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XBeeriment Hoppenheimer Imperial IPA
Xbeeriment I/S
- From:
- Xbeeriment I/S
- Denmark
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.7%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 9.45%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 21, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 13, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina
4.08/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours into an impy nonic a deep burnt orange with a sticky half finger off white head atop.Tropical fruits and sugary sweetness in the nose,it's very inviting with almost no bitterness to be had.The palate is more mellow with the tropical fruits being low key along with caramel and alcohol sweetness although it never gets overly sweet.A nice DIPA in that it never gets too crazy sweet,I would like a more assertive hop profile on the palate though.Either way quite good.
Aug 21, 2016Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.98/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Bottle: Poured a deep amber/golden color ale with a relatively large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrus and lightly resinous hops is dominant with some light notes of residual sugar. Taste is also dominated by dominant notes of citrus hops and some light resinous notes with some lightly sweet mat in the background. Body is about average with good carbonation. Well brewed though hops floral notes could have been even more powerful.
Nov 07, 2013Reviewed by popery from California
4.08/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.08/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From notes, 7/28/11. Bottle. Pours a nice, clear orange-gold with a healthy white head. Aroma is candied orange peel, pineapple, kiwi, grapes, mint and earth. It’s backed up by a sugary malt backbone. There’s a ton of hops in this one. Taste starts out with sweet citrus but quickly gets bitter. Fortunately, it’s not a bland bitterness. No apparent booze. Lasting hop bitter and mildly dry finish. Very nice DIPA with a great label.
Feb 27, 2013Reviewed by ngeunit1 from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Pours a hazy golden-orange color with a finger of frothy slightly off-white head. The head fades down at a normal pace leaving behind some nice lacing.
S - Aroma is a mix of grapefruit, pineapple, citrus, floral, and pine hops with some sweet caramel and bready malts.
T - Starts off with a mix of grapefruit, pineapple, and orange hops with some bitterness and sweet caramel malts. Through the middle, some floral and pine hops come through with some more bitterness and some bready and biscuity malts. The finish is a mix of tropical, citrus, floral, and pine hops with some bitterness, sweet bready malts, and a bit of booze.
M - Medium-plus bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a dry and bitter finish.
D - Very drinkable. Nice hops profile with good bitterness and pretty decent malt and hop balance.
Sep 07, 2012S - Aroma is a mix of grapefruit, pineapple, citrus, floral, and pine hops with some sweet caramel and bready malts.
T - Starts off with a mix of grapefruit, pineapple, and orange hops with some bitterness and sweet caramel malts. Through the middle, some floral and pine hops come through with some more bitterness and some bready and biscuity malts. The finish is a mix of tropical, citrus, floral, and pine hops with some bitterness, sweet bready malts, and a bit of booze.
M - Medium-plus bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth with a dry and bitter finish.
D - Very drinkable. Nice hops profile with good bitterness and pretty decent malt and hop balance.
Reviewed by drpimento from Wisconsin
4.36/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Wow, greabt beer! Poured at a good temperature with a large, foamy, frothy, cream-colored head that slowly settles and lots of lace. Color is a clear amber with lots of bubble trails. Aroma is hoppy, miialt, grain, fruit. Flavor is like nose, bitter/sweet/carbonic tang well balanced. Body is soft, carbonation muted, and chewy. Fiinish is like flavor, long, boozy, and easy drinking.
Jul 07, 2012Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
4.27/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.27/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a glowing reddish orange. The head is whispy and small but manages to drape the glass in lace. Grape fruit and pine hops mingle with caramel and cookie dough in the nose. Blasts of pine tar and fresh grapefruit utterly dominate the flavor. Some light bready malts lay in the background, always submissive. Alcohol heat is perceptable, but quite modest for 9.7% The mouthfeel is viscous. The finish is tremendously bitter with a hit of boozyness.
This is a very pleasant DIPA. Hops out in front. Dangerously quaffable for the strength.
Mar 29, 2012This is a very pleasant DIPA. Hops out in front. Dangerously quaffable for the strength.
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.7/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - 4 - pours medium to dark medium copper gold color with A minimally thin layer of foam on top, carbonation is very little to none.
S - 3-3.5- Caramel aroma with pine and citrus hops in the background, malt is up front.
T - 3.5 -4 - Moderate toasted caramel malt up front and around midway through the pine/citrus one/two punches your tongue relentlessly and doesn't give up. This beer sports a very LONG and lingering bitter and assertive bite, not for the faint of heart. For 9.7%, the alcohol is extremely well hidden, very nicely done. No complexity, just a straight ahead balls to the wall Imperial IPA.
M - Medium thin body and gentle carbonation on the tongue.
O - Body is a little thin and could use more substance. Overall, VERY glad I had the opportunity to try this very limited beer. Was a strange experience as I could call it "balanced", but then again, it's not. Pronounced malt, but also a pronounced bitter bite.
Feb 25, 2012S - 3-3.5- Caramel aroma with pine and citrus hops in the background, malt is up front.
T - 3.5 -4 - Moderate toasted caramel malt up front and around midway through the pine/citrus one/two punches your tongue relentlessly and doesn't give up. This beer sports a very LONG and lingering bitter and assertive bite, not for the faint of heart. For 9.7%, the alcohol is extremely well hidden, very nicely done. No complexity, just a straight ahead balls to the wall Imperial IPA.
M - Medium thin body and gentle carbonation on the tongue.
O - Body is a little thin and could use more substance. Overall, VERY glad I had the opportunity to try this very limited beer. Was a strange experience as I could call it "balanced", but then again, it's not. Pronounced malt, but also a pronounced bitter bite.
XBeeriment Hoppenheimer Imperial IPA from Xbeeriment I/S
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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