Maniacal Double IPA
Port City Brewing

Maniacal Double IPAManiacal Double IPA
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From:
Port City Brewing
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,375
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,677
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 10.81%
Reviews:
36
Ratings:
202
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 02, 2024
Added:
Apr 23, 2013
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  26
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Ratings by Chaney:
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Rated by Chaney from District of Columbia

4/5  rDev -1.7%

Feb 07, 2014
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Rated: 3.94 by wisegreensoul from Idaho

Mar 02, 2024
 
Rated: 3.98 by CoasterGuy from Pennsylvania

Mar 25, 2023
 
Rated: 3.82 by SierraFlight from Virginia

Feb 13, 2022
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Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts

4.04/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy goldish orange. Some orange gummy candy aroma on the nose. Lots of orange tangerine character with some gummy sweetness. in some ways, this reminds me of a bigger bolder Partly Cloudy. That's Solace's flagship which also features El Dorado and Citra. In truth, I would probably prefer a glass of the Sterling brewery's IPA over this. The bigness of it is a bit maniacal and does stick it to you quite a little bit. This is a good DIPA though it's pushing it at 8.9%.
Mar 01, 2021
 
Rated: 4.3 by bubseymour from Maryland

May 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by RBorsato from Virginia

Apr 03, 2020
 
Rated: 4.78 by steevo24 from District of Columbia

Feb 29, 2020
 
Rated: 3.94 by rpjterp from Virginia

Feb 01, 2020
 
Rated: 4.19 by JonB25 from Delaware

Jan 28, 2020
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Reviewed by captaincoffee from Virginia

3.93/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours the color of shiny brass on a ship with a smaller head and limited lace. Nose is old school pine and citrus but not as big as I was hoping/expecting. Taste is certainly old school with firm bitterness, pine, and some cracker malt backbone. Its a pretty good beer if you are looking for a classic IPA, although I'd like a bigger nose on this one considering it is a pretty big beer.
Jan 21, 2020
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.49/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: Pours clear and golden with a two finger head; good persistence and spotty lacing

Smell: Bright and citrusy with tropical fruit tones of mango and pineapple

Taste: Mango and pineapple forward, with a bit of sugar cookie underneath; through the middle, a citrusy bitterness develops, bringing lemon and orange tones; moderate to high bitterness, through the finish, all well complemented by the tropical fruit and the malt base

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate to high carbonation

Overall: In a sea of NE IPAs, here is a beer that captures some of the tropical fruit aspects that make that style so popular while also bringing the citrusy bitterness of the West Coast - a first class effort by Port City
Jan 17, 2020
 
Rated: 4.02 by Daniellobo from District of Columbia

Jan 09, 2020
 
Rated: 4.1 by Hurl4bru from Massachusetts

Jun 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4.04 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Nov 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.87 by mjw2808 from Maryland

Aug 25, 2018
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.3/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Baby, I am really getting it on tonight! I attended a high school classmate's funeral yesterday, two months before our 35-year reunion; a fellow site user called me out for my laser-focus on CANs to the point that it seemed like I was overlooking bottles; I am interested in eradicating my Bottle Backlog for once & for all (смерть бутылочкам!); it is not yet NBS; I had a really nice, sustaining nap earlier & best of all, the Pirates won & the Grateful Dead is in concert on telly so my brain is in "Park" anyway.

From the Bottle: "Dep golden with subtle orange hues, Maniacal (R) perfectly balances firm hop bitterness, pine and citrus aromatics, and malt structure."; "85 IBU".

I have to cop to some anxiousness in Pop!ping the cap simply because I could not wait to get started. The local ballpark was setting off fireworks, so the smell of gunpowder was in the air & I was ready! Despite all of my inherent excitement, I went with a slow, gentle C-line pour, resulting in the creation of two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head with excellent retention, leaving loads of lacing in its wake. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose was like citrus fruit salad with grapefruit, orange, lemon and a little pineapple on a biscuit base. It was like when we made fruit salad & Bisquick in a coal-fired Dutch Oven at camp in the Boy Scouts. I wasn't much for campling or the outdoor life, which is why I joined the Navy, but those desserts … Mmmm! Mouthfeel was big, thick, full & creamy, like a dollop scooped onto my tongue. I let it roll around, savoring the citrusy bitterness, which was surprisingly more lemony than grapefruit with orange and pineapple to smooth the rough patches. The malt was also surprising more biscuity than caramel, which is the usual suspect, rendering it biscotti-like. If there is one thing that I miss by virtue of no longer living in Da 'Burgh, it is Enrico's Biscotti Co., dahn inna Strip Disrick. Man, I used to make a weekly trip to load up for my morning coffee before heading off to class. Back to the beer - it was listed as 8,5% ABV & it was a pleasant follow-up to that Maniacal Stone nonsense earlier. This was mellow where that was hot. This was the way I like my DIPAs - drinkable, but not so crazy as to lay me out. It had a really nice citrusiness, especially of lemon, and a malt base that knew how to behave itself. Finish was semi-dry to dry, but not hot nor overwhelming. It was a nice wind up to the day as I get ready to retire for the evening. Tomorrow brings an all-new adventure in the form of NBS. See yinz then!
Aug 19, 2018
 
Rated: 3.55 by bigpoppa67 from Wisconsin

Jul 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.77 by wwoj from Virginia

May 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by jwat from Pennsylvania

Apr 26, 2018
Maniacal Double IPA from Port City Brewing
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 202 ratings