Eight Point IPA
Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.78
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a caramel color with a small foamy beige head that left minimal lacing. The aroma was tangy fruity hops, lemon and a touch of earthiness. The flavor was tangy and sweet with lemon, grapefruit, and a bit of pine. Medium length finish. Medium body. Ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 3/6/2017. Pours crystal clear golden/amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, mango, papaya, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, light honey, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, mango, papaya, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, pine, light honey, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, pineapple, peach, mango, papaya, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a nice malt bitterness balance; slight lingering hop astringency, but not overwhelming. Moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairly bready/grainy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 6.2%. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; despite the increasingly bitter/drying finish. Great vibrant hop flavors, with a solid malt backbone with minimal residual sweetness. Just a tad too aggressively bitter/drying, this was still really enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy dark orange with small off-white foamy head, orange peel aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter taste with orange peel flavor, thin body, long bitter finish. Nice West Coast style IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
16 oz pour on draft at Hilton McLean Tysons Corner’s Härth Bar. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of malt, biscuit, floral notes. Tastes of floral notes, biscuit, aged hops, bitter wheat. Medium body with a dry finish. Tastes a bit old or like some macro lager got mixed in.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Golden, almost clear. Lasting laces. Peach and pear aroma. Taste of pine and malt. Distinct bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Cold Spot. Deep golden with big off-white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is herbal hops, big caramel malt, and bitter finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Earthy/funky orange malt and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with large off-white head. Sweet earthy orange malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Body on the light side.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Devils Backbone Eight Point IPA ].Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, pine, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, riped fruit, pale malt, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150812]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Clear, light amber-yellow with a thin white head. Light pine and grapefruit aroma. Taste is grassy, piney, citrus, orange-peel. Mild dankness. A pretty nice, easy drinking one......right on the APA/IPA line.....
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Shmupi. Golden. Very stale hops aroma. Sweetish flavor with cardboard, and bitter stale hops. Medium-bodied.