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Full Throttle Double IPA
Sebago Brewing Company
- From:
- Sebago Brewing Company
- United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.4%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 10.62%
- Reviews:
- 103
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 25, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 07, 2009
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 13
Big juicy American hops burst from this unfiltered deep amber ale. The caramel sweetness takes a backseat only to the abundance of citrusy, piney flavors and aromas. Dominated by Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Falconer's Flight hops, our double IPA has been dry-hopped for over a month.
85 IBU
85 IBU
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Ratings by Hendry:
Reviewed by Hendry from Vermont
3.84/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy golden amber color, two finger white head in imperial pint glass. Lacing is textbook.
Aromas are of sweet malt: you can sense it before you taste it. Hops are present but this acts like an English IPA, where malts are the star of the show by and large.
Taste is sweet cotton candy malts, minimal hop infusion overshadowed by the maltiness here.
The yeast strain is prominent in the aftertaste as well. Not my favorite combination of flavors though not unpalatable. Reminds me of a German brew that features sugar as an ingredient.
Mouthfeel is rich and medium heavy, carbonation decent.
Finding many of the "American" IPA/IIPA are more in the English tradition but rarely if ever are advertised as such. The malt bill is tall and the yeast interplay makes this a disappointing American IIPA if you are out for a tropical sensation. Reasonably drinkable and eminently forgettable, Full Throttle IIPA falls short in the hop department while delivering a sweet malt bomb for those that crave that attribute.
May 14, 2013Aromas are of sweet malt: you can sense it before you taste it. Hops are present but this acts like an English IPA, where malts are the star of the show by and large.
Taste is sweet cotton candy malts, minimal hop infusion overshadowed by the maltiness here.
The yeast strain is prominent in the aftertaste as well. Not my favorite combination of flavors though not unpalatable. Reminds me of a German brew that features sugar as an ingredient.
Mouthfeel is rich and medium heavy, carbonation decent.
Finding many of the "American" IPA/IIPA are more in the English tradition but rarely if ever are advertised as such. The malt bill is tall and the yeast interplay makes this a disappointing American IIPA if you are out for a tropical sensation. Reasonably drinkable and eminently forgettable, Full Throttle IIPA falls short in the hop department while delivering a sweet malt bomb for those that crave that attribute.
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Full Throttle Double IPA from Sebago Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
182 ratings
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