Serum XXIPA
DuClaw Brewing Company

Serum XXIPASerum XXIPA
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From:
DuClaw Brewing Company
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
8.3%
Score:
81
Avg:
3.57 | pDev: 12.32%
Reviews:
111
Ratings:
528
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 20, 2021
Added:
Feb 12, 2004
Wants:
  12
Gots:
  129
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Rated: 3.43 by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania

Feb 20, 2021
 
Rated: 2.82 by thisita from Maryland

Jul 26, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Mar 28, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Jan 14, 2019
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.25/5  rDev -9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was a glossy/semi-hazy burnt orange color with a slim finger’s worth white foamy head that quickly dissipated leaving some clingy messy lacing. The smell had some sweet apricot roaming over top of some light orange and lemon. Wet fresh grassy underneath rides a light caramel maltiness. The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors to combine and leave a dry fruity aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonated nicely as a DIPA, the bitterness is there to leave an adequate harshness. Overall, I say this was a pretty good DIPA, nothing over the top, but it fits the style and I like the apricot in it.
Jun 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.23 by jmaskell33 from New York

Feb 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.37 by Timtac from New Jersey

Jan 12, 2017
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

3.81/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
As I continue to winnow through the Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody, I am finding beers that I do not even remember purchasing! In fact, I have so many DuClaw beers hanging around that I am embarking on a horizontal tasting for the next few days. This should be interesting.

From the bottle: "Give your palate a big injection of hop bitterness well balanced by malty sweetness with this smooth, medium bodied, copper colored nectar that takes India Pale Ale to the next level. Pop the top and ... get all hopped up"; "Respect_the_Fluid".

I Pop!ped the cap & decided to resume respecting the fluid with a gentle pour. I know that this one was a semi-recent purchase, but since I do not remember precisely when I bought it, I figured that gentility might be in order. Once I had decanted a fair amount of the fluid, I gave it a really vigorous in-glass swirl that raised two-plus fingers of foamy, soapy, light-tan head that hung around briefly and then fell to wisps, leaving great lacing in its wake. Color was a slightly hazy Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17). Nose had a pungent hoppiness, very vegetal and green, almost like a wet hopped AIPA. There was a good bit of pine mintiness also. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was very cool and minty, not exactly pine, more towards wintergreen or Life Savers Cryst-O-Mint. Once more, I felt like I was gargling with mouthwash, especially inhaling after the swallow. The finish was initially cool and dry, but then I got a shot of caramel malt sweetness on the extreme finish. It is, as others have noted, dangerously drinkable and my bottle noted it as 9% ABV. Phew!
Jan 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by nstygles from Pennsylvania

Nov 22, 2016
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

2.25/5  rDev -37%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
**
05/29/2015
Bottle to pilsner glass. Cloudy yellow-orange. Small head. Aroma is non-descript, touch of something a little fruity. Taste is pine, ash. Little carbonation. Not great."
**
Sep 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by hoppyhoppy from Pennsylvania

Jun 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.38 by Jfstermer from Pennsylvania

Jun 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.18 by FeloniousDrunk from New York

Jun 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.85 by SpectrePLUS from Virginia

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by rdoggg from Pennsylvania

May 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by waddellc2 from Pennsylvania

May 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.44 by AJmon13 from Ohio

Apr 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.51 by MjamesL from Pennsylvania

Apr 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by jbaker67 from Pennsylvania

Apr 03, 2016
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Reviewed by TequilaTom from Ohio

4/5  rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz bottle. Pours a dark coppery amber with a thin off-white head. Moderate lacing. Smells floral with pine and some citrus hops and caramel malts. Taste is ditto, with some alcohol burn and bitterness towards the end. Great mouthfeel. I honestly could have 2 or 3 of these, and for a dipa, that's dangerous! Well done DuClaw!!
Apr 01, 2016
Serum XXIPA from DuClaw Brewing Company
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 528 ratings