Cutter Imperial IPA | Rising Tide Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Rising Tide Brewing Company
Maine, United States
risingtidebrewing.com
Style: American Double / Imperial IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.70%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Formerly Calcutta Cutter
Cutter (n)—a single-masted sailing vessel with the mast set about two-fifths of the way aft along the waterline
Imperial IPA. Double IPA. XIPA. IIPA. Whatever you want to call it, Cutter is our homage to hops. Lots of hops. Early hops. Late hops. Very late hops. Dry hops. Then we condition the bottles in a bed of hops. Well, maybe not that last bit, but you get the idea. With just enough malt body and alcohol to balance the beer out, we let the lupulin shine.
Added by Jason on 04-26-2013
View: Beers | Place Reviews | Events
Ratings: 319 | Reviews: 51
4.29/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a medium gold with a slight a haze, an off-white head and a little bit of lacing. Aroma is citrus, pine, pineapple, and caramel malts. Taste is of caramel malts and pine. Some citrus too, but the caramel does dominate this one. Feel is average for the style. Overall, this is a very good DIPA, not my style, but good nonetheless.
336 characters
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a medium gold with a slight a haze, an off-white head and a little bit of lacing. Aroma is citrus, pine, pineapple, and caramel malts. Taste is of caramel malts and pine. Some citrus too, but the caramel does dominate this one. Feel is average for the style. Overall, this is a very good DIPA, not my style, but good nonetheless.
336 characters
4.24/5 rDev +1.4%
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
4.17/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.98/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
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
4.66/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
I really enjoyed this on draught, not certain what to expect (thinking "Calcutta...India....IPA.." This was not the case. It presented really nicely with a dark copper color & dense full head that kept sticky lace afterwards. The aroma was akin to a barleywine with little trace of hop. The body was smooth & medium and the taste superb. Very British pub ale with malt, sweet almost oak finishing in a mild citrus zest and bitterness to round it off. Complex, but it really worked and I had several. It was quite akin to a lovely cask ale.
539 characters
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
I really enjoyed this on draught, not certain what to expect (thinking "Calcutta...India....IPA.." This was not the case. It presented really nicely with a dark copper color & dense full head that kept sticky lace afterwards. The aroma was akin to a barleywine with little trace of hop. The body was smooth & medium and the taste superb. Very British pub ale with malt, sweet almost oak finishing in a mild citrus zest and bitterness to round it off. Complex, but it really worked and I had several. It was quite akin to a lovely cask ale.
539 characters
4.27/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Beer is a clear copper color with a persistent one-inch head. Aroma is bready and a bit boozy; surprisingly not much hops in the nose. Taste is complex. It beings with almost caramely malt and then moves toward bitter orange and grapefruit with some final notes of pine. It's multi-layered. And tasty. Mouthfeel is a bit heavy, as one would expect from a beer with this much alcohol. There's some slight alcohol warming. But for such a big beer, it's quite drinkable. Overall, a heavy, complex hop blast. There's a lot going on in this beer, but it holds together well.
578 characters
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Beer is a clear copper color with a persistent one-inch head. Aroma is bready and a bit boozy; surprisingly not much hops in the nose. Taste is complex. It beings with almost caramely malt and then moves toward bitter orange and grapefruit with some final notes of pine. It's multi-layered. And tasty. Mouthfeel is a bit heavy, as one would expect from a beer with this much alcohol. There's some slight alcohol warming. But for such a big beer, it's quite drinkable. Overall, a heavy, complex hop blast. There's a lot going on in this beer, but it holds together well.
578 characters
4.35/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
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
4.18/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.87/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: copper, close-to-gold hue out of the can. Four inches of bubbly head that dissipates but never disappears leaving a nice web of lacing down the glass.
Aroma: pine, resin, fresh cut grass, stone fruit and caramel malt.
Taste: follows the aroma closely – pine, grapefruit, orange rind with a solid malt chassis keeping it all moving
Mouthfeel: thick, chewy double IPA with nice alcohol heat that reminds you of its size. Finishes surprisingly dry with no lingering stickiness or bitterness
Overall: Big, bold double IPA that feels like a more muscular cousin of a west coast IPA. One and done for me….two tops. Three and I’m in the morgue.
650 characters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: copper, close-to-gold hue out of the can. Four inches of bubbly head that dissipates but never disappears leaving a nice web of lacing down the glass.
Aroma: pine, resin, fresh cut grass, stone fruit and caramel malt.
Taste: follows the aroma closely – pine, grapefruit, orange rind with a solid malt chassis keeping it all moving
Mouthfeel: thick, chewy double IPA with nice alcohol heat that reminds you of its size. Finishes surprisingly dry with no lingering stickiness or bitterness
Overall: Big, bold double IPA that feels like a more muscular cousin of a west coast IPA. One and done for me….two tops. Three and I’m in the morgue.
650 characters
4.01/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pour a pale copper color with a huge pillowy white head that slowly settled leaving a thick wall of lacing on the glass.
The aroma is all hops. I pick up citrus, pine and onion. Perhaps some tropical notes as well. Nice bright hop aroma.
The taste is a mix bag of hops. I get some orange citrus, pepper, pine and a fairly big onion flavor. A bit of pineapple, grass and lemon. The IPA leans on the dank/savory spectrum, though far from a palate crusher.
Light to moderate feel with fairly soft carbonation. Big sweetness but is more than balanced by the hoppy bitterness. Its a tad sticky and the ABV is noticeable.
For a savory forward hop profile, I rather enjoyed this beer. I prefer more brightness but the flavors are good and complex.
751 characters
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pour a pale copper color with a huge pillowy white head that slowly settled leaving a thick wall of lacing on the glass.
The aroma is all hops. I pick up citrus, pine and onion. Perhaps some tropical notes as well. Nice bright hop aroma.
The taste is a mix bag of hops. I get some orange citrus, pepper, pine and a fairly big onion flavor. A bit of pineapple, grass and lemon. The IPA leans on the dank/savory spectrum, though far from a palate crusher.
Light to moderate feel with fairly soft carbonation. Big sweetness but is more than balanced by the hoppy bitterness. Its a tad sticky and the ABV is noticeable.
For a savory forward hop profile, I rather enjoyed this beer. I prefer more brightness but the flavors are good and complex.
751 characters
4.19/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Cutter Imperial IPA from Rising Tide Brewing Company
4.18
out of 5
based on 319 ratings.
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
This beer pours a beautiful dusty orange-gold color. Nice head. Then the scent hits you- loads of tropical fruit, primarily mango and pineapple. Taste is similar, only juicier with hints of pine, orange, even honey. Taste and mouthfeel definitely top notch for a DIPA. I don't think it's going overboard to say this is as close to the supremely revered Pliny the Elder as you can get in New England. But judge for yourself.
423 characters