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Size 11
Steel Toe Brewing
- From:
- Steel Toe Brewing
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 9.9%
- Reviews:
- 50
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 30, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2012
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 27
This beastly Triple India Pale Ale is the biggest of brothers to Size 7. Aromas of ripe Tuscan melon, honey dew and citrus explode at first sniff. Built on the same back bone, but doubled in all aspects. Malt sweetness up front, with a full mouthfeel, give way to ridiculously copious layering of hops. Wave after wave of citrus peel, grapefruit, honey dew melon and guava are pronounced from aroma, to flavor, to finishing bitterness. Warming but not hot, this one will definitely rock your hoppy world!
111+ IBU
111+ IBU
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Reviewed by Taybeh from Minnesota
3.69/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.69/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
At the brewery, into a snifter. I've been going to this tap room since it first opened but have never tried this one...have hesitated because I'm not a big fan of the Size 7, though I love their Sticker Fight, which I think is excellent. Well...damn. This one just doesn’t do much for me: too sweet, the melon is too heavy and not complemented by enough pine or any kind of bitterness or tart citrus...just too sweet. The construction isn’t bad, so I’m probably being a little severe here. It looks great in the snifter (kind of a heavy flowering orange amber, with decent lacing) and the nose announces that you’re going to get a serious dose of melon, balanced with a bit of pine. On the tongue and finish, though, it doesn’t deliver or develop. A little syrupy, oily and heavy feeling. Meh. Maybe its me...I like these guys a lot, live close by, and want them to succeed and am a hop head, but their hoppy stuff is hit or miss for me. If I want a big beer from ST, I’ll stick with Sticker Fight or Lunker.
Mar 03, 2020Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from 750ml bottle into glass. No bottling date information found on bottle or on label, but this is a January, 2018 release.
Clear, pale gold colored body. Fluffy off white head. Lacing coverage is extensive.
Aroma of melon and citrus (grapefruit and orange).
Taste follows nose but adds dank and piney notes. Still lots of melon and grapefruit, and bitter citrus peel. Overall taste is quite sweet. The high IBU's show up throughout but ramp up at the end.
Lip smacking, full mouth feel. Slight numbing of the tongue.
Very pleasant all around, striking appearance, wonderful aroma and taste, and mouth feel enhances the experience.
Jan 26, 2018Clear, pale gold colored body. Fluffy off white head. Lacing coverage is extensive.
Aroma of melon and citrus (grapefruit and orange).
Taste follows nose but adds dank and piney notes. Still lots of melon and grapefruit, and bitter citrus peel. Overall taste is quite sweet. The high IBU's show up throughout but ramp up at the end.
Lip smacking, full mouth feel. Slight numbing of the tongue.
Very pleasant all around, striking appearance, wonderful aroma and taste, and mouth feel enhances the experience.
Reviewed by BeerGuy8315 from Iowa
4.46/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Had this on tap at the Taproom in a snifter.
A: Pours a slightly hazy, amber-gold in color with a one inch, frothy, tannish-cream colored head with good retention. Thick, tannish-cream colored, billowy lacing throughout.
S: Big aromas of tropical fruit and citrus with mild notes of piney and earthy hops. Nose mostly consists of pineapple, mango, orange, grapefruit, and tangerine.
T: Starts off with big notes of grapefruit, orange rind, and tangerine followed by pineapple, mango, and melons. Ends with a piney, resinous, slightly dry, lingering hoppy bitterness.
F: Medium bodied, smooth, and crisp with good carbonation. Somewhat dry.
O: Overall, a great TIPA. Fruitiness and hop bitterness is well balanced. Fruitiness helps hide the ABV, though it is definitely still present. A great beer, but hard hitter, so you have to be careful with this one. Fairly easy drinking. Would definitely try this one again.
Jan 31, 2017A: Pours a slightly hazy, amber-gold in color with a one inch, frothy, tannish-cream colored head with good retention. Thick, tannish-cream colored, billowy lacing throughout.
S: Big aromas of tropical fruit and citrus with mild notes of piney and earthy hops. Nose mostly consists of pineapple, mango, orange, grapefruit, and tangerine.
T: Starts off with big notes of grapefruit, orange rind, and tangerine followed by pineapple, mango, and melons. Ends with a piney, resinous, slightly dry, lingering hoppy bitterness.
F: Medium bodied, smooth, and crisp with good carbonation. Somewhat dry.
O: Overall, a great TIPA. Fruitiness and hop bitterness is well balanced. Fruitiness helps hide the ABV, though it is definitely still present. A great beer, but hard hitter, so you have to be careful with this one. Fairly easy drinking. Would definitely try this one again.
Reviewed by joshcmn from Minnesota
4.6/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Review based on 4 month cold-aged (35 F) 750ml bottle served in a tulip glass
Slightly hazy orange color with 1,5 inch rapidly fading white head with moderate lacing on the glass. Smells of sticky sweet dank hops, stone fruit and citrus. The taste is resinous, grapefruit juice, sweet, candied orange, booze, and dank. The mouth feel is like a sticky, oily, syrupy elixir that warms all the way down. This is fantastic beer from Steel Toe. I was lucky enough to try this fresh as well and I found that they are similar despite being months apart in age. Some of the hop aromatics have faded and the flavors have mellowed but it's still an incredibly complex and delicious tasting beer if you enjoy IIPAs. At 11% ABV and 111 IBUs this beer will kick your butt and rip up your tongue but it tastes damn good! Nice work Steel Toe! Thanks for bottling this in 750ml instead of 22oz, the extra 3.4 ounces of beer are delicious and appreciated.
Jul 31, 2016Slightly hazy orange color with 1,5 inch rapidly fading white head with moderate lacing on the glass. Smells of sticky sweet dank hops, stone fruit and citrus. The taste is resinous, grapefruit juice, sweet, candied orange, booze, and dank. The mouth feel is like a sticky, oily, syrupy elixir that warms all the way down. This is fantastic beer from Steel Toe. I was lucky enough to try this fresh as well and I found that they are similar despite being months apart in age. Some of the hop aromatics have faded and the flavors have mellowed but it's still an incredibly complex and delicious tasting beer if you enjoy IIPAs. At 11% ABV and 111 IBUs this beer will kick your butt and rip up your tongue but it tastes damn good! Nice work Steel Toe! Thanks for bottling this in 750ml instead of 22oz, the extra 3.4 ounces of beer are delicious and appreciated.
Size 11 from Steel Toe Brewing
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
274 ratings
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