11/2021. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours clear dark orange gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of orange, mango, pineapple, pine, caramel. sugar syrup. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, sticky texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2021
at 14:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can: Poured a unclear golden with a white head. Aroma is hoppy, perfume, fruity. Taste is bitter hops, that get take over by sweet fruits, citrus, mango, melon, lingers around.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2021
at 18:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at New Milton Beer Festival. Grass, citrus and a hint of basement in the aroma. Hazy bright gold. Thick foamy head. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. Decent enough with out reaching rapturous. Edit: just realised that it's this version which explains why it has such a hit.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2019
at 10:54