Sub Zero IPA
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
- From:
- Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
- United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 10.89%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 15
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Nov 02, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2007
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Rifugium from North Dakota
3.75/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
First had: on tap at Rock Bottom, King of Prussia, PA
A tasty IPA hopped with Simcoe. Unfiltered and hazy to the point of being opaque, golden-straw color with a foamy white head that left thick lacing on the glass. Pine and pineapple in the aroma, light hints of biscuity malts. Nice display of Simcoe in the taste, pine, citrus, pineapple, crisp and clean, with a solid but subdued biscuity malt base. RB may be a chain, but they still can make some good brews. Medium body, soft carbonation, and much better than their typical house IPA.
May 14, 2013A tasty IPA hopped with Simcoe. Unfiltered and hazy to the point of being opaque, golden-straw color with a foamy white head that left thick lacing on the glass. Pine and pineapple in the aroma, light hints of biscuity malts. Nice display of Simcoe in the taste, pine, citrus, pineapple, crisp and clean, with a solid but subdued biscuity malt base. RB may be a chain, but they still can make some good brews. Medium body, soft carbonation, and much better than their typical house IPA.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
4.35/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
What a pleasant surprise! Brian's been doing an impressive job, and this one's no exception.
It's a clear, deep amber-gold beneath a creamy head of white. The aroma clearly displays the pineapple/pine/resinous Simcoe hops, and the flavor delivers them even more clearly. A sweetish, straightforward golden malt acts like a big rubber ball for the hops to leap around on. Nice! The 7.2% abv and 71 IBU's combine to balance it, and along with the carbonation it gives a bit of zest to the tongue. Well worth seeking out.
Feb 14, 2011It's a clear, deep amber-gold beneath a creamy head of white. The aroma clearly displays the pineapple/pine/resinous Simcoe hops, and the flavor delivers them even more clearly. A sweetish, straightforward golden malt acts like a big rubber ball for the hops to leap around on. Nice! The 7.2% abv and 71 IBU's combine to balance it, and along with the carbonation it gives a bit of zest to the tongue. Well worth seeking out.
Reviewed by deapokid from Pennsylvania
3.72/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.72/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Grabbed a growler at the bar on 1-14-11. Reviewed from notes.
Chalkboard above bar notes a birthdate of 1-6-11.
Liquid is a light orange in color with moderate carbonation and very little foam or lacing. This looks much cleaner than expected and the haze is very mild for an unfiltered IPA.
Simcoe hopping is obvious due to the pungent pine aroma. It smells sweet and fresh, which is to be expected from an 8-day old beer.
Hop flavor is strong, packing both dry, resiny bursts and warm, citrus sweetness. Flavor is earthy and even has the slightest tobacco smokiness, which seeps in after swishing the liquid around in your mouth. Dry conclusion lingers and carries a shade more maltiness than expected.
The layering of flavors is the key here and this beer manages to walk the line between hop burn and fruity sweetness well. This is one of the brewery's more balanced affairs.
Even though it gets sweeter as it warms, this is probably the best hoppy beer the King of Prussia Rock Bottom brews. It manages to be basic enough to lure in novice beer drinkers and hoppy enough to keep the veterans happy.
Feb 06, 2011Chalkboard above bar notes a birthdate of 1-6-11.
Liquid is a light orange in color with moderate carbonation and very little foam or lacing. This looks much cleaner than expected and the haze is very mild for an unfiltered IPA.
Simcoe hopping is obvious due to the pungent pine aroma. It smells sweet and fresh, which is to be expected from an 8-day old beer.
Hop flavor is strong, packing both dry, resiny bursts and warm, citrus sweetness. Flavor is earthy and even has the slightest tobacco smokiness, which seeps in after swishing the liquid around in your mouth. Dry conclusion lingers and carries a shade more maltiness than expected.
The layering of flavors is the key here and this beer manages to walk the line between hop burn and fruity sweetness well. This is one of the brewery's more balanced affairs.
Even though it gets sweeter as it warms, this is probably the best hoppy beer the King of Prussia Rock Bottom brews. It manages to be basic enough to lure in novice beer drinkers and hoppy enough to keep the veterans happy.
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