Pure Hoppiness
Overall: 8.4/10 by 2 dudes
Dudes: 8.4/10
Trend: 8.4/10 over past 5 reviews 
Style: American Imperial IPA
ABV: 8.00%
Seasonal: Year Round
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8.4
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- rich from Oswego, IL
- Date reviewed: Thursday, June 03, 2010 at 21:45:54
- $0.00 for 22 oz. bottle
- 283 beers rated with a 7.8 average rating
Date tasted: June 03, 2010
Color: Deep Gold
Rating Breakdown
Aroma: 7 (25%)
Taste: 9 (25%)
Look: 8 (15%)
Drinkability: 9 (35%)
Overall: 8.4
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| Beer | Rating |
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| 15th Anniversary Wood Aged | 7.0 |
| Apocalypse Cow | 8.8 |
| Big A IPA | 9.0 |
| Blue Dot | 8.1 |
| C-Note Imperial Pale Ale | 8.9 |
| Citra Double IPA | 9.9 |
8.4
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- scot from Oswego, IL
- Date reviewed: Thursday, June 03, 2010 at 21:45:28
- $0.00 for 22 oz. bottle
- 882 beers rated with a 7.8 average rating
Pours clear with a slight, white foam. Retention was barely alive. Lacing is spotty and a little bit sticky.
Aroma is mostly floral and tropical fruit hops. There is a sweet malt there to balance.
Taste is the hops. Here the profile of the hops is citrus and begins almost immediately while lasting into the finish and becoming bitter. Bitterness isn't overwhelming but hangs out for some time.
Actually lighter than I expected in the mouth and about medium carbonation. Alcohol burn on the way down.
If it wasn't for the big alcohol burn I don't know if I would guess this is a double, which is praise for the beer. Any beer that can burp up a grapefruit as nicely as this one did deserves a good score. Enjoy!
Date tasted: June 03, 2010
Color: Pale Gold
Rating Breakdown
Aroma: 9 (25%)
Taste: 8 (25%)
Look: 9 (15%)
Drinkability: 8 (35%)
Overall: 8.4
Similar Beers Tasted
| Beer | Rating |
|---|---|
| 15th Anniversary Wood Aged | 6.0 |
| 3rd Anniversary Ale | 5.0 |
| 90 Minute IPA | 9.0 |
| Alpha Centauri Binary IPA | 8.6 |
| Apocalypse Cow | 8.9 |
| Arctic Panzer Wolf | 9.3 |
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Appear: Dark Gold and kind of clear. Head disapated pretty quickly.
Aroma: Light floral and muted fruity citurs. And maybe a slight mineral scent in the background.
1st Taste: Deeper taste than the look and smell suggested. First comes a sweetness that suggests fruit more than malt. But the sweet quickly leave but not due to an overbearing hop prescence. Low level alcohol heat, but it's there.
Overall: A very drinkable Imperial IPA. The personality keeps morphing, just as I try to define my experience with the various levels of this brew. All's in balance and I very much like the hop profile. Excellent brew from a small So Cal operation.