Heavy Seas - Riptide
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Heavy Seas - RiptideHeavy Seas - Riptide
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From:
Heavy Seas Beer
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Belgian IPA
ABV:
7.25%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 11.56%
Reviews:
56
Ratings:
304
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 29, 2017
Added:
Apr 27, 2013
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  59
Riptide White IPA is a beer brewed with a malt body similar to a Belgian style Wit with loads of torrified wheat. It’s hopped like an IPA, but we use a unique blend of Czech Saaz, French Strisselspalt, Calypso, Centennial and Cascade hops to create a big citrus nose and flavor with floral accents. To complete the feel of the wit style, we push the beer through our hopback which is loaded with Spanish sweet orange peel, Curaçao bitter orange peel, coriander, and a generous helping of hops. It’s fermented with a classic Belgian Wit yeast which provides all of the fruity and spicy notes you’d expect. We then blast the tank with our hop cannon which is loaded with Calypso, Strisselspalt, and Citra hops and more orange peel. The beer is then lightly filtered to retain all of the exceptional yeast character.
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Ratings by dcerdman:
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Rated by dcerdman

3.8/5  rDev +2.2%

Oct 24, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.04 by Bajdog from Maryland

Nov 29, 2017
 
Rated: 2.99 by bmcmahon1024 from Pennsylvania

Mar 14, 2016
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Rated by Brewerbach from Maryland

4.55/5  rDev +22.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
AWESOME BEER. GOOD AROMA & TASTE, NICE BALANCE, GOOD SUMMER STYLE BEER
Mar 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.3 by Jamstone714 from Florida

Mar 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by JOSHRINARD from Massachusetts

Jan 31, 2016
 
Rated: 2 by ohiobeer29 from Ohio

Jan 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by robebo44 from Virginia

Dec 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.07 by JamieDuncan from Maryland

Nov 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by terpdog from Maryland

Nov 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Nov 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.74 by direwolf00 from Rhode Island

Oct 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by SonictheBeerhog from New York

Oct 28, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by TheBeerdedCharmer from Pennsylvania

Oct 28, 2015
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Reviewed by Urk1127 from New Jersey

4/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
Light hazy orange. White head.
Smell is clove. Banana. Orange peel. Slight pine. Taste is the same as the smell. The Belgian yeast is balanced with the hops. Feel is medium.
Oct 26, 2015
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Reviewed by StevenShawSr from Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +21%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
(newbie)
pours with a lot of head. Clear bronze with moderate carbonation. Smells fruity, maybe banana as another reviewer mentioned. Taste is a bit creamy with a wonderful following. So far this is my favorite craft and I live around the corner from Heavy Seas...think I may visit
Oct 03, 2015
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

3.75/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A-Pours a hazy golden color with a nice head and lacing
A-Aroma has slight spice and yeast hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a slight spice and yeast flavor
M-A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
O-A decent Belgian IPA
Sep 26, 2015
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Reviewed by jp32 from Michigan

3.74/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy golen color with lots of foam on top.

Aroma is of belgian yeast, cloves, and banana. Possibly some other spices in the nose as well but nothing I can quite pick out specifically.

Flavor is hop-forward with an herbal, belgiany, slightly sweet finish.

The aroma is that of a belgian witbier. The flavor is more of a white ipa up front with a witbier finish.

Also, a slightly warmer than I was expecting alcohol feel. Overall, pretty decent beer, but probably not any kind of award-winner.
Sep 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.12 by hophugger from Virginia

Sep 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.8 by sholbert from California

Sep 15, 2015
Heavy Seas - Riptide from Heavy Seas Beer
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 304 ratings