Paranoia
Odd Side Ales

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From:
Odd Side Ales
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.81 | pDev: 10.76%
Reviews:
23
Ratings:
146
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 16, 2021
Added:
May 12, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  24
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Ratings by gashmoney:
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Rated by gashmoney from Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -14.7%

Aug 13, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.85 by dd53grif from Michigan

Aug 16, 2021
 
Rated: 3.78 by dsshuck from Delaware

Nov 07, 2020
 
Rated: 3.81 by beergorrilla from Michigan

Apr 12, 2020
 
Rated: 3.04 by cindiwindi1025 from Michigan

Apr 04, 2020
 
Rated: 4.06 by c014572 from Illinois

Mar 31, 2020
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Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota

3.77/5  rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear beautiful light honey orange with a thick white head. Nice retention and decent lacing. Aroma is a blend of tropical and citrus fruits with a touch of pine. Flavor follows the nose, sweet up front with some nice hop bitterness in the finish. Feel is lightly carbonated and medium bodied. Overall a very nice beer. High 9.95% ABV is dangerously well hidden.
Mar 18, 2020
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.47/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
The CANQuest (tm) is self-sequestered for the moment, although it still feels as though this beer might be a more appropriate response. I have NOTHING to do outside of the house as movie theatres are closed, schools are on a two-week hiatus, I am getting comic books delivered by the droves via USPS & there is nowhere that I want to go on the train. Where would I go that it would not be more of the same - closed tighter than a drum with a post-apocalyptic feel? CANned beer at home seems to be an appropriate response! The CANQuest (tm) & its backlog = WAY ahead of the curve (again). J/S.

From the CAN: "Complex Imperial IPA with citrus and tropical aromas leading to a juicy, hoppy, bitter finish."

I Crack!ed open the vent & once more beCAN a slow, gentle C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. My sense of hopelessness as applied to clarity was allayed when I saw the liquid filling my glass. Happy, happy, joy, joy! Clarity! It foamed up to form two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with great retention, leaving a load of lacing in its wake. Color was a gorgeous Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9) with NE-quality clarity. Nose smelled of pine & caramel & my hophead mouth would not stop watering! In fact, I could not stop leaning in just to get a whiff. Yum. Mouthfeel was big, thick, full & creamy, like a dollop had been scooped into my mouth & onto my tongue. The taste was CANother revelation, opening with a (literally) peachy flavor that slowly went over to papaya, mango & guava before erupting with a grapefruit citrusiness. Finish returned to the cool pine of the nose with the sweetness of the caramel malt to render it semi-dry to dry. What a find! What a revelation! What a beer! YMMV.
Mar 18, 2020
 
Rated: 3.85 by kjkinsey from Texas

Feb 22, 2020
 
Rated: 3.93 by Gagnonsux from Texas

Feb 21, 2020
 
Rated: 4.04 by Tiernan from Texas

Feb 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4.06 by BKotch from Texas

Feb 16, 2020
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.77/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass

Appearance- The beer pours a clear orange amber color with a big billowy off-white head. The head has a great level of retention, fading over time to leave a ton of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma of the brew is rather strong of a grapefruit smell mixed with some other aromas of a light tangerine and tropical fruit smell. Along with these aromas comes a little bit of a pine and herb as well.

Taste – The taste begins with a rather heavy grapefruit hop taste mixed with some flavors of a cracker malt and a bit of a tangerine, pineapple, and caramel. The sweeter tastes are very light upfront and get even lighter as the taste advances all while the grapefruit augments and takes on more bitterness with a grapefruit rind like flavor. Toward the end some other hop tastes of a light herbal and pine nature join the grapefruit with a bit more maltiness coming as well. With all the flavor transitions, in the end, one is left with a rather biting bitter, but enjoyable and moderately crisp taste to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the brew light and more crisp for a brew of its abv and hop profile, with a carbonation level that is moderate. For the mix of big bitter grapefruit and fairly crisp malt flavors the feel is rather well done and makes for a nice easy sipper.

Overall – A rather nice more bitter and somewhat drier brew. While nothing out of this world, a nice brew to try if you have the opportunity.
Feb 13, 2020
 
Rated: 3.9 by DanJ1979 from Michigan

Apr 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.98 by Kmatthews from Michigan

Feb 17, 2018
 
Rated: 4.31 by clager from Michigan

Feb 17, 2018
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Reviewed by Lahey from Michigan

4.18/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a nice imperial ipa. Clear golden color. Mix of sweet and hoppy, a well balanced beer. I drank the whole beer before i had time to do the review. Its a great middle of the road ipa, not too hoppy, not too boozy. Give it a try.
Apr 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.33 by Timc32 from Michigan

Mar 13, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by DanGeo from Michigan

Feb 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.58 by blissfulNemo from Michigan

Feb 23, 2017
Paranoia from Odd Side Ales
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 146 ratings