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Double Platinum Imperial IPA
Starr Hill Brewery
- From:
- Starr Hill Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.6%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 13.37%
- Reviews:
- 103
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 28, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 17, 2010
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 68
No description / notes.
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Ratings by deadonhisfeet:
Reviewed by deadonhisfeet from Kentucky
4.01/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a Goose Island tulip. Typical-looking IPA: light apricot colored, clear with just a touch of haze, and about a half finger of fine white foam. The nose is quite nice. I get hints of ripe peaches, grapefruit, oranges, and mangoes.
Medium body with a nice hoppy flavor and a surprisingly creamy feel for a sub-9% abv IPA. There's a good balance of fruity hoppy notes and sweet, toasty malt. Lots of fresh grapefruit, lemon, toast with marmalade, and cedary, spicy notes. Very appetizing. Not too abrasive on the palate, but definitely a IIPA seasoned with American hops. The label boasts "dry-hopped IIPA with a powerful aroma of citrus and pine, balanced by a malty backbone.'' Not sure I would describe the aroma as "powerful", but the rest of the description is spot-on.
I was traveling and took a chance on this beer for three reasons: (1) I liked the description, (2) it was marked down to $7 per six-pack, and (3) according to the bottled-on date it was barely two weeks old. I'm very glad I did as I really enjoyed it and would buy it again.
Jul 13, 2015Medium body with a nice hoppy flavor and a surprisingly creamy feel for a sub-9% abv IPA. There's a good balance of fruity hoppy notes and sweet, toasty malt. Lots of fresh grapefruit, lemon, toast with marmalade, and cedary, spicy notes. Very appetizing. Not too abrasive on the palate, but definitely a IIPA seasoned with American hops. The label boasts "dry-hopped IIPA with a powerful aroma of citrus and pine, balanced by a malty backbone.'' Not sure I would describe the aroma as "powerful", but the rest of the description is spot-on.
I was traveling and took a chance on this beer for three reasons: (1) I liked the description, (2) it was marked down to $7 per six-pack, and (3) according to the bottled-on date it was barely two weeks old. I'm very glad I did as I really enjoyed it and would buy it again.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
3.8/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A-Pours a nice amber color with a nice head and lacing
A-Aroma has slight hop hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a slight hop flavor
M-A medium bodied very well carbonated beer
O-A decent DIPA with a very strong kick
Apr 14, 2019A-Aroma has slight hop hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a slight hop flavor
M-A medium bodied very well carbonated beer
O-A decent DIPA with a very strong kick
Rated by Chad473 from Pennsylvania
3.55/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
File this under not terrible, but no real reason to pick up again.
Nov 25, 2018Reviewed by MacMalt from New Jersey
3.71/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 12 oz. bottle into Spigelau IPA glass. It pours a honey-amber color with orange hues and a large, long-lasting fluffy bright white head and significant lacing. There's not much to the nose; mostly sweet malt, light floral hops, and just a whiff of grapefruit. This is the epitome of a malt-forward, southern-style IPA; it's sweet up front with only mildly bitter hops, light pine, and just a hint of tart citrus. It has a medium body with moderate carbonation, and you can feel the 8.6% ABV. It has a little burn at the finish. Overall, it's a little one-dimensional but I think it would pair nicely with a bacon cheeseburger.
Jul 01, 2018Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.79/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
It is on these cold nights that I am really digging drinking & reviewing DIPAs. I could have sworn that I had done so with this one previously, but since there was a single in the cooler at the FGBS on a recent visit, I snagged it. Things that make you go "Hmmm."
From the bottle: "A dry-hopped imperial India pale ale with a powerful aroma of citrus and pine, balanced by a malty backbone."
I Pop!ped the cap & began a slow, gentle pour since I made doing so my New Year's resolution at the beginning of the year & I have been getting good results. Once it was sufficiently decanted, I performed an in-glass swirl that raised two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, light-tan head with modest retention that left great lacing in its wake. Color was Amber to Deep Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was not as powerful as the label had led me to expect, but it was certainly filled with the aforementioned citrus & pine. Mouthfeel was big, full, thick & creamy, like a dollop on my tongue. I simply allowed it to lay there like a blanket so that the hoppy onslaught could take 'hold and lull me into submission. I liked the balance of the grapefruit & pineapple citrusiness with the pine mintiness, all underlain by a doughy, bready maltiness. I would hesitate to characterize it as "sweet", but it was not as outright bitter as many that I have had in this style. Finish, as a result, was right on the cusp of semi-dry & dry. I dug the way that it was a subtle variation on a familiar theme. YMMV.
Dec 22, 2017From the bottle: "A dry-hopped imperial India pale ale with a powerful aroma of citrus and pine, balanced by a malty backbone."
I Pop!ped the cap & began a slow, gentle pour since I made doing so my New Year's resolution at the beginning of the year & I have been getting good results. Once it was sufficiently decanted, I performed an in-glass swirl that raised two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, light-tan head with modest retention that left great lacing in its wake. Color was Amber to Deep Amber/Light Copper (SRM = > 9, < 13) with NE-quality clarity. Nose was not as powerful as the label had led me to expect, but it was certainly filled with the aforementioned citrus & pine. Mouthfeel was big, full, thick & creamy, like a dollop on my tongue. I simply allowed it to lay there like a blanket so that the hoppy onslaught could take 'hold and lull me into submission. I liked the balance of the grapefruit & pineapple citrusiness with the pine mintiness, all underlain by a doughy, bready maltiness. I would hesitate to characterize it as "sweet", but it was not as outright bitter as many that I have had in this style. Finish, as a result, was right on the cusp of semi-dry & dry. I dug the way that it was a subtle variation on a familiar theme. YMMV.
Reviewed by GeorgianBayPackr from Pennsylvania
3.95/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
I like this DIPA. Better than some because there is a malty-complexity to it that really gives it balance. It is a little less hop forward, but the resins do hit you on the finish- which is smooth, creamy, and a nice mix of malt & hop bitter
Jan 28, 2017Reviewed by beerqa from Virginia
4.35/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Very strong hoppy and citrus smell and taste but a very satisfying after taste that dry with enough malt to it that there isn't the bitter aftertaste of some other beers with a strong hop initial taste. Pours gold to copper with 1/4-1/2" white head. Definitely worth a repeat. Paired it with a lightly seasoned/buttered fish...nice.
Jan 05, 2017
Double Platinum Imperial IPA from Starr Hill Brewery
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
410 ratings
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