Eighteenth Sun
Sun King Brewing Company
- From:
- Sun King Brewing Company
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.7%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 4.82%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 19, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 21, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
The Eighteenth Sun is an Imperial Wheat IPA brewed in collaboration with 18th Street Brewery in celebration of Indiana’s Bicentennial year and the Sun King CANvitational. The 18th Sun features a bouquet of Crystal, Cascade, and Mosaic hops for a bold citrusy flavor and Indiana wheat for body and balance.
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Reviewed by brewskis from Indiana
4.1/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a slightly cloudy golden orange color with a two finger off white head.
Aroma is dominated by grapefruit, dankness, and floral. Also get lesser amounts of grass, pine, and very slight pineapple. There's a nice sugary sweetness and a slight breadiness from the malt.
Taste follows the nose. Grapefruit juice and pith and floral pop up front and moves on to a dry grapefruit peel, pine resin, and spicy bitterness. A sugary sweetness, wheat, and slight breadiness are just there to provide a backup to the hops.
Medium body. Smoothly carbonated, slightly creamy from the wheat. Oily and slightly sticky finish.
A really good beer from two really good breweries. Definitely west coast style with the dry, bitter finish. Packed full of hops, but still balanced.
Oct 15, 2016Aroma is dominated by grapefruit, dankness, and floral. Also get lesser amounts of grass, pine, and very slight pineapple. There's a nice sugary sweetness and a slight breadiness from the malt.
Taste follows the nose. Grapefruit juice and pith and floral pop up front and moves on to a dry grapefruit peel, pine resin, and spicy bitterness. A sugary sweetness, wheat, and slight breadiness are just there to provide a backup to the hops.
Medium body. Smoothly carbonated, slightly creamy from the wheat. Oily and slightly sticky finish.
A really good beer from two really good breweries. Definitely west coast style with the dry, bitter finish. Packed full of hops, but still balanced.
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