Vortex I
Pisgah Brewing Co.

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From:
Pisgah Brewing Co.
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.2%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 11.72%
Reviews:
132
Ratings:
185
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 05, 2016
Added:
Jan 25, 2007
Wants:
  88
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by stoutfiend27:
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Reviewed by stoutfiend27 from North Carolina

4.4/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Bomber poured into Scaldis glass picked up from the brewery bottled 3/09

a-dark coppery color topped by a nice two finger khaki head that lingered for quite a while....beautiful head retention and lovely lacing

s-nice floral hop aroma with a low lying pine and grass smell..u can definitely tell it has the malt backbone to support it..

t-hops and more hops....really it starts with a nice hop punch followed by some nice bitterness..then the malt backbone kicks in followed by more hops at the end...very little alcohol in the taste at all for this high abv

m-medium feel with nice carbonation....i read elsewhere that people thought their bottles were over carbonated maybe i got lucky but it was spot on in this bottle...

d-i take my hops one bottle at a time and i havent finished this bottle yet so im not sure but at this abv i not sure id want more that one bomber in a night but this is so damn tasty..

overall this is a fantastic beer and i also had it on tap...it was a little more floral on tap but i expected that...the experience at the brewery was great...Dave and company are top notch ...cheers to a great beer

edit--im at the end of my bomber and just tried another beer and couldnt taste it..this is a hop bomb...i love it but one bomber is enough..it tops some of the better double/triple ipas out there..
Apr 16, 2009
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.92/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
22 oz 2013 bottle served in a lager glass.
The clear body looks like honey, and there are suggestions of honey in both the aroma and the flavor. The aroma, however, is dominantly and strongly floral. The flavor has some citrus and herbal notes from the hops in addition to the floral ones. A relatively low bitterness (moderate) makes this very drinkable (aged) DIPA.
The high ABV is partially hidden.
Jan 05, 2016
 
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Jun 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by REVZEB from Illinois

Oct 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by HopAttack3 from Virginia

Oct 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by beerded_drunk from Pennsylvania

Sep 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by spycow from Illinois

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by zestar from California

Aug 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by DrMindbender from South Carolina

Jul 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by qcbrewer from North Carolina

Jul 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by midlifec from Michigan

Jun 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Brewsed from North Carolina

Jun 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by MaximumYuks from Oregon

May 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by woodchip from North Carolina

May 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by kristougher from North Carolina

Apr 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by baklo from North Carolina

Apr 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Gatordaddy from Maryland

Apr 21, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Mantooth from North Carolina

Apr 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by KFrank729 from Ohio

Mar 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by aasher from Indiana

Feb 19, 2014
Vortex I from Pisgah Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 185 ratings