Numbskull
Lighthouse Brewing Company

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From:
Lighthouse Brewing Company
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.1%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.05 | pDev: 8.4%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
65
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 02, 2022
Added:
Jul 06, 2013
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  13
Numbskull DIPA is our standard version of the Numbskull. Still reckless and wild, this edition features Azacca hops, adding refreshing notes of mango and tropical fruits.
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)

4.23/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours clear orange bronze with two fingers of creamy off white head.
Fresh piney aroma, herbal with hints of ripe pineapple, over ripe orange, tangerine and notes of caramel malt.
Taste follows with a herbal and piney hop blast, hint of diesel, tangerine, a bit of peach; bready caramel malt, a touch of booziness and an earthy bitterness.
Full almost oily mouthfeel, boozy warmth with a sticky herbal and earthy bitterness that builds on the palate.
Jul 02, 2022
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Reviewed by HipCzech from California

4.05/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
473 ml can (“17/12/21”) poured into a stemmed tulip glass. Clear, golden yellow with a thick head of white foam. Aromas of malty grain, tropical fruit and fruity eaters, pine needles and resin, and some alcohol. Flavor continues with a solid malty base, piney and slightly dank hops, and warming alcoholic hints. Medium body, slightly oily feel and moderate carbonation. A nicely balanced, big and boozy DIPA.
Jan 10, 2022
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Reviewed by VizionvvIPA

4.7/5  rDev +16%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
This is a beautiful double IPA beautiful overall smell strong pine smelling almost like molasses. Overall what a tremendous flavour with a smooth after taste very session-able . I hate these new guys pure Alcohol forward with out any care for the taste. This is tremendous at a 9.1 alc.volume and honesty dangerous because I could have 4 or 5 and not notice the alc at all .. good job to the brewmasters
Nov 13, 2021
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Reviewed by bilbobrewer from Oregon

4.04/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
....not reviewed in more than a year?! Really ?!?

Bought a tall can at Van. liquor store, refrigerated. Packaged on Dec.16/20, so 3 months old.

Pours clear gold. with two fingers of creamy white head dispersing to a thin-but-covering skim. Aroma is a a bit bready, fruity, and hop-forward.
Taste is crisp and drying, as one could expect from 9%. But it is not as overwhlemingly boozy as some even lower abv's I've had.
Aftertaste is dominated by astringency, after just 10ozs, dry mouth moves in to stay!
Not a session beer, for sure, but a good execution of a pretty high abv recipe.
Mar 20, 2021
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

3.71/5  rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Copper filtered with moderate carbonation in four fingers of beige head.

Smells of malt and bananas.

Tastes of caramel, orange, rust and is fairly sweet.

Medium body with moderate carbonation. Slightly oily feel.

I got this in British Columbia and I’m drinking it in Redding California September 5, 2019.
Sep 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by Gasp262 from Canada (AB)

Aug 06, 2018
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Reviewed by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

4.02/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Churchill's in Victoria, BC. Poured into a shaker pint.

The best DIPA-like beer I’ve had in Victoria during this trip.

A - Pours a light amber clear with great lacing. 4.25

S - Herbal and floral hops. 4.0

T - A hoppy beer with the bitterness balanced by a malty backbone. Not sweet. 4.0

MF - Medium bodied with a barely dry finish. 4.0
May 07, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Niceroad77 from Canada (BC)

Jul 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by Beersnake from California

Jun 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by 4ster from Canada (ON)

Jan 06, 2017
 
Rated: 3.67 by alew_os from Canada (BC)

Dec 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by jgunther71 from Illinois

Jul 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by krome from Illinois

Jul 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by largadeer from California

Apr 21, 2016
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Reviewed by Ghrymm from Canada (BC)

3.67/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 650ml bottle, 9.1% abv Citra and Galaxy hops.This bottle was bought Dec/2015 and has a new label.
L: Pour a clear Amber very thin white head and spotty lacing,looks flat.
S: A nice citrus hoppy nose some floral and fruits.
T: Hops are there with the malts needs more hops.
F: Somewhat low on the carbonation maybe just this batch a nice bitter finish.
O: Well for me this one is missing lots for a Imperial IPA i bought one to try but this one needs work in my opinion.
Jan 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by CurtisD from Canada (NB)

Dec 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.63 by sherpahigh from Canada (AB)

Dec 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.48 by rab53 from Washington

Nov 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.27 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by Tmappin from Canada (NS)

Sep 22, 2015
Numbskull from Lighthouse Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 65 ratings