Stand Up Double IPA
Golden City Brewery
- From:
- Golden City Brewery
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 11.32%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 07, 2020
- Added:
- Jan 11, 2006
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
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Reviewed by deleted_user_357747
3.76/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Sand Up Double IPA is a very strong, dark ruby-orange color, thick with haze. Little head, but not unusual in a 9.5% Imperial beer. Smell is intoxicating with sweet malts and a surprisingly mellow hop aroma. Apples, light resin, maybe ganja. Sugary, molasses-like. Taste starts with some subdued hop oil flavor, then the massive malt backbone strengthens and erupts with body, then fades with a numbing hop bite. Not too bitter, just equal parts hops and amber-like malts. Very big in flavor. Not quite as big feeling as most DIPAs, but still, a big sipper.
Sep 12, 2015
Reviewed by brokensail from California
3.68/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks, Andre.
A: The beer pours a golden-amber color with about a finger of off-white head.
S: Sweet and fruity hops up front on this one. There are also some notes of grass and tropical fruits. Just a mild pine aroma with a touch of booze. Sweet malts finish things off.
T: Fairly sweet on the palate. There are some tropical fruit notes and a bit of citrus in the form of grapefruit and tangerine. Some sweet malt flavors of caramel and toffee with light booze and pine bitterness.
M: Medium bodied with medium carbonation.
O: Some good hop flavors, but a touch too sweet and boozy.
Sep 09, 2011A: The beer pours a golden-amber color with about a finger of off-white head.
S: Sweet and fruity hops up front on this one. There are also some notes of grass and tropical fruits. Just a mild pine aroma with a touch of booze. Sweet malts finish things off.
T: Fairly sweet on the palate. There are some tropical fruit notes and a bit of citrus in the form of grapefruit and tangerine. Some sweet malt flavors of caramel and toffee with light booze and pine bitterness.
M: Medium bodied with medium carbonation.
O: Some good hop flavors, but a touch too sweet and boozy.
Reviewed by emmasdad from Colorado
4.28/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.28/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On draft at the Golden City tasting. I had had a bottle of this one a few weeks earlier and was thoroughly unimpressed. However from the moment I gazed at the glass containing this beautiful gold nectar my mind began to change. Although I (as well as the other tasters) detected a bit of green onion intially on the nose, it was quickly replaced with a blast of fresh citrus.
On the palate I was greeted with a nice flowery hop character. Although the alcohol is evident, a nice honey sweetness mellows the hop and leads to a nicely rounded finish. WOW!
A wonderful DIPA, one of the best beers I have tried this year. I could drink this one all night.
At the end of this tasting, we were treated to a sample of this beer aging in Stranahan's whiskey barrels. Although palate fatigue had long since set in, this made a great beer even better. Although it poured nearly flat, the addition of vanilla/caramel notes and a nice warming whiskey character made this beer seem etheral. Definitley look for this one.
Jun 12, 2009On the palate I was greeted with a nice flowery hop character. Although the alcohol is evident, a nice honey sweetness mellows the hop and leads to a nicely rounded finish. WOW!
A wonderful DIPA, one of the best beers I have tried this year. I could drink this one all night.
At the end of this tasting, we were treated to a sample of this beer aging in Stranahan's whiskey barrels. Although palate fatigue had long since set in, this made a great beer even better. Although it poured nearly flat, the addition of vanilla/caramel notes and a nice warming whiskey character made this beer seem etheral. Definitley look for this one.
Reviewed by mentor from Colorado
4.11/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
2009-05-01
Review of the first commercial release of this beer in a bottle. Purchased from Total Beverage located on 104th. Pours a brilliant heavy copper with a frothy yellowed head. Smells fantastic. Orange and lemony citrus, pine, pineapple rind, peppermint, and noticable green oniony hops. Complex diversity of aromas that are complementary and balanced.
Tastes brutal hoppy bitter balanced by a malty sweet and dextrinous smooth mouthfeel. Hop bitter comes across like carb sting on the tongue moreso than grassy rough cohumulone. Hop flavor is mostly oranges, but with some green onion, and tame pine. Mango and red grapes that could be esters or from the hops. Alcohol is present and may be a bit rough (can't tell if the rough is from alcohol or hop bitter). Dry wood-like finish and peppermint retro-nasal allows a return of the hop bitter on the tongue. Md mouthfeel but has a enough creamy thickness to be quite nice. The green oniony character dominates more than I'd like.
Classified here on BA as a DIPA. This beer comes across to me with fairy weak malt flavor profile, however, which seems a better match for the BA description of an American Barleywine. I do see some similarities between this beer and SN Bigfoot, except this beer is quite extreme.
2008-07-06
Bottle provided by brewerjeff. He didn't get labels in time, so this was not released in bottles yet. Great priviledge for him to share a bottle from his personal stash. Pours a rich brown golden with a small light-off-tan head. Smells pine and some grapefruit. Mild garlicy, some orange and tangerine. Clean alcohol sting and minimal hop grassiness.
