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Frankenlou's IPA
Seven Brides Brewing
- From:
- Seven Brides Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.25 | pDev: 16.92%
- Reviews:
- 31
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 24, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 9
No description / notes.
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Ratings by RedBiddy:
Reviewed by RedBiddy from Oregon
3.58/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
You know how it is when you you experience quality and everything you compare afterwards just doesn't seem to quite measure up? This is what I get from Frankenlou's. A very fine IPA no doubt. Nice appearance, great frothy head, a scent that reminds me of hiking through old-growth forests, a bitter-sweet taste that makes me want to pucker for a kiss, an aftertaste that is the QRS heart rhythm that is preparing you for the next taste. All that this beer offers I truly appreciate but it just doesn't quite get me to the level of my first, and longest lasting, IPA love - Lagunitas Maximus.
Feb 10, 2012More User Ratings:
Reviewed by gandres from Philippines
3.13/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.13/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
22 ounce bottle to glass
Appearance: light amber, hazy, cloudy, white foam
Aroma: strong aroma of hops
Taste: very bitter
Palate:full body, thick feel, lively, long finish
Overall: good beer, tried because of the 100+ IBU not for repeat and not looking forward to
Drank: April 10, 2016
Apr 11, 2016Appearance: light amber, hazy, cloudy, white foam
Aroma: strong aroma of hops
Taste: very bitter
Palate:full body, thick feel, lively, long finish
Overall: good beer, tried because of the 100+ IBU not for repeat and not looking forward to
Drank: April 10, 2016
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.58/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
2015-08-08
22oz bottle served in a large snifter. If there's a date, I don't see it. Brought to me by @mr-jj.
Pours hazy amber with a medium-large head that fades slowly and has a lot of carbonation. Smell is lemon, lemon rind, flowers and pine.
Taste is intense lemon rind bitterness with a surprising, slow, subtle sweet finish. But that lemon rind bitterness builds sip-to-sip, and that sweetness is delicate. If that was accentuated a little more, or the lemon rind bitterness was damped a little bit, this beer would have some serious potential. As it is, it's heavily overbalanced to the bitterness. Luckily, I do like the bitterness.
Mouthfeel is nice, fluffy, airy, very pleasant. Overall...like I said, this beer could be better. I like it, though.
Aug 09, 201522oz bottle served in a large snifter. If there's a date, I don't see it. Brought to me by @mr-jj.
Pours hazy amber with a medium-large head that fades slowly and has a lot of carbonation. Smell is lemon, lemon rind, flowers and pine.
Taste is intense lemon rind bitterness with a surprising, slow, subtle sweet finish. But that lemon rind bitterness builds sip-to-sip, and that sweetness is delicate. If that was accentuated a little more, or the lemon rind bitterness was damped a little bit, this beer would have some serious potential. As it is, it's heavily overbalanced to the bitterness. Luckily, I do like the bitterness.
Mouthfeel is nice, fluffy, airy, very pleasant. Overall...like I said, this beer could be better. I like it, though.
Reviewed by BeerisGod from Oregon
3.64/5 rDev +12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev +12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer is described on the bottle as a hop monster, for good reason. Golden orange color, ok white head with a little lacing when poured in a glass. Piney hop aroma. Hop forward flavor with a bit of a sweet malty finish. Not the best IPA I've ever had, but not close to being the worst either.
Aug 07, 2015Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
2.02/5 rDev -37.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 1.75
2.02/5 rDev -37.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 1.75
Pours a murky super dark orange-brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is sour and funky along with malt, caramel, earth, and candied citrus zest aromas. Taste is much the same with sour, funk, earth, dirt, citrus zest, and grapefruit juice flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of earth and hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very poor beer that definitely has some infection issues going on, but there are still some hop qualities that come through if that means anything.
Serving type: bottle.
Apr 24, 2015Serving type: bottle.
Frankenlou's IPA from Seven Brides Brewing
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
78 ratings
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