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Boy King
COAST Brewing Company
- From:
- COAST Brewing Company
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #221 - ABV:
- 9.7%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,581 - Avg:
- 4.28 | pDev: 9.58%
- Reviews:
- 204
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 18, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 14, 2009
- Wants:
- 392
- Gots:
- 51
A highly hopped, yet still balanced, Double IPA. Multiple hop varieties, emphasizing Citra Hops, were used. We're lovin' the tropical goodness of this hop variety!
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Ratings by RustyDiamond:
Reviewed by RustyDiamond from Georgia
4.5/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Filled 3.9.10 at Charleston Beer Exchange. 9.7% ABV on cap label. Poured into a Duvel stem.
Hazy, flaming orange with a pretty 1/2" off-white froth. Great head retention and webbed lacing.
Huge fruit basket aroma of peach, mango, tangerine & white grapefruit juice.
Super dense floral hoppy. Chalky, grapefruit rind bitter. Tart citrus hop flavor...white grapefruit. Slight mineral pretzel maltiness and plenty bitter, with a slight hit of alcohol. Lingering citrus finish...long lasting and tart but pleasant. Very resiny mouthfeel...citrus charred.
Between this, HopArt and DIPA #2, COAST is quickly becoming my favorite IPA craft brewery in the East.
Mar 19, 2010Hazy, flaming orange with a pretty 1/2" off-white froth. Great head retention and webbed lacing.
Huge fruit basket aroma of peach, mango, tangerine & white grapefruit juice.
Super dense floral hoppy. Chalky, grapefruit rind bitter. Tart citrus hop flavor...white grapefruit. Slight mineral pretzel maltiness and plenty bitter, with a slight hit of alcohol. Lingering citrus finish...long lasting and tart but pleasant. Very resiny mouthfeel...citrus charred.
Between this, HopArt and DIPA #2, COAST is quickly becoming my favorite IPA craft brewery in the East.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GrumpyGas from Illinois
4.29/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
12oz can dated 04/??/23 and poured into a teku glass shows a gorgeous dark yellow/orange, with a slight haze, and a voluminous, fluffy 2+" head of white bubbles leaving the glass caked in webbed lacing.
Aromas of orange, pineapple, and grapefruit with pine resin above a strong biscuit malt. Citrus pith and peel notes, join.
Flavors match with a bit of booze heat and cedar.
Mouthfeel is sticky, full, and lasting, yet finishes almost wet.
Overall a strong beer loaded with oomph. Thanks, Dave.
May 18, 2023Aromas of orange, pineapple, and grapefruit with pine resin above a strong biscuit malt. Citrus pith and peel notes, join.
Flavors match with a bit of booze heat and cedar.
Mouthfeel is sticky, full, and lasting, yet finishes almost wet.
Overall a strong beer loaded with oomph. Thanks, Dave.
Reviewed by padan7 from Pennsylvania
4.49/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Wow. Just had a funky wonderful beer experience.
Look. The beer has a deep copper hue and two fingers of lacing
Smell hazy hop Oder
Taste hops balanced so the abv is undetectable. Slightly sweet
Feel rich and balanced and smooth
Experience this is a 99% organic beer for $14 a 6-pack. A funky fantastic experience that Bootsy Collins would relish. Some of the nicest people I have ever met were enjoying a draft. A diamond in the rough.
Oct 15, 2021Look. The beer has a deep copper hue and two fingers of lacing
Smell hazy hop Oder
Taste hops balanced so the abv is undetectable. Slightly sweet
Feel rich and balanced and smooth
Experience this is a 99% organic beer for $14 a 6-pack. A funky fantastic experience that Bootsy Collins would relish. Some of the nicest people I have ever met were enjoying a draft. A diamond in the rough.
Rated by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois
4.06/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reminds me of a Pipeworks DIPA. Solid
Sep 28, 2020Reviewed by pubscout from New Jersey
4.74/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.74/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
In The PubScout’s time, the number of DIPAs that have slaked his gullet are probably too numerous to count. But this one, Boy King from Coast Brewing in N. Charleston, SC may be the chart-topper. Beautiful color, sweetish, citrusy nose, laden with hops and flavors of grapefruit, orange, lemon and pine, this resiny, 9.7% DIPA is very dangerously drinkable. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel masks the booziness so well, you’ll likely not be aware that you’re going down a road laden with chicanes. But Ron and Maria have navigated plenty of chicanes, and they know chicanery when they taste it. May be the best DIPA in my experience, and that covers a lot of beers.
Jun 17, 2019Rated by MrCruz23 from South Carolina
4/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
King boi
Dec 01, 2018Reviewed by gopens44 from Virginia
4.28/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Deep golden hue, clear as a bell under a foamy beige head that leaves a really nice full curtain of equally foamy , sticky lacing. Nose is immediately sweet with a secondary wave of pineapple and just a hint of veggie. Taste is full of grapefruit peel (got that from another review, but it's actually pretty nailed) and alcohol heat. Finally, the feel. It's just incredibly creamy, not like any DIPA I've had before. Guess it takes the edge off the heat. After taste is alcohol bitter and not too much else. Finish isn't as nearly dry as the taste would have suggested.
Jan 17, 2018
Boy King from COAST Brewing Company
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
550 ratings
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