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DuClaw Brewing Company

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From:
DuClaw Brewing Company
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Imperial Pilsner
ABV:
5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.73 | pDev: 9.92%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
99
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 01, 2020
Added:
Oct 30, 2014
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  23
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Ratings by duceswild:
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Rated by duceswild from Heard & McDonald Islands

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

Nov 08, 2014
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Rated: 3.25 by Urk1127 from New Jersey

Dec 01, 2020
 
Rated: 3.96 by Wheels2532 from Pennsylvania

Oct 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by hozersr from Pennsylvania

Sep 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.62 by duvel1979 from District of Columbia

Sep 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by JeffKowalek from Tennessee

May 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by AD17 from New Jersey

Apr 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by ArtZan from New Jersey

Feb 01, 2016
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Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin

3.98/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Beer poured into a pint glass from a bottle. Pours yellow with a fluffy white head. Smells of citrus hops, and slight evergreen. Tastes of piney hops and slight citrus, but the balanced grain profile jumps out. Beer is light bodied and extremely drinkable, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.
Dec 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by chasmandocharles from Pennsylvania

Nov 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Stanley23 from Pennsylvania

Sep 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.33 by LoveStout from New York

Aug 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.32 by acurtis from New Jersey

Aug 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by wisegreensoul from Idaho

Jul 16, 2015
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Reviewed by Jeffreysan from Virginia

3.83/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass

Appearance: Pours a clear, golden yellow color with an eighth of a finger of white-colored head that quickly dissolved away into a thin lacing of foam that completely covered the top of the beer. Honestly, it looks like a BMC beer, but with much prettier head.

Aroma: Very aromatic, with lots of floral, piney, grassy, orangey & lemony citrusy hops escaping the glass, as well as some honey, honey-suckle, caramel, and bready, toasted malt. However, most of the aromas are of the aforementioned hops.

Taste: Very similar to the aroma. First flavors are of floral, piney, grassy, orangey & lemony citrusy hops, not too bitter, but very assertive, followed by some pronounced, bready, toasted malt, caramel-like sweetness, and some black pepper.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, crisp, clean and extremely effervescent, as there is a ton of carbonation. With an ABV of 5.0%, there is no alcohol on the palate.

Overall: This is a nice IPL. Good flavors, hoppy, but not overly bitter, and balanced well with some pronounced, bready, toasted malt. Easy to drink, and very satisfying. I’d certainly drink it again, and I’m very happy to support two of my favorite local breweries!
Jun 12, 2015
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Reviewed by baconfromwalmart from Pennsylvania

3.19/5  rDev -14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
L: Fluffy white 2-finger head, clear with a golden straw color and good carbonation
S: Smells like an IPA, very hoppy and a bit piney
T: Nothing up front. I tried to pick out different flavors, but I got nothing. No pine, grapefruit, grass or anything like that. It was more of a texture than a taste. Sharply bitter finish, the kind that lingers in the throat for a long time
F: Pretty smooth, almost silky
O: The bitterness is rather overwhelming and the lack of taste is surprising. I'm hoping I got a dud and can try this again
Jun 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by gopens44 from Virginia

Jun 01, 2015
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Reviewed by Slatetank from Pennsylvania

3.52/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I enjoyed this bottle chilled from an IPA glass.

Thick white snowy head atop a golden liquid with good clarity 2finger cap with fine bead visible carbonation and lace sticks well. The smell of mix herbal tropical and an almost grapefruit pith scent with light tea-like herbal citrus quality. The feel is moderately high bitterness up front with medium carbonation with medium carbonation and moderately astringent accent and low sweetness with very dry finish.

Taste is tangy fruity and is mixed with spicy and grassy hop flavor with an earthy grassy aspect of hops with a dry cracker-like quality of malt with light citrus in the finish with peppery hop flavor that lingers. Overall an ok IPL, but hop flavor is more spicy than fruity and has a grassiness that obscures the other flavors.
May 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by greyghost86 from Delaware

Apr 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.28 by hophugger from Virginia

Apr 23, 2015
Gridlock from DuClaw Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 99 ratings