Dynamic Duo
Ex Novo Brewing

Dynamic DuoDynamic Duo
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From:
Ex Novo Brewing
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 5.74%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
58
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 30, 2021
Added:
Mar 31, 2015
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  14
Our dual-hop IIPA series, this West Coast style double IPA has big hop aroma of pine, grapefruit, and pineapple with a very light body. Extremely drinkable and aggressively hopped with Citra and Chinook for a clean, bitter finish.
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Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington

4.02/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a medium golden amber with a fine, two finger white head with great retention and solid lacing. Aroma of caramel malt, citrus, tropical and dank hops, tangerine, mixed overripe tropical fruit, particularly pineapple and some catty dankness. Flavor is mildly caramel hops, citrus, piney and dank hops, vague stone and tropical fruit, grapefruit, a little green onion, lemon and mild dankness. Lingering piney, citrus and mixed fruit finish with substantial bitterness. Medium bodied with light creaminess. A fine, golden West Coast style IPA. The aroma indicated maybe some substantial caramel malt, but that note is mild in the flavor. Very busy hop profile, as expected from Mosaic and Idaho-7, the dynamic duo in this version. The dominant flavors are pine and citrus, but there are unidentifiable tropical and stone fruit flavors too. Great alpha oil hit at the end with a IBU I haven't seen since my last Stone IPA. Busy flavors (both hop varieties are kind of busy by themselves), but an overall quite satisfying profile. A welcome traditional hoppy IPA on a hot evening. My first of this two hop series; I'll watch for more in the future.
Jun 30, 2021
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.88 by Sound_Explorer from Washington

Jun 17, 2021
 
Rated: 4.04 by jason_nwx from Oregon

Jun 15, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Dec 28, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Mar 28, 2019
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Rated by CraftBeerRunner from California

4.25/5  rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Really great double ipa. Will drink again! Whole Foods, Portland, OR, September 2018
Sep 08, 2018
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Reviewed by rarigney from Washington

4.13/5  rDev +3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours an almost transparent golden orange with a generous fluffy white head with good retention and excellent lacing. The aroma is bright and citrusy. Taste is similar with big citrus notes and a grapefruit peel finish. Medium bodied and slightly bitter.
Aug 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.32 by HochFliegen from Oregon

Aug 04, 2018
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

3.74/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Glows like a Floridia Orange before it’s picked and mixed with a bunch of Brazilian ones for your morning OJ. Smell is big citrus and tropical fruits like Ester Williams on vacation in Panama. Taste, well, nothing cool about this one. Very light tropical fruits, but really it’s a bit flat and acidic just like things that are flat and acidic. It’s not all that terrible, it’s just nothing special.

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Jun 30, 2018
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

3.88/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Big fluffy white head sits atop an orange/golden body. Not a member of the new kids club, but not clear. Somewhere in between.

Nose is a bit yeasty, but also a decent amount of citrus (orange) and some nondescript brightness.

More of the same. Sweet orange and slight yeasty tang. Dull citrus and a pleasant softness all around.

Body is medium and soft with a gentle effervescence. Oh yeah, this is 8%. REAL easy to forget until you go to stand up. No real trace of alcohol on the flavour or body.
Enjoyable, but doesn't super standout. Gentle orange blossoms are the lasting impression.
If it were half the ABV I think it would be a great summer APA.
May 02, 2018
 
Rated: 3.95 by InfernoBoss from California

Mar 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by gspeer711 from California

Jan 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Sir_Goatman from Oregon

Jan 10, 2018
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Reviewed by Lingenbrau from Oregon

4.12/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Dynamic Duo is a a beautiful gold to copper color boasting a foamy white head. It's unfiltered appearance is nearly clean, and delicious looking.

Ahhh Mosaic. Combined with Rakau, blueberries, tangerine, and honeydew melon take lead over a bready and sesame seed supporting malt cast.

Citrus stars the flavor aspect followed by a more meaty and toasty grain base. Melon really shines through on the end making it quite a smooth finish despite the glorious 75 ibu bitterness.

A tad thin for it's elevated abv, with mild carbonation and it would benefit from a few more ibu's in my opinion. Which is always the case. The alcohol is nearly undetectable, being quite dangerous.

Not an award winner here perhaps, but a pretty good DIPA. One that's remarkably easy to drink, and I could get in trouble if these were in any format other than a bomber. Cheers.
Oct 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.33 by fardog from Oregon

Oct 13, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Marvicsin from California

Aug 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by Trentt2 from Alaska

Jul 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Jul 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.01 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Jun 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.07 by BeerAndFilm from Oregon

May 01, 2017
Dynamic Duo from Ex Novo Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 58 ratings