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Anarchist / Alchemist
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 14%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 23.27%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 30, 2012
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 5
No description / notes.
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Ratings by flyingpig:
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.59/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Brewdog.com (£9.99, 330ml):
Clear, bright, orange amber colour with a half centimetre tall and bubbly head that is a very light tan colour. Head turns patchy lacing after a couple moments.
Strong, bitter hops and a good helping of alcohol mixed with some tropical fruit notes kicks things off quite well. There is some citrus notes, grapefruit and some sweeter malts coming through with some vanilla and some grain too. It's not as harsh on the nose as I was expecting.
Sweet with some subdued hops and a touch of vanilla along with huge amounts of alcohol and grain. There is some citrus, apricot and pine with some spice and pepper too. The taste is quite nice but then all of a sudden the alcohol takes over.
Full bodied and backed up with huge amounts of alcohol and grain. There beer is quite fruits and sweet with a strong and dry finish that feels quite thick and oily.
Started really nice yet very strong double IPA (well triple IPA apparently) with a lot of bitter hops and sweetness coupled with tonnes of alcohol but as the drink progressed it managed to settle down some and turn it to a very strong and warming beer that I spent well over an hour drinking. Not bad but not really great either.
May 20, 2013Clear, bright, orange amber colour with a half centimetre tall and bubbly head that is a very light tan colour. Head turns patchy lacing after a couple moments.
Strong, bitter hops and a good helping of alcohol mixed with some tropical fruit notes kicks things off quite well. There is some citrus notes, grapefruit and some sweeter malts coming through with some vanilla and some grain too. It's not as harsh on the nose as I was expecting.
Sweet with some subdued hops and a touch of vanilla along with huge amounts of alcohol and grain. There is some citrus, apricot and pine with some spice and pepper too. The taste is quite nice but then all of a sudden the alcohol takes over.
Full bodied and backed up with huge amounts of alcohol and grain. There beer is quite fruits and sweet with a strong and dry finish that feels quite thick and oily.
Started really nice yet very strong double IPA (well triple IPA apparently) with a lot of bitter hops and sweetness coupled with tonnes of alcohol but as the drink progressed it managed to settle down some and turn it to a very strong and warming beer that I spent well over an hour drinking. Not bad but not really great either.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by janubio from Spain
4.71/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.71/5 rDev +30.5%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Batch 072. Pours an hazy amber colour, with a small head taht fades soon. Almost no lace. Aroma y fruity, raisins, resine, dark fruits, orange jam, apricot, molasses,candy, wood, alcohol, some tropical fruits notes as it warms, but that hoppy really. ... Thcik and creamy palate, no carbonation here. Taste is like the aroma, more alcoholic, whisky, orange liquor, dark fruits, apricot raisins, sweet finish with a touch of hops and tropical fruits.. A beast.
Dec 07, 2016Rated by josanguapo from Spain
1/5 rDev -72.3%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -72.3%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
In Duvel glass, playing KB Dark Side. Undrinkable. Pure alcohol. One of the worst beer I've ever tasted, if it can be called a beer
Jun 11, 2015Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.74/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours red, ambery colour light lace. Head is bubbly but pillowy, beige colour. Overall a little thin, looks good but heavy.
Smells fresh and inviting. Sweet, vanilla-tinged aromatic malt with light citric notes - orange, mandarin and some stonefruit. Lychee even. Very pleasant indeed.
Taste is tangy, but a bit too earthy and gravelly. Sweet toffee malt with touches of citrus, pine needle and apricot, but also a bit of banana bread, pumpernickel and balsamic vinegar, none of which I really want. Overall pleasant, but a bit heavy in places and a little confusing in others.
Lingers a bit too long on the bitterness, but decent texture otherwise, for something as big as this.
Bit too heavy in places. Lots of potential, but a bit overblown. Sadly feels inevitable once you get this big.
Mar 07, 2013Smells fresh and inviting. Sweet, vanilla-tinged aromatic malt with light citric notes - orange, mandarin and some stonefruit. Lychee even. Very pleasant indeed.
Taste is tangy, but a bit too earthy and gravelly. Sweet toffee malt with touches of citrus, pine needle and apricot, but also a bit of banana bread, pumpernickel and balsamic vinegar, none of which I really want. Overall pleasant, but a bit heavy in places and a little confusing in others.
Lingers a bit too long on the bitterness, but decent texture otherwise, for something as big as this.
Bit too heavy in places. Lots of potential, but a bit overblown. Sadly feels inevitable once you get this big.
Anarchist / Alchemist from BrewDog
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
42 ratings
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