Control Voltage
Tired Hands Brewing Company
- From:
- Tired Hands Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 3.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 15, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 13, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Control Voltage is a mixed oak fermented Quadruple IPA. Brewed with gobs of fluffy malted oats. Fermented atop a blend of French and American oak in stainless steel. Hopped at a rate of 7lbs per barrel of beer with Citra, Simcoe, and debittered Cascade leaf. Incredibly sappy and nectary. Bottomless peach/mango lassis on a sun drenched tropical paradise. Lots of ripe strawberry buoyed by a hint of oaky vanilla.
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Reviewed by dafla67 from Pennsylvania
4.6/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
pours a cloudy yellow/orange. The smell citrus, malts and the high ABV%. But the high ABV is not in the taste. It tastes smooth and fruity. You do not notice that you are drinking at 12% Double IPA. Simply awesome.
May 18, 2018
Reviewed by EMH73 from New York
4.29/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a hazy orange with a well retained half inch white head that left lots of lacing. Smells of citrus fruits, oak, tropical fruits. booze and malt. Tastes of pineapple, mango, orange. multiple layers of oak, booze, sweet malts, pine and a bitter finish. Medium to heavy bodied, light carbonation, creamy mouth feel, ABV is quite noticeable.
May 14, 2018
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.22/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.22/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Murky, peach-like yellow; thick, soapy head; sticky. Huge citrus fruit aroma; pineapple and mango in there, too. Strong malt base coupled with an equally bold hop bitterness; powdery yeast notes; light sweetness; boozy. Heavy body yet soft and fairly smooth; alcohol warmth.
A quad IPA, eh? Well, it is a beast yet drinks fairly easily for such a huge styling of an American IPA. I'd tackle this one again...
May 13, 2018A quad IPA, eh? Well, it is a beast yet drinks fairly easily for such a huge styling of an American IPA. I'd tackle this one again...
Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Greenland
4.31/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This is a very thick, aromatic and intensely flavorful beer. Not for the faint of heart and one that demands the drinkers dedicated attention (pairing with equally intense food is the only way to go if not drinking it by itself?). Lots of tropical fruit and in particular pineapple. Smooth and silky mouthfeel and a late bitterness that asks for yet another sip so that the sweet upfront malts provide some balance
May 13, 2018
Reviewed by Billolick from New York
4.34/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Tall can, thanks for the trade DA LUNG....4/11/18 stamped on the bottom.
Full out NEIPA hazed look, leaves a load of fine scattered lacing all the way to the top of the glass.
Smokey pineapple on the nose.
Simply delicious brew, tropical, dank, floral...12%(!) well hidden. Soft fruits abounding, low bitterness...super stuff, go get some...Tired Hands continuing to impress
May 08, 2018Full out NEIPA hazed look, leaves a load of fine scattered lacing all the way to the top of the glass.
Smokey pineapple on the nose.
Simply delicious brew, tropical, dank, floral...12%(!) well hidden. Soft fruits abounding, low bitterness...super stuff, go get some...Tired Hands continuing to impress
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.12/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This one pours a very hazy and murky orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
The immediate smell is a bit of leafy boozy aromas, with pineapple creamsicle, herbal hops, pine, and tangerine.
It has a boozy aroma, but luckily (and miraculously, too) it doesn't really taste boozy at all. It's super juicy, most pineapple and tangerine, with an intense finishing bitterness- leafy, piney, and grassy.
This is really soft up front, but with a big lingering bitterness. There's a soft level of carbonation.
Tired Hands is clearly a team of wizards- this shouldn't taste as good as it does.
May 07, 2018The immediate smell is a bit of leafy boozy aromas, with pineapple creamsicle, herbal hops, pine, and tangerine.
It has a boozy aroma, but luckily (and miraculously, too) it doesn't really taste boozy at all. It's super juicy, most pineapple and tangerine, with an intense finishing bitterness- leafy, piney, and grassy.
This is really soft up front, but with a big lingering bitterness. There's a soft level of carbonation.
Tired Hands is clearly a team of wizards- this shouldn't taste as good as it does.
Rated by TheWolf from Delaware
4.17/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Given the high abv very very well done
Apr 22, 2018
Rated by von_kaiser from Connecticut
4.02/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
12% is not hidden
Apr 21, 2018Rated by pejohnson46 from Pennsylvania
4.01/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Huge head, hazy, not much aroma but hops come through. A bit of alcohol on the nose, as expected. Very drinkable given its AVB.
Apr 21, 2018
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