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Afterburner IPA
Flyers Restaurant And Brewery
- From:
- Flyers Restaurant And Brewery
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3.15 | pDev: 19.68%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 03, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 30, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Ratings by woemad:
Reviewed by woemad from Washington
3.71/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Big-ass bomber purchased at Enoteca in Post Falls, Idaho, for $4.99. Though the label features a WWII era pilot, the beer is called afterburner. According to the label, this has an abv of 6.5%, and this was actually "brewed and bottled by Skagit River Brewery (Mount Vernon WA) for Flyers Brewery (Oak Harbor WA)." Maybe this is actually a bottle of Scullers.
Poured an orangey amber color, with a big, creamy, off-white head that hung around awhile It left lots of lace on the sides of a UK-style pintglass.
Hoppy in the taste, but not hugely so. A hardcore hophead would probably find it lacking, as this is not the type of IPA that strips the enamel off you teeth and beats the tastebuds into submission. The hops are fairly one-dimensional, all citrus, though the beer definitely doesn't taste bad, just not as interesting as some IPAs.
Medium bodied, with a coating, oily mouthfeel.
The most dominant flavor was of citrusy hops. There is also a bready malt scent, but it's definitely subordinte to the hops.
Quite drinkable. I could have more than one in a sitting without being put out. If this is on-tap or in decently priced bottles, I'd have it again, but I don't think I'd buy it for what I paid for it again.
Nov 14, 2010Poured an orangey amber color, with a big, creamy, off-white head that hung around awhile It left lots of lace on the sides of a UK-style pintglass.
Hoppy in the taste, but not hugely so. A hardcore hophead would probably find it lacking, as this is not the type of IPA that strips the enamel off you teeth and beats the tastebuds into submission. The hops are fairly one-dimensional, all citrus, though the beer definitely doesn't taste bad, just not as interesting as some IPAs.
Medium bodied, with a coating, oily mouthfeel.
The most dominant flavor was of citrusy hops. There is also a bready malt scent, but it's definitely subordinte to the hops.
Quite drinkable. I could have more than one in a sitting without being put out. If this is on-tap or in decently priced bottles, I'd have it again, but I don't think I'd buy it for what I paid for it again.
More User Ratings:
Rated by Beardo from Washington
4.08/5 rDev +29.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
4.08/5 rDev +29.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Smells like weed haha. Good stuff
May 17, 2015Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
2.82/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
2.82/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
Attractive dark orangey amber in the New Belgium snifter. Plenty of foam and average carbonation. This is some bitter stuff. Starts out with pleasantly with a malty sweetness and some toasted grain.
Mango fruity flavors along with some grapefruit peel, and then the it just plain starts pushing on the bitterness receptor button. The malt and hop flavors are not bad, but the bitterness makes this totally undrinkable. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at the brewery restaurant in Oak Harbor.
Dec 26, 2013Mango fruity flavors along with some grapefruit peel, and then the it just plain starts pushing on the bitterness receptor button. The malt and hop flavors are not bad, but the bitterness makes this totally undrinkable. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at the brewery restaurant in Oak Harbor.
Reviewed by ThisWangsChung from Maryland
1.58/5 rDev -49.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
1.58/5 rDev -49.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
22 oz bottle into a pint glass. Apparently brewed by Skagit River Brewery, and the bottle says 6.5%.
A: Pours a moderately hazy copper color. The head is disappointingly small; an aggressive pour only yielded a one finger light cream color. Having said that, the retention of the dinky head is excellent, and the lacing left down the glass is beautiful.
S: This one seems malty. Very little hops are prevalent aside from a hint of balancing pine; it's mostly biscuit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, butterscotch, and marzipan on the nose. It comes off like an English-style IPA - and not a great one, either.
T: Uh oh. As soon as this hits the tongue, a wave of nondescript, generic bitterness scrapes the tongue harshly at first. It's just about the most unpleasant grapefruit-forward hop profile I've ever encountered. This soon gives way to another massive wave of diacetyl and (seemingly) battery acid. And then the bitterness becomes medicinal. And then the general flavor profile becomes metallic. And then the nasty hops intermingle with the buttery malt/yeast and becomes vomit-like in flavor. And then I get the urge to drainpour this. And then I retch after choking down another swig of this stuff. And then I drainpour this for real.
M: The texture doesn't seem so horrid at first...right up until the sharp coarseness of the body and unpleasant dryness brings out the nasty bitterness in the worst way possible. It even feels gross beyond just the flavors.
O: Welp, I think we found a gold standard for how bad an IPA can get - it tastes like 'crappy homebrew' levels of bad. I'd even surmise the year-old bottle of Torpedo I've got stashed away would be better than this. Avoid like the plague!
Feb 09, 2013A: Pours a moderately hazy copper color. The head is disappointingly small; an aggressive pour only yielded a one finger light cream color. Having said that, the retention of the dinky head is excellent, and the lacing left down the glass is beautiful.
S: This one seems malty. Very little hops are prevalent aside from a hint of balancing pine; it's mostly biscuit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, butterscotch, and marzipan on the nose. It comes off like an English-style IPA - and not a great one, either.
T: Uh oh. As soon as this hits the tongue, a wave of nondescript, generic bitterness scrapes the tongue harshly at first. It's just about the most unpleasant grapefruit-forward hop profile I've ever encountered. This soon gives way to another massive wave of diacetyl and (seemingly) battery acid. And then the bitterness becomes medicinal. And then the general flavor profile becomes metallic. And then the nasty hops intermingle with the buttery malt/yeast and becomes vomit-like in flavor. And then I get the urge to drainpour this. And then I retch after choking down another swig of this stuff. And then I drainpour this for real.
M: The texture doesn't seem so horrid at first...right up until the sharp coarseness of the body and unpleasant dryness brings out the nasty bitterness in the worst way possible. It even feels gross beyond just the flavors.
O: Welp, I think we found a gold standard for how bad an IPA can get - it tastes like 'crappy homebrew' levels of bad. I'd even surmise the year-old bottle of Torpedo I've got stashed away would be better than this. Avoid like the plague!
Afterburner IPA from Flyers Restaurant And Brewery
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
40 ratings
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