South Swell Double Ipa
Surf Brewery

South Swell Double IpaSouth Swell Double Ipa
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From:
Surf Brewery
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 14.58%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
68
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 26, 2017
Added:
Sep 08, 2011
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  10
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Ratings by charlzm:
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Reviewed by charlzm from California

3.49/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Consumed November 5th, 2011 at the brewery. Reviewed from notes.

Appearance is medium gold with a proper one finger white head.

Aroma has an unfortunate ammonia component (simcoe hops?). Also has a solvent note in addition to the more agreeable red grapefruit and pine.

Flavor is sweet crystal malt followed by all kinds of hop flavors: pepper, pine, red grapefruit. Bitter on finish.

Mouthfeel is oily and slightly dry.

Drinkability is not hampered by the off-notes in the nose, though you need to enjoy strong hop flavor to like this one.
Dec 13, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by mpenske from California

Aug 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by bigpoppa67 from Wisconsin

Aug 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.84 by Donkster46 from Washington

Jun 27, 2017
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.87/5  rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
2017-05-30
22oz bottle served in a little sampler. I don't see a date right now. My says "NOW MORE DANK!" on it. Given to me by @mr-jj.

Pours clear light golden with a medium head and light carbonation. Smell is mild, but dank. I get maybe a little lemon as well.

Taste is dank -- but with a bit of honeysuckle sweetness, it balances nicely. Strong, very slow bitter aftertaste. This is quite tasty today.

Mouthfeel is very thick, but a little flat. Overall, it's a good beer that could be polished a little bit.
May 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.37 by OnryAndMean from New York

Jun 20, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

4.37/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bright orange appearance, thin 1/3" off white head. Great amounts of funky Nelson aroma, Nelson also seems to be the biggest variation of hop out there, sometimes its great, sometimes it just isnt. Both times I've had this, it smelled great, just as good as Alpine.

Lots of tropical fruit hoppy taste without a ton of bitterness, the caramel notes, while substantial, are not distracting, they help tame the bitterness, heat and Nelson hop somewhat.

Very impressed.
Feb 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by markhobbs1 from California

Feb 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by teraflx from Arizona

Jun 14, 2015
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Rated by WindUpBird from California

2.58/5  rDev -34%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Lots of malt...not much else going on. Not a terrible beer, but sure not what I expected from the label. Doubt I'll buy it again
Jun 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.87 by Nhoelzen from Arizona

May 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.83 by sjmad23 from California

May 30, 2015
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Reviewed by herbz0r from California

1.87/5  rDev -52.2%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
I don't know what happened to this beer. I just purchased the beer at Costco (as I have many times before) and this batch is very different in a bad way. It's darker in color and I can only smell malt and DIACETYL! I hate to say that I had to dump this beer as I couldn't stand to drink it. I always loved this beer but will not buy this again for a few months to see if they can get this beer fixed. Very disappointed...
May 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by TrojanRB from Texas

Apr 01, 2015
 
Rated: 4.53 by scuttlebutt21 from California

Mar 18, 2015
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Reviewed by Rollzroyce21 from California

3/5  rDev -23.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
- 22 oz. bomber poured into Black Tuesday whiskey snifter on 2-Jan-15

Decent citrus juice notes, but overall too malty. It's borderline BW. This is a typical DIPA that's straight up just OK.
Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by BigJohnShow from California

Dec 07, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by SocalKicks from California

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 2.44 by kborning from California

Nov 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by turbotype from California

Oct 03, 2014
South Swell Double Ipa from Surf Brewery
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 68 ratings