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Willamette Single Hop IPA
Mikkeller ApS
- From:
- Mikkeller ApS
- Denmark
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 12.14%
- Reviews:
- 24
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 24, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Ratings by steve8robin:
Reviewed by steve8robin from Massachusetts
3.56/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
The idea for this series of brew is awesome. This gives the drinker the chance to taste how different hops affect the brew in different ways. I have brewed a home brew or two with Willamette and decided to try this one. 12oz bottle...
A: A nice clear deep red / amberish color with a 1 inch white head that fades at a decent pace. Good.
S: I get a nice blend of malt with a a mild peppery hop in the middle. A super faint earthy citrus on the backend. Ok.
T: Very balanced, but not an IPA by any means. This starts with a clean malt and quickly followed with a mild peppery hop in the middle and a very rich malty backend. Good.
M: Medium body with a hard carbonation. A malty clean finish. Ok.
O: All in all, this is a decent beer. Not amazing, but decent. The concept, though, is not really to produce a mind blowing beer, but to produce a beer showcasing some of the many varieties of hops available to brewers. In this regard, it does it's job. This definitely shouldn't be categorized as an IPA, but it could just be the Willamette not being the beer to showcase for this style. So, in a sense, this beer does it's job. Definitely try if you're a brewer / home brewer to test the different hop varieties.
Aug 07, 2011A: A nice clear deep red / amberish color with a 1 inch white head that fades at a decent pace. Good.
S: I get a nice blend of malt with a a mild peppery hop in the middle. A super faint earthy citrus on the backend. Ok.
T: Very balanced, but not an IPA by any means. This starts with a clean malt and quickly followed with a mild peppery hop in the middle and a very rich malty backend. Good.
M: Medium body with a hard carbonation. A malty clean finish. Ok.
O: All in all, this is a decent beer. Not amazing, but decent. The concept, though, is not really to produce a mind blowing beer, but to produce a beer showcasing some of the many varieties of hops available to brewers. In this regard, it does it's job. This definitely shouldn't be categorized as an IPA, but it could just be the Willamette not being the beer to showcase for this style. So, in a sense, this beer does it's job. Definitely try if you're a brewer / home brewer to test the different hop varieties.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by drpimento from Wisconsin
3.15/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
This is getting old so it's no surprise that there's almost no hop aroma or flavor. Hop bitterness, sure, but that's about it to match the caramel malts. A pity
Jan 24, 2016Reviewed by Sm00thHoperator from California
3.75/5 rDev +8.4%
3.75/5 rDev +8.4%
Found this for 79 cents at 99 cent only stores. I could not pass this up. Very average american style ipa not much complexity but I think its pretty good.
Dec 13, 2014Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.53/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
same as the saaz version, this was accidentally forgotten about and not consumed fresh, but i am still so happy to be completing this series eventually, this one held up a lot better than the saaz, and while the willamette has never been a favorite hop of mine, this is a good ipa, and would have been special fresh i have a feeling. its got a woody amber color with a dense haze and a ton of coagulated yeast floaties, and if i wasnt so used to the looks of some of mikkellers beers, id be turned off. the nose is bitter and english smelling, almost like it has a different malt profile than the others, but it doesnt. its sweeter at first in taste though, working into a very well balanced pale ale type. i taste the yeast more in this than others too, maybe a product of age. the willamette hop does excellent bittering work, but doesnt bring a lot of aromatics to the table, which i expected and still enjoy. better as a pale ale than an ipa. fuller bodied, bubbly, satisfying. any single beer from this series would have worked for me as a session ipa, i just like the way mikkeller builds beer i guess, but even over a year old this is tasty to me.
Dec 23, 2013
Willamette Single Hop IPA from Mikkeller ApS
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
51 ratings
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