Missile IPA
Champion Brewing Company

Missile IPAMissile IPA
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From:
Champion Brewing Company
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.64 | pDev: 10.99%
Reviews:
55
Ratings:
300
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 19, 2021
Added:
Aug 11, 2013
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  77
An American India Pale Ale with firm bitterness and intense citrusy hop aromas. Made with 2-row pale ale malt and dry hopped with Simcoe, Cascade, Summit and more for the full experience of an American IPA.

65 IBU
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Ratings by DrBier:
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Rated by DrBier from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +3%

Aug 05, 2014
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Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina

3.56/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Had this on draft at the ValleyFest Beer & Wine Festival 2021 at Massanutten Mountain on 9-18-21. Okay offering that had a pretty good hop bite but lacked a bit on the citrus punch.
Sep 19, 2021
 
Rated: 3.71 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Mar 04, 2021
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Rated by TheRougeBastard from North Carolina

3.73/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Solid west-coast style IPA.
Sep 29, 2020
 
Rated: 1.44 by CoasterGuy from Pennsylvania

Aug 11, 2020
 
Rated: 3.77 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Aug 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.74 by TomBanahan from Kentucky

Jul 24, 2020
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Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland

3.64/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bright amber appearance with a medium size white head and decent lacing. Piney, resinous, fresh hop aroma. Taste starts with a bitter, citrus hop bite before devolving into a cracker like, sweet malt finish. Well carbonated mouthfeel with an average length finish.
Jun 22, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by bundy462 from Texas

Feb 10, 2020
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.61/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a clear orange amber color with a small white head. The head fades rather fast leaving a little bit of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is strong of tropical fruit and citrus smell with the aromas being of a tangerine, mango, and papaya nature. Along with these smells comes a little bit graininess and some breadiness with a touch of grapefruit and herbal hop.
Taste -The taste begins with a doughy and bready taste that has some lighter fruit flavors of a tropical and citrus nature along with a rather strong showing of caramel. Along with these tastes some very light herbal hop flavors as well as a little bit of grapefruit. As the taste advances some flavors of more hop come to the tongue with them being more dank in nature with lots of earth and pine. Toward the end the breadiness gets stronger with a little bit more herbal hop to leave one with a nice, more dank and slightly more malty taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is medium in thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is average. For the dank hop and the body of the brew the feel is rather nice and makes for an easy sipping feel overall.
Overall – A rather decent brew. Not the most hoppy IPA, but the hop is nice and dank. A great one to try if you get the chance.
Feb 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by Noelito76 from New York

Jan 29, 2020
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Rated by Nass from Florida

3.22/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
The pour is dark yellow. The taste is malt, some pine resin, slight citrus, an easy drinking IPA which I don't mind from time to time. Cheers! B-
Jan 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Sep 15, 2019
 
Rated: 4.16 by miwestcoaster from Michigan

Sep 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.19 by MacStinson from Michigan

Aug 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by bpfrush from Wisconsin

Jul 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.59 by blissfulNemo from Michigan

Jul 12, 2019
 
Rated: 3.7 by benjaminsa from Vermont

Jul 10, 2019
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.9/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 6/11/2019. Pours crystal clear medium golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and pale malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, onion, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and pale malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. Nice Simcoe, Cascade, Summit profile. Extremely vibrant, dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; with a nice clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin drying. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.
Jul 05, 2019
 
Rated: 3.54 by TXRobbo from Texas

Jun 15, 2019
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