Hardcore IPA 9% (2007-2009)
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.89
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"Explicit Imperial Ale".
Ingredients: Marris Otter Extra Pale Malt; Simcoe, Chinook, Amarillo, Warrior hops. IBU 150
Note: Replaced end of 2009/start of 2010 by a new recipe.
Ingredients: Marris Otter Extra Pale Malt; Simcoe, Chinook, Amarillo, Warrior hops. IBU 150
Note: Replaced end of 2009/start of 2010 by a new recipe.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Happy best before date...7-7-9 - old version. Pours hazy amber into a tulip. Soapy, sickly white head with no retention leaves spiders as it recedes to bubble surface. Orange and resin aromas. Thick creamy caramel upfront and thin pine and resin in the finish. Alcohol well hidden.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2009
at 18:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Best before 2/2/10 - pours a lightly hazy gold with a soapy lace - earthy, kind of sweaty aroma, with some notes of apricot, grapefruit, some crackery malt - moderate carbonation, medium body - starts rather sweet and sugary, but a rather dry bitterness squashes this pretty fast - a really strong grapefruit pith flavor borderlines on unpleasant after a while - ends dry, almost flinty, and strongly bitter - it ainβt bad, just a little out of balance.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2009
at 21:42
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Four oz sample from a botttle at the 3 sons beer tasting.Yellow with some bubbly head, typical pale lage appearance. Strongish dull Ipa aroma. Some carbonation but mostly a big alky laden mildly hoppy beer. Donβt think this reaches douple IPA form. Rather smoothgoing down. Long bitter terrible linger for a finish. Almost on style.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2009
at 05:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. It pours an orange-yellow body under a quite small off-white head. Malty on the nose, some beefstock, and a good dash of hops giving pinecone scents and some tropical fruits. Mostly hop driven flavor with pinecones, peach and other tropical fruits. Medium heavy malty background with sweetness and some beef-stock. Full-bodied and almost astringently bitter. Bitter finish. The beer has a fine hop profile, but lacks a bit on the maltyness. Imperial American Pale Ale more than Double IPA. Lovely though. (081031)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2009
at 16:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours pure deep gold with white head. The aroma begins with moderate amounts of lightly roasted malts and then quickly moves to floral hops, sweet orange juice and hop earthiness. The taste starts with a nice thick mouth feel bringing in sweet malts mixed with floral hops that slowly become sweet orange juice and then turning more and more toward citrus hop bitterness. The flavor remains sort of even yet increasingly bitter with hops as the finish approaches. Not a favorite IIPA and due to the price I most likely wonβt have a chance to try it again.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2008
at 21:33