16 Point Imperial IPA
Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.07
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Gravity dispense at GBBF ’13, 15/08/13, cheers to Ronny for the pour. Murky orange amber with a moderate sized off white/light beige covering. Nose is juicy hops, light pine, bitter orange, grapefruit. Taste comprises juicy hops, orange pith, pine resin, bitter grapefruit, citric fruits. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, dry finish with balanced semi aggressive hop bitterness. Decent enough DIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2013. Poured a hazy copper colour with a medium off white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and caramel. Grapefruit hop flavours with raisons and biscuit malts. Palate is bitter hop resin, dry grain with a little peach like sweetness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
15th August 2013
GBBF Day 3. Hazy amber - brown beer. Little off white head. Palate is smooth and a little dry. A light malt backbone with a trace of caramel. Good marmalade hops with lesser tropical fruits. Touches of lemon and hop spice. Light finish, fairly bitter but not too much so. Good stuff!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and grapefruity. Resin, grapefruity and pine. Solid hoppy. Subdued sweetness. Bitter and bone dry into the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2013, Olympia, London. An amber coloured pour with a small white head on top. Hoppy, tropical fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, tropical fruit, peach, grapefruit, some caramel, slight sweetness. Very nice indeed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cas at GBBF. Pale amber color. Nose of stewed fruits, citrus, caramel. Sweet and fruity flavor, caramel, gtrass. Dry and hoppy, bitter finish. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Amber red color. Apricots and caramel, with some earthiness. Full bodied. Very heavy IIPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2013. It pours hazy deep amber with a small white head. the nose is bitter pine, resin, juicy orange, tangerine, earth and caramel. The taste is pine, resinous, warming alcohol, leaf, earth, caramel, assertive bitterness, oily, zesty orange and grapefruit with a bitter finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Smooth, good bitterness and nice drinkability.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at gbbf 2013. Flavour resin and pine needles. Sweet or an age blossom pine aroma. Sticky palate. Syrupy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear copper color with a large frothy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of big citrus and resin hops. The taste is pine, resin, citrus hops, some melon notes as well, and caramel malts. Medium-full bodied, lingering bitterness.