Tastes wet, but of a non-descript malt. Strong hop flavor and some supporting hop bitter. Hop flavor is pine, grapefruit pith, oranges, and tangerine rind. Nice blended complexity of hop flavors. Mouthfeel is md with some creaminess that's countered a bit by the alcohol and a dash of grassy co-humulone. Decent, but not the same from a bottle as when I had it fresh on tap.
A: 4.5, S: 4.0, T: 3.5, M:4.5, D: 4.0
Jul 06, 2008Review of the first commercial release of this beer in a bottle. Purchased from Total Beverage located on 104th. Pours a brilliant heavy copper with a frothy yellowed head. Smells fantastic. Orange and lemony citrus, pine, pineapple rind, peppermint, and noticable green oniony hops. Complex diversity of aromas that are complementary and balanced.
Tastes brutal hoppy bitter balanced by a malty sweet and dextrinous smooth mouthfeel. Hop bitter comes across like carb sting on the tongue moreso than grassy rough cohumulone. Hop flavor is mostly oranges, but with some green onion, and tame pine. Mango and red grapes that could be esters or from the hops. Alcohol is present and may be a bit rough (can't tell if the rough is from alcohol or hop bitter). Dry wood-like finish and peppermint retro-nasal allows a return of the hop bitter on the tongue. Md mouthfeel but has a enough creamy thickness to be quite nice. The green oniony character dominates more than I'd like.
Classified here on BA as a DIPA. This beer comes across to me with fairy weak malt flavor profile, however, which seems a better match for the BA description of an American Barleywine. I do see some similarities between this beer and SN Bigfoot, except this beer is quite extreme.
2008-07-06
Bottle provided by brewerjeff. He didn't get labels in time, so this was not released in bottles yet. Great priviledge for him to share a bottle from his personal stash. Pours a rich brown golden with a small light-off-tan head. Smells pine and some grapefruit. Mild garlicy, some orange and tangerine. Clean alcohol sting and minimal hop grassiness.
Tastes wet, but of a non-descript malt. Strong hop flavor and some supporting hop bitter. Hop flavor is pine, grapefruit pith, oranges, and tangerine rind. Nice blended complexity of hop flavors. Mouthfeel is md with some creaminess that's countered a bit by the alcohol and a dash of grassy co-humulone. Decent, but not the same from a bottle as when I had it fresh on tap.
A: 4.5, S: 4.0, T: 3.5, M:4.5, D: 4.0
Reviewed by BadRockBeer from Colorado
4.64/5 rDev +22.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.64/5 rDev +22.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Serving Type Sampled: On Draught at Golden City Brewery
Appearance: Dark gold in color, slight haze, small light tan head.
Smell: Very rich citrus, earthy, pine and floral hops. Grains, caramel.
Taste: Rich and sweet malt base topped with a mild bitterness and calm hops. I taste some citrus/grapefruit in the hops a low raisin and black pepper spiciness. Alcohol is apparent but welcome.
Mouthfeel: Medium to heavy in body, Low carbonation.
Drinkability: Good! I have deemed this as my personal favorite in the IIPA category. I am impressed with everything about it. Not to sweet, not harsh. Just rich hoppy goodness!
Jun 03, 2007Appearance: Dark gold in color, slight haze, small light tan head.
Smell: Very rich citrus, earthy, pine and floral hops. Grains, caramel.
Taste: Rich and sweet malt base topped with a mild bitterness and calm hops. I taste some citrus/grapefruit in the hops a low raisin and black pepper spiciness. Alcohol is apparent but welcome.
Mouthfeel: Medium to heavy in body, Low carbonation.
Drinkability: Good! I have deemed this as my personal favorite in the IIPA category. I am impressed with everything about it. Not to sweet, not harsh. Just rich hoppy goodness!
Reviewed by rhoadsrage from Illinois
4.3/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
(Served in a 1/2 pint Coca cola glass)
A- This beer has a warm coppery dense body with a gentle carbonation and a creamy light tan head with a few big bubbles popping through.
S- The smell of grapefruit and fruity green hops with a slight flowery note to the hops.
T- The big grapefruit hops flavor has a spicy note and an alcohol bite to it. There is a soft sweet malt with a slightly caramel note. All flavors are nice but overpowered but boosted by the alcohol.
M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel with a soft alcohol heat that increases with warmth and cleans the sweet maltiness of the tongue.
D- This is a big beer with a big alcohol that really helps boost the hops flavor and bitterness even more.
May 21, 2007A- This beer has a warm coppery dense body with a gentle carbonation and a creamy light tan head with a few big bubbles popping through.
S- The smell of grapefruit and fruity green hops with a slight flowery note to the hops.
T- The big grapefruit hops flavor has a spicy note and an alcohol bite to it. There is a soft sweet malt with a slightly caramel note. All flavors are nice but overpowered but boosted by the alcohol.
M- This beer has a medium-light mouthfeel with a soft alcohol heat that increases with warmth and cleans the sweet maltiness of the tongue.
D- This is a big beer with a big alcohol that really helps boost the hops flavor and bitterness even more.
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