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Best Of Beer Camp: Double IPA - Beer Camp #29
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 10.51%
- Reviews:
- 313
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 15, 2021
- Added:
- May 11, 2011
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Phelps:
Reviewed by Phelps from Arizona
3.53/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle poured into Lost Abbey stemware.
Pale straw gold that’s cloudy, dark and filled with specks of snowflake yeast that sit suspended in there like gelatin. The one-inch crown of frothy white leaves sticky spackles of lace on the walls.
The nose: tart grapefruit, orange, honey and some floral notes with crackers and light biscuits. Bright and bitter.
Well. The bitterness in the flavor makes the nose look downright girly. Tons of grapefruit peel backed by biscuits and lemon-lime. It’s a bracing, tongue-smacking asshole of a beer, and it’s honestly a little off-balance.
Medium-light body, highly carbonated and with a good amount of fizz. Pretty heavy and smooth. Tons of fumes in the nose.
Ghidora is so big, and so bitter. Sierra Nevada usually exhibits such restraint, but here they’ve put their name on a beer camp DIPA that’s way out in left field with hops. Good if you’re in the mood for it, but abrasive if you’re not.
Jul 29, 2011Pale straw gold that’s cloudy, dark and filled with specks of snowflake yeast that sit suspended in there like gelatin. The one-inch crown of frothy white leaves sticky spackles of lace on the walls.
The nose: tart grapefruit, orange, honey and some floral notes with crackers and light biscuits. Bright and bitter.
Well. The bitterness in the flavor makes the nose look downright girly. Tons of grapefruit peel backed by biscuits and lemon-lime. It’s a bracing, tongue-smacking asshole of a beer, and it’s honestly a little off-balance.
Medium-light body, highly carbonated and with a good amount of fizz. Pretty heavy and smooth. Tons of fumes in the nose.
Ghidora is so big, and so bitter. Sierra Nevada usually exhibits such restraint, but here they’ve put their name on a beer camp DIPA that’s way out in left field with hops. Good if you’re in the mood for it, but abrasive if you’re not.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.84/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Looks like standard double ipa, copper color, almost a full inch of white head on the top. Aroma was a bit of a letdown, the dry hopping just didn't pop on it.
The taste is what SN is so well renowned for. Ample caramel malt base that avoids sweetness, but provides a solid backdrop for a lot of old school hops. Has a lot of the flavors I was hoping to find in the aroma (citrus, tropical fruit). Solid stuff.
Jan 06, 2016The taste is what SN is so well renowned for. Ample caramel malt base that avoids sweetness, but provides a solid backdrop for a lot of old school hops. Has a lot of the flavors I was hoping to find in the aroma (citrus, tropical fruit). Solid stuff.
Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2011 vintage, so rating adjusted to current average.
Grapefruit and resin are prevalent, with notes of peach, light caramel malt, and a touch of cardboard oxidation.
Flavor reveals more cardboard throughout, with muted citrus notes of tangerine and grapefruit, reminiscent of sweettarts, leading to a moderately bitter, resiny finish.
Held up well, minus the oxidation notes. Exacerbates the bitterness too much for my liking.
Jul 11, 2015Grapefruit and resin are prevalent, with notes of peach, light caramel malt, and a touch of cardboard oxidation.
Flavor reveals more cardboard throughout, with muted citrus notes of tangerine and grapefruit, reminiscent of sweettarts, leading to a moderately bitter, resiny finish.
Held up well, minus the oxidation notes. Exacerbates the bitterness too much for my liking.
Best Of Beer Camp: Double IPA - Beer Camp #29 from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
476 ratings
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