Whiplash White IPA
SweetWater Brewing Company

Whiplash White IPAWhiplash White IPA
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From:
SweetWater Brewing Company
 
Georgia, United States
Style:
Belgian IPA
ABV:
6.3%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 11.38%
Reviews:
50
Ratings:
364
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 07, 2017
Added:
Nov 16, 2013
Wants:
  12
Gots:
  125
What happens when a 500year old Belgian style ale gets rear-ended by a truckload of pompous American hops? It equals one heck of an ambulance chaser of a beer.
This is an American style Belgian IPA, with a subtle phenolic flavor in combination with citrusy/piney hops, well balanced at 6.2% and 55 IBUs, with a tart, dry finish.
2014 World Beer Cup Bronze Medal winner for American-Belgo-Style Ale category.

Grains: 2-Row, Wheat, Flaked Oats
Hops: Bravo, Ahtanum, Centennial, Cascade
Dry Hop: Ahtanum, Centennial, Simcoe

55 IBUs
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Ratings by chinchill:
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle served in a Belgian snifter (plus light revision with sample on tap at the brewery in Nov. 2014).

Pours slightly hazy, orange-amber, and with a rather weak head that leaves better than expected lacing.

Aroma; fruity with a hint of baked white bread and a touch of Belgian yeast. Less hoppy and bold than the outstanding "regular" Sweetwater IPA.

Flavor: fruity and mildly spicy with a hop level on the low end of the range for style. Moderately complex.

O: tasty, interesting and easy drinking.
Apr 10, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.84 by PawG from California

Jul 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.65 by whatname from Pennsylvania

Jun 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by MAJ85 from Georgia

Mar 10, 2017
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Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia

3.59/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear deep gold producing almost 2 fingers of frothy, white somewhat lasting head that leaves scattered blotches & motes of lace. Aroma is earthy & slightly musty, floral, orange & lemon (more pith or zest than fruit with a greater degree of fruit for the orange) pineapple & pine, a low profile caramel & biscuit maltiness with something vaguely mint-like deeply buried underneath. Taste is divergent from the nose & less complex: Moderate hop bitterness with some citrus & grass, lightly floral with a subdued earthiness. Pale malts evident but almost no wheat flavor or Belgian yeast mustiness. Some soft breadiness. Mouthfeel is light-medium bodied (maybe a little oily & chewy from the oats) with moderate carbonation that combine with the hops to produce a slight prickly spiciness.
Feb 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.6 by fisherbray from Florida

Jul 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by Squire from Mississippi

Jun 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.2 by Sebas from North Carolina

Jun 20, 2016
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Reviewed by wuthrichj15 from Indiana

4.24/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nice IPA, good balance, nice wheat taste in there as well. Pours coppery with a white head. Pretty good brew by sweetwater. Good mouthfeel as well. give it a try
May 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.95 by Chucker17 from South Dakota

May 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.6 by jpdillAL from Alabama

May 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by rfgetz from New Jersey

May 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by JordanlikesAles from Georgia

May 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by eddiestep from Georgia

Apr 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.33 by carrollmel7 from North Carolina

Apr 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by beertraveler08 from Louisiana

Apr 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.41 by chris826 from Mississippi

Apr 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by allistermcg from New York

Mar 28, 2016
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Reviewed by DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pretty decent White IPA with balanced hop bitterness and a good wheat character. Drank it out the bottle so I didn't get a look at it. It was good but I think I would prefer the Hop Hash or their other IPA's.
Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by Gsgibson54 from Florida

Mar 25, 2016
Whiplash White IPA from SweetWater Brewing Company
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 364 ratings