Tropical Thunder Double IPA
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company
- From:
- Redwood Curtain Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.5 | pDev: 7.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
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Reviewed by David_Scrivner from California
4.3/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Tried this as well as their other double and this was the clear winner. Great tropical fruit flavors but not too strong. Would be easy to get carried away because it's so smooth and tasty.
Jan 31, 2018
Rated by Mikeb8 from California
4.5/5 rDev 0%
4.5/5 rDev 0%
Great beer. Reminds me of a mix between Deschutes Fresh Squeezed and Drakes Denogginizer.
Aug 18, 2014
Reviewed by beagle75 from Iowa
3.84/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.84/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Draft service into a snifter glass at Redwood Curtain Brewery in Arcata.
A: Slightly hazy, light amber color with one finger of off-white foam head. Heavy lacing remains on the glass.
S: Heavy tropical fruit is over-ripe, with some accessory coniferous dankness. Bready malt is mild, semi-marginal. No alcohol is detectable.
T: Begins off-dry, with dank guava and mint hops aromatics. Tropical fruit ripens and spreads on the palate during the middle. Tangerine citrus fruit emerges late, with a moderately bitter finish for the style. No alcohol is detected.
M: Medium to thick viscosity, resinous and slightly syrupy on the palate, with moderate carbonation.
D/O: Intensity is the theme of this DIPA, tasting especially big for its actual size. The depth of hops flavors it is able to generate are impressive, with particular adherence to the Simcoe and even Nelson Sauvin profiles. Malt qualities are lacking here moreso than in Redwood Curtain's standard IPA, very true to West Coast style. In line with its excesses it proves to be fatiguing on the palate--even the 12 oz. serving at the tasting room seemed over-generous.
Jun 20, 2013A: Slightly hazy, light amber color with one finger of off-white foam head. Heavy lacing remains on the glass.
S: Heavy tropical fruit is over-ripe, with some accessory coniferous dankness. Bready malt is mild, semi-marginal. No alcohol is detectable.
T: Begins off-dry, with dank guava and mint hops aromatics. Tropical fruit ripens and spreads on the palate during the middle. Tangerine citrus fruit emerges late, with a moderately bitter finish for the style. No alcohol is detected.
M: Medium to thick viscosity, resinous and slightly syrupy on the palate, with moderate carbonation.
D/O: Intensity is the theme of this DIPA, tasting especially big for its actual size. The depth of hops flavors it is able to generate are impressive, with particular adherence to the Simcoe and even Nelson Sauvin profiles. Malt qualities are lacking here moreso than in Redwood Curtain's standard IPA, very true to West Coast style. In line with its excesses it proves to be fatiguing on the palate--even the 12 oz. serving at the tasting room seemed over-generous.
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