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Riptide
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,832 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,509 - Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 13.19%
- Reviews:
- 229
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 03, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 18, 2008
- Wants:
- 21
- Gots:
- 24
No description / notes.
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Ratings by GilGarp:
Reviewed by GilGarp from Colorado
3.67/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.67/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
1 pint, 6.4oz. bottle stamped best before 12/12/09. Batch 094.
Served cool into a pint glass, it takes a vigorous pour to create any sort of head and, even then, it's about half an inch. Cola brown with good clarity.
Aroma is malty, toasty, and slightly fruity. It almost seems to have a vanilla/cherry quality that stands up to the roast surprisingly well.
Flavor is intense but balanced. It doesn't overwhelm but it doesn't leave you cold either. It's bitter and almost acrid in a way that makes it seem medicinal. That said, the roast is nicely judged, not too strong, and easy to drink for the style.
Mouthfeel is medium-plus in body with smooth creaminess due to the lower carbonation.
Overall, I'm just not impressed. It's a good strong stout but it's nowhere near the top of the list for me. Too many other offerings out there that put this to shame. Maybe because it's past it's prime by almost 10 months but I don't think I'll seek out a fresh bottle to find out. Sorry.
Aug 31, 2010Served cool into a pint glass, it takes a vigorous pour to create any sort of head and, even then, it's about half an inch. Cola brown with good clarity.
Aroma is malty, toasty, and slightly fruity. It almost seems to have a vanilla/cherry quality that stands up to the roast surprisingly well.
Flavor is intense but balanced. It doesn't overwhelm but it doesn't leave you cold either. It's bitter and almost acrid in a way that makes it seem medicinal. That said, the roast is nicely judged, not too strong, and easy to drink for the style.
Mouthfeel is medium-plus in body with smooth creaminess due to the lower carbonation.
Overall, I'm just not impressed. It's a good strong stout but it's nowhere near the top of the list for me. Too many other offerings out there that put this to shame. Maybe because it's past it's prime by almost 10 months but I don't think I'll seek out a fresh bottle to find out. Sorry.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece
3.97/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.97/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: Jet black color, quarter finger brown head, messy lacing, good carbonation.
S: Chocolate, coffee.
T: Coffee, chocolate, slight roastiness. Bitter on the back end.
F: Medium bodied, more carbonated than I would prefer.
O: Nothing special.
Dec 28, 2017S: Chocolate, coffee.
T: Coffee, chocolate, slight roastiness. Bitter on the back end.
F: Medium bodied, more carbonated than I would prefer.
O: Nothing special.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.31/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Interesting appearance, dark brown, dark red colors to the edge. Not a lot of carbonation to form a head with, whispy and thin tan colored. Has a nutty and chocolate malt aroma.
Taste goes equal parts roasted black malts, but also brown malt and a nuttiness you see from other styles than an imperial stout. It is very smooth, not aggressively hopped kind of stout.
Its not a bad beer, those who want more ooomph in their Guinness kind of stouts might be into this.
Aug 31, 2016Taste goes equal parts roasted black malts, but also brown malt and a nuttiness you see from other styles than an imperial stout. It is very smooth, not aggressively hopped kind of stout.
Its not a bad beer, those who want more ooomph in their Guinness kind of stouts might be into this.
Rated by Oakenator from Pennsylvania
4.5/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Great flavor and nicely balanced for a less boozy 8% Imperial Stout.
Apr 10, 2015
Riptide from BrewDog
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
340 ratings
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