16 Point Imperial IPA
Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.07
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Pours a clear amber. Smells of fruit malt and flowers. Taste is similarly malty side of ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:24
4.5/10
Over-hopped for my taste.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2023
at 14:43
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 1
Overall 1
Bottle from total wine NC. Just a little darker than pale. Alarming sweet cloying volatile nose. First taste is also sweet cloying alky based thick viscous liquid. Warming sensations all the way down. Whew. Difficult weird bitter hop awareness. Thick mouthcoating furor. Impact of agitation. Grim unpleasant awkwardness. One big unfavorable scandal. So much so big so taste bud scandalous blasting. Finishes with a big hard enraptured intoxication that will not be soon forgot. Whew whew whew. Good thing I'm gittin a little buzzy near the end, makes me forget how fricken rude triple hops can be. This probably should be styled as a strong ale; JMHO or is that the effects of the euphoria setten in?
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2022
at 19:09
7/10
Mostly clear amber body small foamy white head. Resiny floral aroma. Resiny floral caramel flavor. Medium full body moderate carbonation. 8/3/8/4/15 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2021
at 19:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Grapefruit and tangerine. Pours golden with decent head. Some lime. Bittersweet finish with some booze, caramel. Bottle from mixed six.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2020
at 02:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at Republic. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has resin, pine and sweet grains with a hint of flora underlying. Flavor has sweet grains and pine with citrus rind and flora.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2018
at 22:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Grapefruit and apricot nose, subtle pencil shavings note. Clear copper, medium head. Apricot, grapefruit. Full body, moderate carbonation, warm.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2017
at 17:13
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes Aroma: caramel, pine, citrus, resin Appearance: clear golden with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter finish Delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2017
at 13:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Kroger bottle. Pours clear golden with an off-white head. Heavy grapefruit aroma, pine, light orange, tropical fruit, floral hops. Flavor is heavy pine, grapefruit peel, orange, mango juice. Somewhat sweet-ish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2017
at 16:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Split a 22oz bottle. Poured a clear amber color with a medium sized, fluffy white head. Aroma was sweet caramel malts, some light chewy hops, touch of citrus. Booze. Flavor was light tropcial notes, some very light citrus. Lots of malts on this one, and it’s a bit boozy, but it is pretty smooth and avoids the alcohol burn that I’ve come to expect from most high alcohol Imperial IPAs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2015
at 10:21