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Biter
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
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- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 14.87%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 09, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 05, 2012
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 2
Biter has taken on a cult following almost as big as the beer itself. A perfect blend of 6 hop varieties will overload your taste buds with gigantic flavor. At a whopping 154 IBUs, take a bite of the beer that bites you back!
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Ratings by GoBearsWalter34:
Reviewed by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois
4.48/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +14.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
L- Pours a thick, golden orange with a one finger, creamy white head. Tons of lacing
S- Bitter juicy hop smell with a good amount of malt.
T- Quite a bit of malt in this one. Definite bitter taste that goes down smooth. Citrus taste, more of the melon and pineapple variety. Piney resin finish.
M- Creamy! Unexpected. Slight warming.
O- This is a unique one. More of an East Coast IPA. Big bitterness.
Jan 13, 2017S- Bitter juicy hop smell with a good amount of malt.
T- Quite a bit of malt in this one. Definite bitter taste that goes down smooth. Citrus taste, more of the melon and pineapple variety. Piney resin finish.
M- Creamy! Unexpected. Slight warming.
O- This is a unique one. More of an East Coast IPA. Big bitterness.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by craigbelly from Iowa
4.14/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
IBU's are crazy awesome. Skates on the side of something English. Lacks the fruit forward feel of most of TG's IPA offerings but I'm loving the bite on this one.
Feb 18, 2017Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
3.49/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap in Cedar Falls, IA.
Tepid pour, dark gold with very little haze. Looks like a homebrew where the yeast didn't quite take.
Smells of cat pee and grapefruit. Unbalanced and hop dominant, but still nothing off putting.
Tastes like it smells: lots and lots of hops and not much else. Nothing off, there's no syrupy finish, but the hop profile never really comes together. It's not bad, but not really good, and I can't see it making it to mass market without some major tweaks.
Jan 02, 2017Tepid pour, dark gold with very little haze. Looks like a homebrew where the yeast didn't quite take.
Smells of cat pee and grapefruit. Unbalanced and hop dominant, but still nothing off putting.
Tastes like it smells: lots and lots of hops and not much else. Nothing off, there's no syrupy finish, but the hop profile never really comes together. It's not bad, but not really good, and I can't see it making it to mass market without some major tweaks.
Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Solid DIPA. On tap at Short's in Iowa City.
Jan 02, 2017
Biter from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
58 ratings
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