IPA (Wetherspoons)
Devils Backbone Brewing Company
- From:
- Devils Backbone Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 6.52%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 10, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 16, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.51/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pint on-tap at The Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh Airport (£4.35):
Not a bad beer for a contract brew at all really, this one was fairly enjoyable without really being memorable at all; maybe that had something to do with it being first thing in the morning when I sampled the beer this time. It was an easy beer to drink but I couldn't help but thinking that a regular IPA from Devil's Backbone's stateside operation would be so much better than this one. Not a bad beer by any means but certainly not as good as I'd have hoped for.
Apr 10, 2015Not a bad beer for a contract brew at all really, this one was fairly enjoyable without really being memorable at all; maybe that had something to do with it being first thing in the morning when I sampled the beer this time. It was an easy beer to drink but I couldn't help but thinking that a regular IPA from Devil's Backbone's stateside operation would be so much better than this one. Not a bad beer by any means but certainly not as good as I'd have hoped for.
Reviewed by Richardp from England
3.5/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap at local craft beer pub
Look: darker than expected, very little head, with lots of lacing
Smell: kind of disappointing light lemon and floral notes, not the big aroma I was expecting
Taste: bitter, citrus, with a warm malt finish. Again I was expecting more, there are hops in there, but they don't stand out as much as they could.
Feel: good to very good, very smooth and silky
Overall: a good IPA but not as special as the price, and distance traveled would have you think. Of the American IPAs this one would be great, if it had a bit more oomph!
Jan 13, 2015Look: darker than expected, very little head, with lots of lacing
Smell: kind of disappointing light lemon and floral notes, not the big aroma I was expecting
Taste: bitter, citrus, with a warm malt finish. Again I was expecting more, there are hops in there, but they don't stand out as much as they could.
Feel: good to very good, very smooth and silky
Overall: a good IPA but not as special as the price, and distance traveled would have you think. Of the American IPAs this one would be great, if it had a bit more oomph!
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.84/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On draft at The Bridge House, Belfast.
Pale gold with a white cap that sheets. 4
Lychee and tangerine nose. 3.75
Slight grain, them lemon, pith and lemon hops - low on aroma. Opens into fruitiness as it warms. 3.75
Rindy finish and aspirin linger.
Crisp, light, dry, and salty. 4
Ruthlessly lean and minerally with real IBUs. They certainly didn’t want you to forget this wasn’t a British IPA, but to do that at 5.5%, they sacrificed all the aroma hopping. English sensibilities at American volumes. 4
Dec 16, 2014Pale gold with a white cap that sheets. 4
Lychee and tangerine nose. 3.75
Slight grain, them lemon, pith and lemon hops - low on aroma. Opens into fruitiness as it warms. 3.75
Rindy finish and aspirin linger.
Crisp, light, dry, and salty. 4
Ruthlessly lean and minerally with real IBUs. They certainly didn’t want you to forget this wasn’t a British IPA, but to do that at 5.5%, they sacrificed all the aroma hopping. English sensibilities at American volumes. 4
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