Hardcore IPA 9% (2007-2009)

Sample at Voldby Brewdog tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet caramel, hops, flowers and malt.
Earlier Rating: 11/22/2007 Total Score: 3.7
Bottle. Nice head with ok duration. Color is clear golden. Aroma is flowers and hops. Taste is mainly hops. Bitter finish.

Hardcore IPA (9%) on 19 Mar 2010 at 10:45 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: 33cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Slightly hazy reddish copper colour, off white head. Aroma of sugary, fruity, lots of blood oranges and grapefruit, earthy liquorice root in tcitrus, blood oranges, grapefruit, a bit of sugar. Flavour is light sweet and he bitter finish. Medium bodied.

(bottle, 33cl; 9.0% abv) Hazy, dark amber colour with a beige and thick foamy head. Fruity (lemon, pine apples) and piney/woody hoppy aroma with herbal spices and notes of toffee in the background. Sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a moderate, almost crisp carbonation. Solid caramel-malty base with a cornucopia of hop flavours, ranging from fruity and piney to herbal and almost peppery spicy; quite dry and very lasting, also slightly salty finish with almost astringent hoppy notes. Aromatic and bold hop-bomb with a rounded malt-character. 14.III.10

Location: Bottle at RFD, 3/6/10

Aroma: Aroma of grapefruit hops and caramel malts, and notes of other fruits
Appearance: Slightly cloudy golden-amber pour, lacy off-white head
Flavor: Sweet malts, overpowered by a harsh, dry, bitter finish
Palate: A bit of a alcohol burn to it, long finish, aggressive
Overall Impression: This beer came off as a bit too abrasive. I like a good hop forward IPA, but it just didn't have the right feel to it to be really good. The hops are there more to be harsh then to be enjoyed in my opinion. It isn't a bad beer, but it could use some work... --- Beer merged from original tick of Hardcore IPA (9%) on 11 Mar 2010 at 09:17 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Location: Bottle at RFD, 3/6/10

Aroma: Aroma of grapefruit hops and caramel malts, and notes of other fruits
Appearance: Slightly cloudy golden-amber pour, lacy off-white head
Flavor: Sweet malts, overpowered by a harsh, dry, bitter finish
Palate: A bit of a alcohol burn to it, long finish, aggressive
Overall Impression: This beer came off as a bit too abrasive. I like a good hop forward IPA, but it just didn’t have the right feel to it to be really good. The hops are there more to be harsh then to be enjoyed in my opinion. It isn’t a bad beer, but it could use some work...

Bottle from Beer Run on 02/18/2010. Batch 109 Best Before 21/11/10. Clear copper amber body with a small frothy white head. Big bready malt aroma with floral, citrus, and light resiny hops. Bready malt flavor with some caramel, fruit, lots of floral and resiny hops. Medium body with moderately low carbonation.

Bottle labeled at 9% batch 109 with a best before 21/11/10. Pours with a very small white head over a murky orange body. Aroma of tangerine, orange, stickiness. A decent amount of hops. Grass some mango as well. Taste is bitter, lots of orange and some husky grain. Grassy, lingering bitterness. Big, thick body with light carbonation. A touch metallic. Kind of let down.

Yeasty nose, maybe some malt, but very little. Cloudy amber, thin to medium white head, decent lacing. Full body. Malty toffee upfront with a piney hop and lemon zest finish. Yeasty throughout and a bit metallic. Intense, and tastes ok, but has its detractors.

330mL bottle, pours a golden colour with a light head. Hops on the nose, with grass, grapefruit and various other fruits. Flavour is a sour & dry hops, grapefruit, lemon, with a smooth, bitter finish.

22oz bottle-pours an off white head and slightly hazy yellow/gold color. Aroma is sweet citrus hops. Taste is sweet citrus hops bite, light/medium malt.

Bottled 330ml. -Courtesy of and shared with Doggythedog (thanks!). Batch No. 220
Clear golden coloured, small white head, honeyish nose with traces of alcohol. Sweet malty, bitter hoppy and strong alcoholic with notes of citrus and grapefruit. Expected much better beer.