Double Platinum Imperial IPA
Starr Hill Brewery

Double Platinum Imperial IPADouble Platinum Imperial IPA
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From:
Starr Hill Brewery
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
8.6%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 13.37%
Reviews:
103
Ratings:
410
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 28, 2019
Added:
Jun 17, 2010
Wants:
  12
Gots:
  68
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Ratings by ryanonline:
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Reviewed by ryanonline from Florida

3.6/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Appears very cloudy and fiery orange with some strong golden tint. Lots of huge fluffy white head and some decent lacing.

Smells slightly funky with some reasonable citrus hop notes and a bit of funk(hay like). Caramel malt notes.

Taste is waaay bitter. Lots of orange and citrus in the palette. The hops lack a specific profile, just bitter. Caramel malt with a slight burnt character.

The mouthfeel is very creamy with some foamy carbonation. A moderate to heavy mouthfeel.

Drinkability is moderate at best. It sits fairly heavily in your stomach and has a lasting bitterness.

Overall, this beer is a bit to assertive for my taste. Nice though.
Jul 19, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.69 by cwd from Kentucky

May 28, 2019
 
Rated: 3.29 by SpectrePLUS from Virginia

May 05, 2019
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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
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, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Apr 12, 2019
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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
File this under not terrible, but no real reason to pick up again.
Nov 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by fthegiants from California

Aug 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.9 by DrBass from Maryland

Aug 21, 2018
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Reviewed 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
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, 2018
 
Rated: 3.46 by RockySasquatch from Tennessee

Mar 08, 2018
 
Rated: 4.47 by RBorsato from Virginia

Mar 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.37 by Stofko1992 from Pennsylvania

Feb 19, 2018
 
Rated: 2.75 by yaksurf from North Carolina

Feb 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jan 20, 2018
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

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, 2017
 
Rated: 3.95 by briancathy from Virginia

Aug 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by richj1970 from Alabama

Jun 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by duvel1979 from District of Columbia

Feb 09, 2017
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Reviewed by GeorgianBayPackr from Pennsylvania

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, 2017
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Reviewed 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
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
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