Simcoe Imperial India Pale Ale
Mikkeller ApS

Simcoe Imperial India Pale AleSimcoe Imperial India Pale Ale
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From:
Mikkeller ApS
 
Denmark
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
8.9%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.94 | pDev: 7.87%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
67
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 12, 2019
Added:
Apr 19, 2014
Wants:
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Gots:
  9
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Ratings by WarBuckeyes17:
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Rated by WarBuckeyes17 from California

4/5  rDev +1.5%

Jul 10, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.71/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a brown 11.2 oz. bottle. Has a murky, muddy river color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of pine, some malts. Taste is dank, pine, malts are present, moderate bitterness. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.
Aug 12, 2019
 
Rated: 4.6 by SwellSwill1 from Kentucky

Jun 12, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by mcthfg from Korea (South)

Sep 28, 2017
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.99/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
330ml can - part of a quintet of single-hopped DIPAs from this gypsy brewer to arrive here of late.

This beer pours a hazy, medium apricot amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, finely foamy, and faintly creamy off-white head, which leaves some splotchy and sudsy lace around the glass as it lazily sinks away.

It smells of slightly dank pine resin, some peach, blood orange, and generic grapefruit, gritty and grainy pale malt, a lesser caramel/toffee sweetness, and more leafy, weedy, and grassy green hop bitters. The taste is bready and crackery caramel malt, some biscuity toffee, mixed and matched tropical and domestic citrus rind, a minor earthy yeast essence, and more edgy leafy, floral, and piney verdant hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its palate-coddling frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and more or less smooth, with a nice airy creaminess evolving as things warm up a bit around here. It finishes trending dry, the citrus and pine really running the lingering show, as it were.

Overall, this is another good example of what a single hop, when bringing its A-game, can do for an IPA, and for you, the IPA fiend (yeah, I have two thumbs). Nice and zingy, with a plethora of the expected flavours, and a very respectful 9-ish points of booze 'warming'. Me likey.
Sep 22, 2017
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Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong

3.47/5  rDev -11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.75
A 330ml can with a best before date of 15th November 2017. Poured into a Mikkeller tasting glass.

Appearance: A hazy dark orange colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left nice lacing.

Aroma: Candied pineapple, passion fruit, grapefruit, pine and caramel.

Taste: Sweet and only lightly bitter, caramel, citrus rind, honey, pine and surprisingly strong alcohol especially since it was well hidden with Citra and Mosaic.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall: Aromas were pretty nice but the surprisingly strong alcohol in the taste was not pleasant on the palate. Not as good as Citra and Mosaic.
Jul 31, 2017
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Reviewed by The_Beergery from Singapore

4/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
10 oz draft at the probably the world's smallest beer bar, Beer Cargo, in Taipei! Appearance of this massive Imperial IPA is a hazy golden orange hue, topped with generous and regenerating white froth, which releases an big aroma bouquet perfumed with hoppy floral, grass, and predominantly citrus notes. Guzzling it down, the taste starts of sweet and full of citrus fruits, mainly grapefruit, and then the sweetness fades into an eye-poppingly intense bitterness, which lasts throughout the long lingering finish. In the mouth, this brew has a nice medium bodied feel to it, aided by a decent level of carbonation which never lets you forget its presence. Great brew!
Jun 10, 2017
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Reviewed by Bruno74200 from France

4.24/5  rDev +7.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Quite nice. Stone fruits, grapefruit, pineapple alongside a malt character a lot on the toffee. This beer is balanced and bold. Complex as Simcoe can be. The single hops IIPA series is really better than the single hop IPA series
May 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by mytu420 from Romania

Mar 05, 2017
 
Rated: 3.58 by 322wingedfoot from Pennsylvania

Dec 31, 2016
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Reviewed by portwood from Canada (ON)

3.85/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Smell: apricot, pineapple, woodsy pine, malty funk.
Taste: orange rind, avg carbonation, initially a bit prickly & boozy, syrupy thick.
Finish: big pine bitterness, grapefruit, very dry.
(bottle bb 08/10/16)
May 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by kpowledge from New Mexico

Apr 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.26 by Fargrow from Michigan

Apr 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.82 by khargro2 from Tennessee

Mar 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by swierczt from Connecticut

Feb 28, 2016
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Reviewed by drmeto from Germany

4.21/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
L:
-pours an opaque burnt orange with a medium,frothy,white head
-medium carbonation visible
S:
-grapefruit,orange,peach,methane,passionfruit,cardboard,resin
T:
-grapefruit,resin,orange,peach,pine,grassy
-medium bitterniss for the style
-finishes dry
F:
--low to medium carbonation
-medium to full body
-no alcohol detectable
O:
Goes right into Mikkeller's phenomenal lineup of SH DIPAs..
Feb 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by RichH55 from Illinois

Feb 01, 2016
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Reviewed by CNoj012 from New York

3.78/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This beer pours a murky orange-brown that looks a bit lighter than apple cider. The head is huge and off white with amazing lacing. There are a bunch of yellow pulp like floaties too. Smell is dank, pine, pineapple, citrus and sweet malt. Taste is the same with a bit of booze and a lot of bitterness. Feel is medium and oily. Overall this beer is alright. I absolutely love the Mikkeller Simcoe single IPA, but this is no where near as good.
Nov 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by KensWorld from Florida

Oct 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by AlexAfonin from Russian Federation

Sep 19, 2015
Simcoe Imperial India Pale Ale from Mikkeller ApS
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 67 ratings