XS Imperial India Pale Ale
Rogue Ales

XS Imperial India Pale AleXS Imperial India Pale Ale
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From:
Rogue Ales
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.12 | pDev: 11.41%
Reviews:
773
Ratings:
1,265
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 27, 2020
Added:
Sep 18, 2001
Wants:
  118
Gots:
  97
Alias: "I²PA"

6 Ingredients:
Malts: Two-row Pipkin Pale.
Hops: Saaz, Cascade & Northwest Golding.
Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.

20º PLATO
74 IBU
75 AA
13º Lovibond
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Rated: 4 by Samnem from Pennsylvania

Jul 27, 2020
 
Rated: 5 by 2000SlowStang from Colorado

Nov 11, 2019
 
Rated: 4.06 by craigbelly from Iowa

Sep 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.61 by Futbolmanby from Michigan

Sep 09, 2019
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled, 2010; drank early 2013.

Cloudy bright orange.

Minimal white head; thick lace.

HUGE mango, pineapple & orange nose. This smells great!

Medium thick mouthfeel.

The flavor follows the nose, with a strong, almost over-the-top bitter finish.

This was bottled 3 years ago, but tastes fresh as a daisy. I'm blown away; wish I had a bigger bottle!
Sep 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.54 by brandoneast from Texas

Aug 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.6 by beerN3RD from Colorado

Mar 24, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Dec 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.46 by zotzot from Vermont

Nov 06, 2018
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Reviewed by iguanodon from Utah

4.05/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
[Original rating 2013-06-18] Draft at the PDX bar. Served in a big heavy goblet. Pours clear dark gold.with almost no head. Aroma is citrus, spice, apple, sweet malt. Taste is similar, bitter hops up front, then sweet, then back to bitter for the finish. I’m glad the wife encouraged me to get one more before the flight.
Oct 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.06 by dwiech from Texas

Sep 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jan 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.83 by Walnut from Missouri

Sep 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Casey_L from Texas

Jul 04, 2017
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Reviewed by stcules from Italy

3.6/5  rDev -12.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Beautiful clean copper apperance, one finger of not so beautiful off-white foam.
Smell. Well. Hop.
Malt, caramel, hop. Challenging. American hops, with a lot of resinous.
In the taste a lot of malt and caramel, then an intense hop, grapefruit and piney.
A lot of piney in the aftertaste too.
Then tangerine, citric, and floral notes (some geraniol).
Long, long hoppy aftertaste. Pine, tangerine.
Good easy beer...
Apr 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by sweemzander from Illinois

Dec 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.06 by PugsandBeer from Florida

Sep 16, 2016
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Reviewed by Pete_Vatistas from New Hampshire

4.94/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My absolute favorite imperial IPA. This is NOT a beer to have with your meal, as it should be savored all by itself. I was fortunate to have it served on tap at The Strange Brew in Manchester NH, but alas, it is only distributed in bottles now. If you like full bodied, medium malt, heavily hopped and complex big bears, this should be on your bucket list. Cheers!
Aug 01, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.57/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Mixture of gold and amber in the appearance, small 1/3" white head. Aroma is lots of pine and citrus, orange.

Big bitter c hops all up in the taste, its one of those 100+ ibu type of ipas. The alcohol is big but not overpowering, you just gotta show it some respect. Really comes out as it warms.

Its a sticky resinous, kind of viscous kind of ipa, the mixture of Cascades with some Saaz type of hops is interesting, but ultimately seems like they just went big without any fine touches on this one.
Aug 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Shawnspl from Rhode Island

Jun 11, 2016
XS Imperial India Pale Ale from Rogue Ales
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 1265 ratings