Alpha Centauri Binary IPA | Hop Valley Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Hop Valley Brewing Company
Oregon, United States
hopvalleybrewing.com
Style: American Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
100 IBU
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Ratings: 334 | Reviews: 74
4.29/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.97/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a IPA glass.
Look- Pale amber, above average lacing and head retention, opaque.
Smell- Pine, boozy, bready.
Taste- Pine, bready, slightly citrus.
Feel- Medium body, average carbonation.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a IPA glass.
Look- Pale amber, above average lacing and head retention, opaque.
Smell- Pine, boozy, bready.
Taste- Pine, bready, slightly citrus.
Feel- Medium body, average carbonation.
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3.73/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.3/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours with an amazingly thick and creamy head. The beer is very rich and that hides the high ABV and IBU which is a positive for me. The beer laces nicely as it settles down.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours with an amazingly thick and creamy head. The beer is very rich and that hides the high ABV and IBU which is a positive for me. The beer laces nicely as it settles down.
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4.35/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tastes great. Tastes like a lighter IPA, almost a session IPA, but goodness, it's strong as heck. Piney, resiny but not too resiny, and crisp. The crispiness makes it taste like a lighter beer, but the nonexistent alcohol taste is just not there. If I can find it locally I will definitely buy it. It has no malty taste, despite its strength. Goodness. Hitting me like a hammer.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tastes great. Tastes like a lighter IPA, almost a session IPA, but goodness, it's strong as heck. Piney, resiny but not too resiny, and crisp. The crispiness makes it taste like a lighter beer, but the nonexistent alcohol taste is just not there. If I can find it locally I will definitely buy it. It has no malty taste, despite its strength. Goodness. Hitting me like a hammer.
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4/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copper with a light haze, lots of carbonation and a finger of yellow tinged head.
Smells of dank, earthy notes, cat nip, green leaf and fruity, citrus and stone fruit.
Tastes dank and earthy of garlic, yet sweet and fruity like honey and nectar.
Medium body, highly carbonated with a slight syrupy quality.
Got in Redding where I an drinking it Sept 5th, 2018. Excellent brew.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copper with a light haze, lots of carbonation and a finger of yellow tinged head.
Smells of dank, earthy notes, cat nip, green leaf and fruity, citrus and stone fruit.
Tastes dank and earthy of garlic, yet sweet and fruity like honey and nectar.
Medium body, highly carbonated with a slight syrupy quality.
Got in Redding where I an drinking it Sept 5th, 2018. Excellent brew.
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3.75/5 rDev -7.6%
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
3.74/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours an effervescent gold with a thumb of eggshell colored head. Average head retention & good lacing
S: Some citrus notes, breadyness too
T: Follows the nose, grapefruittyness, some green melon & pomelo, plus dryness up front. Pomelo, dryness & grapefruit dominate as this warms, a little bready sweetness too. Finishes a little dry with pomelo & faint breadyness
MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation, good balance
A good citrussy DIPA, wish the nose was better
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours an effervescent gold with a thumb of eggshell colored head. Average head retention & good lacing
S: Some citrus notes, breadyness too
T: Follows the nose, grapefruittyness, some green melon & pomelo, plus dryness up front. Pomelo, dryness & grapefruit dominate as this warms, a little bready sweetness too. Finishes a little dry with pomelo & faint breadyness
MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation, good balance
A good citrussy DIPA, wish the nose was better
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4.28/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -7.6%
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
3.21/5 rDev -20.9%
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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4.24/5 rDev +4.4%
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 +4.7%
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 +3.2%
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 -5.2%
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 -5.4%
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 +6.2%
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 -13.3%
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 +9.9%
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
Alpha Centauri Binary IPA from Hop Valley Brewing Company
Beer rating:
4.06 out of
5 with
334 ratings
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