Alpha Centauri Binary IPA | Hop Valley Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Hop Valley Brewing Company
Oregon, United States
hopvalleybrewing.com
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
100 IBU
Added by John_M on 07-23-2010
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Ratings: 320 | Reviews: 69
3.21/5 rDev -21.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours out an orange gold with big, airy head. Musty malt aroma, little hops to be found. Taste brings some bitterness, not as much as you’d expect from a big beer. Normal IPA bitter finish.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours out an orange gold with big, airy head. Musty malt aroma, little hops to be found. Taste brings some bitterness, not as much as you’d expect from a big beer. Normal IPA bitter finish.
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4.18/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.24/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
There is something very distinctive about the taste of this beer. At first I wasn't sure that I liked it but after the third pint it had grown on me.
It's one of the more memorable dipa's that I have tried.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
There is something very distinctive about the taste of this beer. At first I wasn't sure that I liked it but after the third pint it had grown on me.
It's one of the more memorable dipa's that I have tried.
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3.85/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bomber purchased at a grocery. Poured in to a pint glass.
Pours a shiny gold color, clear with a sticky white head.
Smell is a sweet citrus fruit aroma. Lemon blossom and orange.
Taste is a pine and citrus flavor. Not much balance or malt presence.
Mouthfeel is slightly cloying.
Overall a nice IPA.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bomber purchased at a grocery. Poured in to a pint glass.
Pours a shiny gold color, clear with a sticky white head.
Smell is a sweet citrus fruit aroma. Lemon blossom and orange.
Taste is a pine and citrus flavor. Not much balance or malt presence.
Mouthfeel is slightly cloying.
Overall a nice IPA.
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3.84/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.31/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.52/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.46/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.8/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Clean malt profile, slight notes of citrus with prominent notes and tones of pine. Absolutely bombin' the competition, yo!
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Clean malt profile, slight notes of citrus with prominent notes and tones of pine. Absolutely bombin' the competition, yo!
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4.87/5 rDev +19.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
At 9% no booze taste, but I could feel it! I Honolulu this is high priced 6 pack at 7 Eleven and my recent go to beer Saturday morning after my long marathon training run. 22 miles this morning. Alpha Centauri Binary IPA and a Guinness was my reward. Seek this beer. If you like Sculpin you will like this.
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look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
At 9% no booze taste, but I could feel it! I Honolulu this is high priced 6 pack at 7 Eleven and my recent go to beer Saturday morning after my long marathon training run. 22 miles this morning. Alpha Centauri Binary IPA and a Guinness was my reward. Seek this beer. If you like Sculpin you will like this.
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3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.05/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Clear amber pour with a bright white head. Nice aroma of pine and fruit. Taste is very smooth for a 9% ABV bfew. First sip is pine and syrupy resin, with a bite of black pepper that comes and goes in a flash. Long finish. Watch out for this one.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Clear amber pour with a bright white head. Nice aroma of pine and fruit. Taste is very smooth for a 9% ABV bfew. First sip is pine and syrupy resin, with a bite of black pepper that comes and goes in a flash. Long finish. Watch out for this one.
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3.94/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.75
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a brilliantly clear burnt orange, almost copper color; the liquid is capped by a full three fingers and the retention is excellent; webs of lacing cling
Smell: Big waft of caramel and pine; all of those 100 IBUs penetrate
Taste: Caramel forward and caramel underpinning; through the middle, the piney bitterness builds and builds, shredding the tastebuds, after the swallow; both the malt and the hops linger in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate carbonation
Overall: This is a beer of its time; in 2010, I am certain I would have rated this beer somewhat higher but we have passed into a new phase with DIPAs that this one cannot enter; it is like reuniting with a childhood crush when time has done neither of you any favors
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a brilliantly clear burnt orange, almost copper color; the liquid is capped by a full three fingers and the retention is excellent; webs of lacing cling
Smell: Big waft of caramel and pine; all of those 100 IBUs penetrate
Taste: Caramel forward and caramel underpinning; through the middle, the piney bitterness builds and builds, shredding the tastebuds, after the swallow; both the malt and the hops linger in the aftertaste
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate carbonation
Overall: This is a beer of its time; in 2010, I am certain I would have rated this beer somewhat higher but we have passed into a new phase with DIPAs that this one cannot enter; it is like reuniting with a childhood crush when time has done neither of you any favors
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Alpha Centauri Binary IPA from Hop Valley Brewing Company
Beer rating:
4.07 out of
5 with
320 ratings
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