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Vandal
Backlash Beer Company
- From:
- Backlash Beer Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 6.67%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 24, 2014
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 5
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Reviewed by brureview from Massachusetts
4.24/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured a golden color with a 2F head in a Spiegalgau glass. Nice lacing.
Aroma: Excellent. Serious pine, earthy, some vanilla, other citrus.
The mouth feel is very carbonated.
Great taste- a meld of grapefruit and orange.
The citrus finish adds a lot of character to the beer. Often, good tasting DIPAs finish very hoppy without good citrus flavor.
Overall: an excellent DIPA. The balance of citrus flavors make this beer one of the better New England brewed DIPAs. I actually prefer drinking this beer on the colder side, starting at about 42 °F. A colder temp brings out the intensity of the citrus.
This beer is a blend of DIPA styles- not quite West Coast, yet not similar to other New England beers in the style- such as DIPAs from Clown Shoes and Heady Topper. Worth checking out.
Dec 30, 2014Aroma: Excellent. Serious pine, earthy, some vanilla, other citrus.
The mouth feel is very carbonated.
Great taste- a meld of grapefruit and orange.
The citrus finish adds a lot of character to the beer. Often, good tasting DIPAs finish very hoppy without good citrus flavor.
Overall: an excellent DIPA. The balance of citrus flavors make this beer one of the better New England brewed DIPAs. I actually prefer drinking this beer on the colder side, starting at about 42 °F. A colder temp brings out the intensity of the citrus.
This beer is a blend of DIPA styles- not quite West Coast, yet not similar to other New England beers in the style- such as DIPAs from Clown Shoes and Heady Topper. Worth checking out.
Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts
3.75/5 rDev -7.4%
3.75/5 rDev -7.4%
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy, yet bright orange color. Head is really large and dense. The head has a sort of orange tinge to it. Good lacing. Nose is ripe with sweet, candied citrus hops and citrus zest hops. Hops are also lightly earthy. Flavor is strong with the candied orange hops. Some grassy flavors. Some apricot hops. Malt is bready and neutral. The feel of this beer is very creamy. Higher bitterness. Lingering flavor. Mild carbonation. Not my favorite offering from these guys. Not enamored with the hop profile. Still, I will have no problem ripping the bomber back.
Dec 13, 2014Rated by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
3.75/5 rDev -7.4%
3.75/5 rDev -7.4%
Sweet malt character. Taste along the lines of a FFF big sweet double IPA. Not bad, but kind of sloppy.
Dec 03, 2014
Vandal from Backlash Beer Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
30 ratings
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