Luponic Plague 2.0
Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri
- From:
- Amundsen Bryggeri & Spiseri
- Norway
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 9.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 19, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 10, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
4.17/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.17/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Milky tan; huge ganga nose with mint + lemon rind; Weetina then even more ganga with grapefruit, grass, a dirty hop leaf thing, then endless ringing bitter citrus linger
4 4.5 4.25 4 3.75
Magnum, Citra
5.29 canning. A super aggressive hit of Citra - if anything, too high in IBUs. There’s astringency from over-dry hopping that leaves a harsh finish. No esters, either, and no particularly soft. And where’s the lactose? Banging hops, especially at 10 weeks, but missing the finesse + key components of a true NEIPA.
Falls short of what it could be.
Dec 19, 20184 4.5 4.25 4 3.75
Magnum, Citra
5.29 canning. A super aggressive hit of Citra - if anything, too high in IBUs. There’s astringency from over-dry hopping that leaves a harsh finish. No esters, either, and no particularly soft. And where’s the lactose? Banging hops, especially at 10 weeks, but missing the finesse + key components of a true NEIPA.
Falls short of what it could be.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.34/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 3.5
A new NEIPA, yay! It’s from a brewer I haven’t reviewed before, yay! In Norway, yay! All of these things get me excited. It’s been a long while since I’ve been able to get my hands on a Norwegian brew, and fond memories of HaandBryggeriet and Nøgne Ø linger on like old friends inviting me in for a cuppa. First up: Wow! What a label on this 440ml can – all crazy with colours and graphics of a UFO beaming a hop plant up around earth… least that’s what it looks like to me. Also making a welcome appearance: that whole can-lid lift-off ring-pull thing like with Colonial and Bentspoke cans (yes, the technique is no doubt American in origin but I only remember the Aussie brewers who use it). Anyhow bring on the Luponic Plague 2.0!
Poured from a 440ml can with the entire-top-pulls-off thing into a Duvel tulip.
A: Crazy AF murky mustard-yellow body with a white sea foam head that disintegrates quickly leaving nary a sign of any head. This is one odd-looking brew, I’ve not seen a NEIPA of this colour before – mustard-yellow, very odd beer from Amundsen. 6/10.
S: Fruity and funky is on today’s menu! Pineapple juice, mango, orange and grapefruit mingle with a grassy/green/cannabis overtone – all-hops/all-day is the take-home with Luponic Plague 2.0, if it keeps this full hop onslaught into the flavour profile I reckon it’s game on Donkey Kong. Bit of a funky note is the only detraction and hopefully not a foreboding warning for a soured NEIPA [I’m so sick of those guys – Dr. Nick Riviera]. 8/10.
T: Not all that bad, quite grassy/cannabis-like all over the profile, this NEIPA is most certainly unfiltered and that grassy note can be a bit too much for some [I don’t mind it too much]. Those grassy hops give way to a more tropical punch note mid-palate: pineapple, mango, green mango, and orange/grapefruit citric character towards the finish, which is a touch more bitter than a NEIPA should be but otherwise OK. Overall flavour is of an unfiltered New England meets West-Coast IPA brew. Quite rough around the edges but alright nonetheless (i.e. had worse). 7/10.
M: Mouthfeel is a mess though – thin, prickly carbonation, too much hop resin, it’s an unmitigated disaster here. 2/10.
D: This is one rough, in-yer-grill NEIPA from Norway. Surprisingly for a beer that was canned 21/06/18 it’s managed to keep a strong hop presence, although I can’t imagine how crazy this would have been fresher [yikes!]. 7/10.
Food match: Thai beef salad with fresh chilli, boo-yah.
Nov 12, 2018Poured from a 440ml can with the entire-top-pulls-off thing into a Duvel tulip.
A: Crazy AF murky mustard-yellow body with a white sea foam head that disintegrates quickly leaving nary a sign of any head. This is one odd-looking brew, I’ve not seen a NEIPA of this colour before – mustard-yellow, very odd beer from Amundsen. 6/10.
S: Fruity and funky is on today’s menu! Pineapple juice, mango, orange and grapefruit mingle with a grassy/green/cannabis overtone – all-hops/all-day is the take-home with Luponic Plague 2.0, if it keeps this full hop onslaught into the flavour profile I reckon it’s game on Donkey Kong. Bit of a funky note is the only detraction and hopefully not a foreboding warning for a soured NEIPA [I’m so sick of those guys – Dr. Nick Riviera]. 8/10.
T: Not all that bad, quite grassy/cannabis-like all over the profile, this NEIPA is most certainly unfiltered and that grassy note can be a bit too much for some [I don’t mind it too much]. Those grassy hops give way to a more tropical punch note mid-palate: pineapple, mango, green mango, and orange/grapefruit citric character towards the finish, which is a touch more bitter than a NEIPA should be but otherwise OK. Overall flavour is of an unfiltered New England meets West-Coast IPA brew. Quite rough around the edges but alright nonetheless (i.e. had worse). 7/10.
M: Mouthfeel is a mess though – thin, prickly carbonation, too much hop resin, it’s an unmitigated disaster here. 2/10.
D: This is one rough, in-yer-grill NEIPA from Norway. Surprisingly for a beer that was canned 21/06/18 it’s managed to keep a strong hop presence, although I can’t imagine how crazy this would have been fresher [yikes!]. 7/10.
Food match: Thai beef salad with fresh chilli, boo-yah.
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