Hoppiness Is A Warm Pun
Brewmaster Jack
- From:
- Brewmaster Jack
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 8.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 49
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 10, 2019
- Added:
- Nov 20, 2014
- Wants:
- 18
- Gots:
- 102
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
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Reviewed by GHow from Connecticut
4.35/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Dated 01.18.19. Hazed unfiltered gold look. Hop and Fruit aroma mates with taste including a back of the palate IBU bite and feel. The name fits the brew. Have one..........
Feb 28, 2019
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
4.29/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.29/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured from 22oz bomber into a tulip. There's a spot for a bottled-on day to be printed, but there's no date there, so I guess we're rollin' the dice here!
Appearance: super-duper hazy, milky body with an orange hue, and a finger of frothy ivory foam atop. Fills the bill for a hazy IPA!
Smell: big fruity aromas; tropical and a bit citrusy, there's plenty of juicy aroma here. There's something aromatic here that reminds me of fresh latex paint -- and somehow, it's not a bad thing. Bodacious.
Taste: the juice is loose! Admittedly, it's hard to determine what fruit the juice is from, but let's go with ... hops? It's kind of grassy, along with a bit of a mango-ey fruity flavor. I really like it.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and a very nice creaminess indeed. For an IPA, it's really wonderful.
Overall: this beer ticks all the boxes for me. Although the flavor is more "miscellaneous hop character" than any particular fruit, it really works exceedingly well for my palate. Outstanding!
Apr 24, 2018Appearance: super-duper hazy, milky body with an orange hue, and a finger of frothy ivory foam atop. Fills the bill for a hazy IPA!
Smell: big fruity aromas; tropical and a bit citrusy, there's plenty of juicy aroma here. There's something aromatic here that reminds me of fresh latex paint -- and somehow, it's not a bad thing. Bodacious.
Taste: the juice is loose! Admittedly, it's hard to determine what fruit the juice is from, but let's go with ... hops? It's kind of grassy, along with a bit of a mango-ey fruity flavor. I really like it.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and a very nice creaminess indeed. For an IPA, it's really wonderful.
Overall: this beer ticks all the boxes for me. Although the flavor is more "miscellaneous hop character" than any particular fruit, it really works exceedingly well for my palate. Outstanding!
Reviewed by degueulasse from California
4.07/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
This beer has a gorgeous yellow haze to it, its cloudiness as mysterious as it is inviting. It has a delicate flavor that seems to be Massachusetts standard for IPAs: sweet without recalling any specific fruits, though this brand of sweetness might be a bit closer to peach and pear than to pineapple or mango.
Apr 16, 2018
Reviewed by SawDog505 from New Hampshire
4.53/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Pours a very hazy orange yellow with a nice inch plus head that leaves plenty of thick foamy lace on the sides of the glass, with some very solid retention. 4.5
Smell is papaya, tangerine, passionfruit, pineapple, and just a hint of grapefruit. 4.5
Taste follows tropical front to back with papaya, pineapple, tangerine, and passionfruit dominating with a subtle hit of grapefruit in the amazingly balanced finish. 4.5
Mouthfeel is a little bigger than medium, just the right soft carbonation, juicy but slightly sticky from all the fresh hops, and at 8.2% ABV it is dangerously approachable. 4.75
Overall I just really loved this beer, just exactly what you want in a NEDIPA. A friend gave me this and I want more!
Mar 25, 2018Smell is papaya, tangerine, passionfruit, pineapple, and just a hint of grapefruit. 4.5
Taste follows tropical front to back with papaya, pineapple, tangerine, and passionfruit dominating with a subtle hit of grapefruit in the amazingly balanced finish. 4.5
Mouthfeel is a little bigger than medium, just the right soft carbonation, juicy but slightly sticky from all the fresh hops, and at 8.2% ABV it is dangerously approachable. 4.75
Overall I just really loved this beer, just exactly what you want in a NEDIPA. A friend gave me this and I want more!
Rated by generic_beer from Vermont
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Very Good DIPA. Somehow the distribution makes it's way to central/northern Vermont. I like it
Mar 21, 2018
Reviewed by mikeinportc from New York
4.18/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Canned 2/07/18
Hazy,murky apricot-gold, with light, creamy off-white head.
Aroma is fairly muted. What there is a light peach pie filling, that is then overcome by a slightly boozy fruited-brandy aroma.
The taste is inscrutable at first, as with the aroma. There is a fermented mixed fruit juice flavor, at first. (Yeah I know, beer IS fermented. ;) ) If you mixed pineapple juice with tangerine and apricot juice, all just as they start to ferment - THAT is the taste and feel. Not a bad thing. : ) Then a touch of pine,bitterness, and alcohol come along to finish.
The texture is medium lightly creamy/oily with fine carbonation throughout, with a lingering tingle on the tip of the tongue.
Overall while this is difficult to dissect , it's easy to drink. A pleasant experience, & I'm glad I got a 4pk, not just a single. (As I almost did. ; ) )
Feb 26, 2018Hazy,murky apricot-gold, with light, creamy off-white head.
Aroma is fairly muted. What there is a light peach pie filling, that is then overcome by a slightly boozy fruited-brandy aroma.
The taste is inscrutable at first, as with the aroma. There is a fermented mixed fruit juice flavor, at first. (Yeah I know, beer IS fermented. ;) ) If you mixed pineapple juice with tangerine and apricot juice, all just as they start to ferment - THAT is the taste and feel. Not a bad thing. : ) Then a touch of pine,bitterness, and alcohol come along to finish.
The texture is medium lightly creamy/oily with fine carbonation throughout, with a lingering tingle on the tip of the tongue.
Overall while this is difficult to dissect , it's easy to drink. A pleasant experience, & I'm glad I got a 4pk, not just a single. (As I almost did. ; ) )
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