Hardcore IPA 9% (2007-2009)
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
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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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow/orange with a white head. Peach fruity and solid caramel malt flavour. Sweet malt flavour, slight dark towards mild smoked. Fruity hops lingering on top and lifting the brew up. Nice balance. Solid bitterness into the finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2007
at 16:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of Grovlam. Clear golden with a rough, white head. Extremely intense aroma of pine and peach. Fat body with plenty of malt - sweetish malt - and very fruity accents. The finish is hoppy with the fat, oily aroma hops shining through. Excellent. 301107
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2007
at 16:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2010-02-26, draught at Plan B, Copenhagen, 7-5-8-4-16=41
Copper color, hazy; creamy head. The aroma is mild, but clearly cheesy (Parmigiano Reggiano, call it parmesan). Good malt and caramel flavor, enough sweetness, full bodied, with good hops; strong bitterness; overall well balanced. Well built beer, but the cheese presence, even if not bad, is a bit weird.
2007-11-20, bottle, 7-3-8-5-16=39
Blond color, clean; huge head, but no perlage. The aroma is hoppy, very earthy, some manure. Sweet flavor, but without the expected body/malt/toffee; powerful and aromatic hopping, fruity and earthy/grassy. Really different, maybe a bit too pale and sweet (I mean, without the usual body and the adequate toffee balance, but really enjoyable for the lovers of the style (as I am).
Copper color, hazy; creamy head. The aroma is mild, but clearly cheesy (Parmigiano Reggiano, call it parmesan). Good malt and caramel flavor, enough sweetness, full bodied, with good hops; strong bitterness; overall well balanced. Well built beer, but the cheese presence, even if not bad, is a bit weird.
2007-11-20, bottle, 7-3-8-5-16=39
Blond color, clean; huge head, but no perlage. The aroma is hoppy, very earthy, some manure. Sweet flavor, but without the expected body/malt/toffee; powerful and aromatic hopping, fruity and earthy/grassy. Really different, maybe a bit too pale and sweet (I mean, without the usual body and the adequate toffee balance, but really enjoyable for the lovers of the style (as I am).
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2007
at 06:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a coppery amber with a light white head. The aroma is Fruit with a very hoppy nose tingling smell. The taste is hoppy and acidic on my tongue, very impressive. Finish is a dry bitter, but pleasant as well! What a first night in Glasgow....Karl even likes it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2007
at 19:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Old version bottled. Slightly cloudy golden with a lasting white head. The unique aroma is nothing like IIPAs I know of. Peach, tea, grass, herb (sage?) apricot, orange, grain/pilsner malt. Flavour is rather sweet, dominated by grass, peach and grain, with a very bitter finish. Interesting, but far from perfect. In the end, it feels like a more bitter and stronger version of that awful English invention, the golden ale. 7-3-6-3-12
Cask at You’ll Never Walk Alone in Kolding. Hazy amber with a creamy white head. Hoppy aroma dominated by grapefruit and pine. The flavour has some biscuit and malt with lots of citrus and pine hops. Wonderful velvet mouthfeel. 7-4-7-4-14
Cask at You’ll Never Walk Alone in Kolding. Hazy amber with a creamy white head. Hoppy aroma dominated by grapefruit and pine. The flavour has some biscuit and malt with lots of citrus and pine hops. Wonderful velvet mouthfeel. 7-4-7-4-14
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2007
at 14:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Clear gold with a off white bubbly head. Strong aroma of hops - piney, flowery, peach, grapefruit & orange. Flavor has warmth & a good amount of bitter hops. Reminds me of something in between Wintercoat Double hop & Mikkellers Hop Juice. Body is light thin - not much malty balance though its also sweet & sticky .Lasting bitter end! Slightly disappointed!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2007
at 13:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sehr hopfiger Geruch, bitter fruchtig, etwas süß. Verspielt süßer Antrunk, deutlich alkoholisch. Unter der Süße bleibtd er Hopfen nicht lange, er steigt rapide an und erreicht im Mittelteil seinen vorläufigen Höhepunkt. Dann aber übernimmt die Süße wieder die Führung. der Hopfen muss sich unterordnen. Es ist ein typischer IPA Mittelteil, würzig und bitter und natürlich hopfig. Trocken hopfig-bitterer Nachgeschmack. Test vom 2.11.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,9,8,8,-,9 - 8,68
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2007
at 21:49
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled
Amber color, no head. Clover, cold coffee/coffee powder aroma - strange. Attacking sweet-bitter hops, some diacetyl comes up in the finish. Long hoppy bitter aftertaste. Flat. Alcoholic, brandy-like notes. This bottle was infected or this is quite strange IIPA.
Amber color, no head. Clover, cold coffee/coffee powder aroma - strange. Attacking sweet-bitter hops, some diacetyl comes up in the finish. Long hoppy bitter aftertaste. Flat. Alcoholic, brandy-like notes. This bottle was infected or this is quite strange IIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2007
at 12:40