Primo Diablo
Heretic Brewing Company in Fairfield, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.26
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Evil Cousin IIPA with habaneros
We love the flavor of habanero peppers. The flesh has a beautiful tropical fruit note masked by the heat. OK, so we got really geeky about peppers and found out that the University of New Mexico bred a special habanero with no heat. So... we found the seeds, grew the pepper, and then skillfully blended hot habaneros with non-hot to make this amazingly balanced pepper beer. Yes, it still has a good amount of heat, but the flavor of the habanero comes through too. Yes, it is a lot to go through, but hey, this is how we roll.
We love the flavor of habanero peppers. The flesh has a beautiful tropical fruit note masked by the heat. OK, so we got really geeky about peppers and found out that the University of New Mexico bred a special habanero with no heat. So... we found the seeds, grew the pepper, and then skillfully blended hot habaneros with non-hot to make this amazingly balanced pepper beer. Yes, it still has a good amount of heat, but the flavor of the habanero comes through too. Yes, it is a lot to go through, but hey, this is how we roll.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Tap. Pours hazy golden, medium off white head, great lacing. Aroma is pretty chili forward. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium spicy, habanero. Pepper pretty much dominates flavor profile. Medium body, 🎧 creamy mouthfeel. Gimmick.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Feb 2017
at 20:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at the tasting room. Pours bright gold with a white head. Aroma is lightly chili. Med body. Flavor is strongly chili. Wow.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2017
at 19:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap, quite clear very light pale golden with a fine even white head. Light pale malt aromas. Quite big pepper sizzle in the flavors. Actually tastes pretty good. Decent heat and smooth body. Some sweetness as well to help with the heat. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2017
at 17:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Taster at the brewery. Clear yellow with pristine white head. While generally not a fan of pepper beers as they are usually overdone, this struck a nice balance and the habaneros provided nice heat and spice flavor without taking over the beer. Solid.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2016
at 23:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Primo Diablo, sample kindly shared by Ai at the Heretic Tap Takeover Event, clear gold with a thick head of foam, it has a surprisingly hoppy fruit aroma with just a dash of earthy habanero. The taste gives you that habanero burn but it is much more balanced than most chili beers and thus more drinkable. Solid which for me who’s not a fan of spicy food is saying something.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2015
at 07:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(tap) clear, bright yellow colour with a greenish tinge and a small white head; aroma of vegetables, crushed weeds, honey, lemonade; spicy flavour, vegatables, long medium bitter and spicy finish
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2015
at 14:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Apex, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Nose brings out loads of jalape�o upfront, with citrus hops in there too. Flavour is massive on the jalape�o - the hops are there but buried underneath. A little too much of the pepper for me, but it's okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2015
at 18:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Spice and pepper aroma. Peppers and spice flavor with grapefruit, Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine linger with peppers.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2015
at 21:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours amber with a quickly fading head.Heavy aroma of chilli/hot sauce along with some piny and resinous hops and clean malt.More chilli as a flavour along with earthy, resinous hops and a fair whack of clean malt to round things out.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2014
at 01:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden color, white head. The mouth has an excellent malt back bone with tons of tangerines and a great great spicy kick that hits the aback of the throat. Really interesting habenero character. I love the spice, but think another pepper would work better. Really well constructed and lovely beer. The spice just lingers and lingers. Awesome.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2014
at 05:05