Big Sipper
Knee Deep Brewing Company

Big SipperBig Sipper
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From:
Knee Deep Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,747
ABV:
8%
Score:
91
Ranked #9,049
Avg:
4.09 | pDev: 6.36%
Ratings:
130 | reviews: 25
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 30, 2025
Added:
Apr 22, 2016
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  28
A golden citrusy, floral, slightly fruity DIPA, with a crisp dry finish. Dry Hopped with Citra, Centennial, and Simcoe.
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Ratings by Spaceman_Jer:
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Rated by Spaceman_Jer from Colorado

3.89/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Jan 23, 2018
More User Ratings:
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas

4.1/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
RB transfer
Jul 30, 2025
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Reviewed by Pencible from Virginia

3.74/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: This poured a clear gold with rocky off white head.
S: It smelled like citrus zest and floral hops, with some biscuit malt.
T: It tasted like bitter citrus zest and grapefruit, with some floral hops and biscuit malt. It had a clean bitter aftertaste.
M: It was watery with moderate carbonation. Decent body.
D: This was a good IPA with crisp but basic scent and taste. The body was a little weak, and the finish was a bit rough, so it wasn't the easiest to drink. Not bad but not recommended.
Dec 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.53 by Ronl12 from Massachusetts

Dec 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by WDJersey from Colorado

Oct 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.99 by Gkruszewski from New York

Aug 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by AnitaBrewski from Massachusetts

Aug 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.98 by Boone757 from Virginia

Jun 30, 2017
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The appearance was a bronzed burnt amber/almost brown color with a sly transparency to it. Carbonation could be seen rising at a nice pace. Finger’s worth of lasting head maintains for a good minute before dissipating nicely. Lacing seems good and adequate, somewhat messy yet thin. The aroma takes in a ton of big sweet danky onion over top of some sly citrusy hops. Old school malt backbone seems to hit very nicely, no where close to being overly done, just seems to be right there. The flavor seems brings in the qualities of the aroma nice and bitter and then forms into more of a combined bittersweetness between the hops and the malts. Beautiful transition from aftertaste to finish was executed very nicely. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sipping quality to it. Yes, given the name, I wanted to gulp it (maybe slightly), but the sweet dankiness does help alleviate some of the leeway of the bite from the hops. Damn nice balance! Overall, despite the age, this was a very nicely done DIPA that I could come back to, most definitely!
Jun 24, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by JuiceMan818 from California

Jun 18, 2017
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Reviewed by clayrock81 from Florida

3.9/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured a clear, light gold body with large head and a dirty citric hop aroma. Dry, bitter, earthy, hoppy, light floral notes, a classic DIPA that lets the hops shine with crisp finish and is easy to drink.
Jun 07, 2017
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

4.04/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
6/3/17...pours rusty copper orange, white foam that settles mostly out with one island of foam. Slight orange peppery nose. Smooth almost creamy open. Spills into a bitter pine. Bitter burns below the surface but is expertly balanced throughout. Tasty.
Jun 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by MattXT from Virginia

May 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by h4ger from Connecticut

May 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Stephan16 from Connecticut

Apr 06, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Apr 05, 2017
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Rated by DucksFan16 from Tennessee

4.1/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From growler, 03/22/2017.
Mar 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.46 by Honeybourne from Scotland

Feb 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.24 by costanzo_mike from Massachusetts

Feb 19, 2017
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Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut

4.05/5  rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: crystal clear; deep gold in color; 1 finger ivory head that receded to a splotchy cap; nice lacing;

S: tropical fruit with pine resin behind it; a bit of caramel as well;

T: floral for a moment, then earthy with herbal and tropical fruit in the background; nice malt backbone; mild to moderate bitterness on the finish;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; moderately dry finish;

O: nice complexity; really nice;
Feb 18, 2017