Zodiak
Omnipollo

ZodiakZodiak
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From:
Omnipollo
 
Sweden
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #500
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,185
Avg:
4.08 | pDev: 9.07%
Reviews:
72
Ratings:
263
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 29, 2024
Added:
Nov 24, 2014
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  51
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Ratings by Hallertau:
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Rated by Hallertau from Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Mar 02, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.97 by Hibbada

Feb 29, 2024
 
Rated: 4.15 by TODDRESSEL1 from Indiana

Oct 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4.13 by tux_alin from Romania

Sep 06, 2023
 
Rated: 3 by prisdefer from New York

Jul 03, 2023
 
Rated: 4.36 by DannyBaldoni from Canada (QC)

Jul 01, 2023
 
Rated: 3.59 by West_Chester_Ale_Tester from Ohio

Jun 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by Taenim from Maine

Jun 19, 2023
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Reviewed by Seejae from Ohio

4.27/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very pale yellow. Scent is stone fruit and melon. Interesting profile, I get watermelon, honeydew, and mango. Finishes citrus sharp. I generally stay regional, but this is fantastic
Jun 18, 2023
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Reviewed by teromous from Virginia

3.56/5  rDev -12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From the bottom of the can: "04/10/23 08:19"

Appearance: The beer is completely opaque. It has a pale manilla envelope color. It has a large fluffy white head with medium-sized bubbles. The head is slightly off-white in color. It has a standard New England IPA appearance with a better than average head formation and head retention. There is excellent lacing on the glass.

Aroma: There is a light aroma of grapefruit with hints of lemon zest.

Taste: Grapefruit comes through up front. Towards the middle of the palate it picks up a dusty old chocolate bar flavor, similar to when it gets waxy after siting on a shelf for a while. A light bit of spruce and some more grapefruit character towards the back of the mouth. The aftertaste is a lighter version of spruce and grapefruit.

Mouthfeel: The hop bitterness is in the medium range and takes on a citrus-like bitterness similar to eating bitter grapefruit or blood orange. Although the beer looks like a New England IPA it has more bitterness than what a NEIPA would traditionally have. The bitterness works well with the beer. It has a body that sits on the lower edge of medium. There is some light texture to the beer.

Overall: The can simply states "INDIA PALE ALE." The beer is a bit of a mix between a New England IPA in appearance and a somewhat traditional IPA in bitterness. It has this weird waxy chocolate bar flavor which sometimes comes from newer hop varieties, but there is a decent amount of grapefruit. I probably wouldn't drink it over other IPA options but I wouldn't turn it down either. Recommendation-wise it is pretty neutral; try it if it's available but I wouldn't seek it out.
May 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.57 by beerrat from Virginia

May 26, 2023
 
Rated: 3.92 by swierczt from Connecticut

Apr 19, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by Ananabiya

Nov 24, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by iftcoach from Germany

Jun 04, 2022
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Cloudy yellow colour, moderate white head. Aroma of pine, spruce and citrus. Hoppy flavour, slightly dry, notes of citrus and tropical fruits followed by a resinous bitterness.
May 16, 2022
 
Rated: 4.02 by CRObighit2 from Canada (ON)

Apr 16, 2022
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Reviewed by AlexandraDen from Canada (ON)

4.21/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours an opaque, orange-y yellow colour. A three inch thick head emerges of tightly packed bubbles that form into a rocky, creamy one inch head that lasts the entire beer. Pardon this overdone language, but it looks like a liquid creamsicle in my can. Forgot about the sediment at the bottom, so when I finished the pour, thick swirls of unfiltered goodness swirled around in the opaque liquid, slowly twirling and falling down. Wow

Smell is mango, mango, and did I mention mango? You’ll smell it the second you pop the can. You’d be forgiven for thinking they just straight up added mango juice in here. Pineapple is also present, general tropical fruits with a gentle citrus fruit background and mildly spicy, earthy, aromatic hops.

Taste is deliciously mild but subtle and complex. There is an absolutely great backbone of wheaty breads and malty flavours that add sweetness to the whole thing. This really brings out the pineapple and mango fruity forward taste of this beer. Earthy tastes swirl in the background before evening out into a general wheaty bread finish. Gentle bitter pine notes linger here as well. Spritzes of grapefruit throughout

I’d say this is pretty medium bodied. Resinous and yet fairly creamy feel to the beer, likely thanks to the oats, gives it a real great feel. Looks more carbonated than it is, the tiny bubbles coalesce in your mouth and foam up to give a very creamy sip. Gently sweet and bitter on the finish, more juicy than dry.

Surprised at the vast disparity in some reviews, 1’s overall up to 4.5 overalls. Not sure what’s happening, either a style preference mismatch or perhaps some sort of issue with a batch that was brewed under license? Either way, hard to get behind it being weak on the nose or excessively bitter. I’m by no means a hop maniac, and this was very well balanced without egregious bitterness. It was also impressive on the nose as well. Always good to drink your IPAs as fresh as possible to keep those aromatics strong!

I’ll be honest, I’m 1000% surprised at how delicious, amazing, and balanced this is. While this is tropical fruit forward in taste and aroma, multiple other flavours in the background mix and mingle and with the delicious mouthfeel, make for an incredibly compelling drink. This is the first non-malty beer/IPA that’s going on my permanent restock list. I doubt many beer drinkers, if any IPA drinkers, allow as much sediment in their pour as I do. I recommend trying it at least once, or trying it if you didn’t like the beer the first time. I suspect the sediment brought out the malty background and balanced the flavours while tempering some of the more overt tropical flavours to produce a particularly delicious, less thin, creamy bitter-sweet beer. For me, it was absolutely mouthwatering!
Mar 07, 2022
 
Rated: 4.21 by swim from Canada (ON)

Mar 05, 2022
 
Rated: 4.42 by PCLM

Mar 04, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by psoriasaurus from Thailand

Sep 29, 2021
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