Covered in Puppies
Omnipollo

Covered in PuppiesCovered in Puppies
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From:
Omnipollo
 
Sweden
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #120
ABV:
8.1%
Score:
96
Ranked #1,214
Avg:
4.34 | pDev: 5.3%
Reviews:
26
Ratings:
111
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 18, 2022
Added:
Dec 07, 2017
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  20
Collaboration with Trillium Brewing Company

What do Swedes love almost as much as a juicy double IPAs? Apparently, David Hasselhoff as JC learned during his summer visit to Stockholm. Photos of The Hoff were plastered throughout the brewery for the collaboration brew, which invoked powerful memories of JC's 'favorite' Hoff photo... one where he is strategically "covered" in puppies. After sharing this photo with the Omnipollo crew, everyone immediately agreed this would be name of the Double IPA we were brewing.

Initially brewed and released as a draft only beer in Sweden, Covered in Puppies has now arrived stateside! The label design was inspired by Karl & Kevin's favorite artist when they were kids: MC Escher. Karl and Kevin were able to fully realize the inspiration from Escher and meld that with the respective styles of each brewery. A nose of tropical fruit and bubble gum take the lead with and woody resin undertones. Palate is juicy with flavors of creamy pineapple and freshly baked bread, wrapping it up with a soft -as-a-puppy bitterness.

MALT: Pale Malt, Dextrin Malt, C-15, Torrified Wheat
HOPS: Citra, Mosaic, Galaxy
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Ratings by Kurzman:
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Rated by Kurzman from Rhode Island

4.13/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Jan 06, 2018
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by erosier from Connecticut

4.41/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a cloudy yellow orange color with a medium bodied white colored head that fades quickly and leaves a little lacing. Smells of sweet melon aromas and a hint of citrus. Tastes of a mix of melon and citrus and then a hint of pine at the very very end of it. Overall it's smooth, medium bodied, perfect amount of carbonation. Overall another pretty good beer from these two heavyweights.
Nov 18, 2022
 
Rated: 4.22 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Oct 05, 2020
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Reviewed by Damian from Massachusetts

4.42/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Drank from a 1 pint can purchased at Trillium Brewing Company, Boston, MA
08/14/20
Hit Refresh 2020 version
Served in a tulip

Opaque, straw yellow appearance. The body was topped by a small bubbly cap that quickly dissolved. No lacing whatsoever.

The aroma was terrific. Nice punchy citrus presence. Sweet, juicy orange notes were most apparent. Some peach and mango came through as well. Hint of dankness. As the beer warmed, both the peach and mango intensified, as did the overall sweetness.

Citrus notes dominated in the flavor profile. Juicy orange flesh was quite prominent. Bit of tangerine as well. Big pineapple presence in the center. Touch of peach and mango too. White grapefruit appeared on the back end. Grapefruit rind rounded things out in the finish. A hint of pithy bitterness lingered after the swallow.

Medium bodied mouthfeel. Perhaps a touch thinner than anticipated. Slick, fluffy and smooth on the palate. The liquid contained a finer bubbled, moderate effervescence.

Covered In Puppies is an impressive, highly crushable double IPA packed with citrus and tropical fruit notes. I missed this beer the first time around and was glad I could grab a four pack on the rerelease.
Aug 27, 2020
 
Rated: 5 by Kwright from North Carolina

Jan 20, 2019
 
Rated: 4.11 by goalie35 from Canada (AB)

Oct 21, 2018
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)

4.14/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Remarkably hazy, cloudy peachy orange pour with one finger of white head. No light getting through here - almost sludgy: aroma is hoppy over ripe orange, grapefruit, touch of sweat socks. Taste is hop forward thick citrus, some tropical fruit with a palate attacking bitterness that lingers in the full slightly dry finish. Most excellent.
Aug 15, 2018
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Reviewed by joaopmgoncalves from Portugal

4.38/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured to an Ora et Labora taster.

A: Body is juicy orange, opaque. Head is white, dense and lovely. The appearance is really great.
S: Mango, pineapple, resinous profile, Citra, Galaxy, it's an incredible aroma.
T: Taste starts off a bit bitter from the resinous profile then turning to the almost tropical to citrus touch, finishing off in a clear resinous bitter profile agora. It ends as it starts. In a fluffy and sweet tone.
M: Body is medium to high. Bitterness is big but not highly strong - it's not super fresh. Alcohol is felt but just a little.
O: Of course, this collab couldn't really go wrong.
Jul 27, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by hopley from Massachusetts

Jul 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.61 by Coronaeus from Canada (ON)

Jul 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.28 by BeerGlassesCollector from Cyprus

Jul 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.43 by SayBoom from Ukraine

Jun 30, 2018
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.83/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle - so, this has something to do with David Hasselhoff? Why weren't hamburgers involved? What? Too soon?

This beer pours a murky, medium apricot amber colour, with two fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some decent broken web lace around the glass as it quickly evaporates.

It smells of dank pine resin, bready and doughy caramel malt, a muddled tropical fruitiness, some damp minerality, and more leafy, weedy, and musky floral green hop bitters. The taste is juicy orange, red grapefruit, and lemon citrus flesh, grainy and bready caramel malt, still hard to parse exotic fruity notes, some stoney chalkiness, chewed-out pink bubblegum, and more earthy, herbal, and musty hoppiness.

The carbonation is average in its palate-placating frothiness, the body an adequate middleweight, and mostly smooth, with just a touch of hop bitterness maybe taking things down a notch or so here. It finishes off-dry, the malt and mixed frootiness carrying the lingering day.

Overall - this is a genial enough version of the style, however, not quite as grand as the fan-boys I see now before me seem to opine. Could be another Alberta agent issue (oh, Craft Beer Importers, gee, really?), as the BB date is November of this year, for a big, hoppy brew.
Jun 23, 2018
 
Rated: 4.43 by bhatch729 from Massachusetts

May 01, 2018
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Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan

4.27/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A - Pours a murky orange with a one finger creamy white head. Nice amount of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is tangerines, orange peel and pineapple.

T - The taste is pineapple, tangerine, mango, biscuity malts and dank hops.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a crisp finish.

O - A solid collaboration beer. The flavors are nice and juicy with a dank finish.
Apr 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by leitmotif from Romania

Apr 13, 2018
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Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Very hazy orange, juicy color, quarter finger white head, superb lacing, light carbonation.

S: Tropical fruits, hops. Wonderful.

T: Tropical fruits, hops. Bitter on the back end. Excellent!

F: Light to medium bodied. Extremely drinkable.

O: Very good DIPA. Bravo!
Apr 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by mishi_d from Romania

Apr 05, 2018
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

4/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Europe version, 330ml bottle. Quite hazy orange color with off-white head. Aroma has overripe fruits like peaches and oranges, slightly fermented and boozy. Taste is hoppy, fruity, light fermentation notes, a bit earthy with medium bitterness on the finish. Quite good but it has some off flavors.
Apr 05, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by aztraz from Sweden

Apr 05, 2018
Covered in Puppies from Omnipollo
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 111 ratings