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Furious
Surly Brewing Company
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- From:
- Surly Brewing Company
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #44 - ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,492 - Avg:
- 4.28 | pDev: 9.58%
- Reviews:
- 1,646
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Friday at 06:09 PM
- Added:
- Feb 05, 2006
- Wants:
- 1,512
- Gots:
- 1,237
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Notes:
A tempest on the tongue, or a moment of pure hop bliss? Brewed with a dazzling blend of American hops and Scottish malt, this crimson-hued ale delivers waves of citrus, pine and caramel-toffee. For those who favor flavor, Furious has the hop-fire your taste buds have been screaming for.
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Reviewed by dano213 from Pennsylvania
4.12/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can purchased from the fridge as a single from a local bar/bottle shop for $3.50. Canned on 11/29/22, so this is just under three months old.
Look: Dark ruby amber color, clear. Crumbly, rocky, sticky off-white head.
Smell: Grapefruit and very earthy, woody pine resin. Caramel malt backbone. Overall, the aromas seem to be a bit restrained.
Taste: This is a solid beer. Up front, it's pretty tame with a pleasant caramel malt backbone and some grapefruit flavor. Then the profile quickly gets aggressively bitter and the finish is full-on grapefruit pith, zest, and pine resin. The finish is very bitter and very enjoyable. There's just something about the combination and contrast of flavors between grapefruit and darker malts that is so tasty and interesting. This beer takes that flavor profile to the extreme, and it's pretty cool. Over time, I get bitterness from roasted malts coming through on the finish also. Those roasted malt flavors mimic a coffee bitterness, which is pretty cool, and this beer also reminds me of like a grapefruit/coffee drink (LaColombe used to make coffee shandies with Lemon, Grapefruit, or Cherry).
Feel: It has a medium plus body, chewy mouthfeel. it's pretty slick and oily yet it also has a degree of crispness. Nicely carbonated.
Overall: My second Surly Brewing Company beer (Controlled Chaos was the first). This beer reminds me a lot of Imperial Red Ales like Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster and Troegs Nugget Nectar. I think that if this beer was a bit higher in alcohol, then it would fall into that category. And this beer also reminds me a bit of Maine Beer Company Zoe, which is an American Amber / Red Ale.
From the can/website:
India Pale Ale
Iconic | Hoppy | Aggressive
Year Round
HOPS Warrior, Ahtanum, Cascade, Simcoe, Amarillo
MALT 2-row, Golden Promise, Aromatic, Medium Crystal, Roasted Barley
YEAST English Ale
IBU High
COLOR Reddish Amber
OG 15º Plato
Note: My 375th beer review
Feb 24, 2023Look: Dark ruby amber color, clear. Crumbly, rocky, sticky off-white head.
Smell: Grapefruit and very earthy, woody pine resin. Caramel malt backbone. Overall, the aromas seem to be a bit restrained.
Taste: This is a solid beer. Up front, it's pretty tame with a pleasant caramel malt backbone and some grapefruit flavor. Then the profile quickly gets aggressively bitter and the finish is full-on grapefruit pith, zest, and pine resin. The finish is very bitter and very enjoyable. There's just something about the combination and contrast of flavors between grapefruit and darker malts that is so tasty and interesting. This beer takes that flavor profile to the extreme, and it's pretty cool. Over time, I get bitterness from roasted malts coming through on the finish also. Those roasted malt flavors mimic a coffee bitterness, which is pretty cool, and this beer also reminds me of like a grapefruit/coffee drink (LaColombe used to make coffee shandies with Lemon, Grapefruit, or Cherry).
Feel: It has a medium plus body, chewy mouthfeel. it's pretty slick and oily yet it also has a degree of crispness. Nicely carbonated.
Overall: My second Surly Brewing Company beer (Controlled Chaos was the first). This beer reminds me a lot of Imperial Red Ales like Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster and Troegs Nugget Nectar. I think that if this beer was a bit higher in alcohol, then it would fall into that category. And this beer also reminds me a bit of Maine Beer Company Zoe, which is an American Amber / Red Ale.
From the can/website:
India Pale Ale
Iconic | Hoppy | Aggressive
Year Round
HOPS Warrior, Ahtanum, Cascade, Simcoe, Amarillo
MALT 2-row, Golden Promise, Aromatic, Medium Crystal, Roasted Barley
YEAST English Ale
IBU High
COLOR Reddish Amber
OG 15º Plato
Note: My 375th beer review
Rated by Eastland22
4.57/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.57/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Love the caramel notes; excellent balance with the hops
Jan 15, 2023Reviewed by whynot44 from Missouri
4.39/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.39/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Very slightly hazy copper color with a substantial and lasting white head and lot of nice lacing.
The aroma is pine resin and citrus with a nice bready background.
The taste is grapefruit, pine resin, lightly toasted bread, slightly sweet caramel, moderate bitterness level. The finish is dry with lingering pine and grapefruit zest.
The body is medium, moderate carbonation, very smooth.
Altogether, this is an exceptionally tasty brew that makes you want another, a very nice brew for the hops lovers.
Oct 19, 2022The aroma is pine resin and citrus with a nice bready background.
The taste is grapefruit, pine resin, lightly toasted bread, slightly sweet caramel, moderate bitterness level. The finish is dry with lingering pine and grapefruit zest.
The body is medium, moderate carbonation, very smooth.
Altogether, this is an exceptionally tasty brew that makes you want another, a very nice brew for the hops lovers.
Furious from Surly Brewing Company
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
5960 ratings
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