Pic-A-Hop Enigma IPA
Parallel 49 Brewing Company
- From:
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.4%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 1.82 | pDev: 53.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 16, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 07, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Smileydk
1/5 rDev -45.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -45.1%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Up front I will say that I normally don't leave negative reviews, and I think Parallel 49 generally brews decent beers. I have tasted beers from all over the world, some amazing and some not so much, but I think this might be the worst beer I've ever tasted.
I'm not sure why this would even be sold.
My first adjectives are slimy and rotten, like if this was poured in a pub, it came from tunes that were never cleaned.
I is SO GROSS! I honestly don't understand why they would think this is marketable. Maybe some of their vats were infected with a fungus, so they thought they could offload it with mix pack.
Disgusting.
Oct 16, 2021I'm not sure why this would even be sold.
My first adjectives are slimy and rotten, like if this was poured in a pub, it came from tunes that were never cleaned.
I is SO GROSS! I honestly don't understand why they would think this is marketable. Maybe some of their vats were infected with a fungus, so they thought they could offload it with mix pack.
Disgusting.
Rated by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.49/5 rDev +91.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev +91.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
looks ok. more hop burn than flavour. watery. a tad of fruit
Feb 10, 2021Reviewed by enigmaticman from Canada (BC)
1.48/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.48/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Edit: Have received word from the brewer that this must have been a mistake. Assuming myself + other reviewer got same batch. Like I say, every other beer I've had from Parallel 49 has been excellent so I believe it
I could not understand the other review that says it tastes like burnt rubber.
Unfortunately, that was because Enigma IPA was the last one I tried in the pack - I mistakenly thought the other reviewer was talking about GALAXY IPA, which I really liked (as did I like all the others in the pic a hop)
However.. This is, without a doubt, the worst craft beer I've ever had. I'm not exaggerating, I also cannot finish this beer and I dont know what I'm going to do with the other one.
Save it for posterity I guess, as a relic of what not to do.
Parallel 49, I love your beers, every other beer I've had from you guys is amazing but this beer is absolutely awful lol. It just has to be said. This tastes like burnt rubber, what is going on here?
I've read a lot of beer reviews on here in the past but i specifically made an account to ask how the hell this thing tastes like burnt rubber? What is happening here LOL? I'm not even mad, i'm just impressed.
I actually liked the smell a bit, and don't get burnt rubber smell out of it. But as soon as I took a sip it was overwhelmingly like burnt rubber/chemicals. Something wrong here lol.
For anyone reading though, literally every other beer I've tried from Parallel 49 including the rest in the sampler are great, top quality brews. This is a really good brewery and i'd recommend them + their samplers to anyone, just this beer is kinda funny. also i'm a bit drunk already
Feb 04, 2021I could not understand the other review that says it tastes like burnt rubber.
Unfortunately, that was because Enigma IPA was the last one I tried in the pack - I mistakenly thought the other reviewer was talking about GALAXY IPA, which I really liked (as did I like all the others in the pic a hop)
However.. This is, without a doubt, the worst craft beer I've ever had. I'm not exaggerating, I also cannot finish this beer and I dont know what I'm going to do with the other one.
Save it for posterity I guess, as a relic of what not to do.
Parallel 49, I love your beers, every other beer I've had from you guys is amazing but this beer is absolutely awful lol. It just has to be said. This tastes like burnt rubber, what is going on here?
I've read a lot of beer reviews on here in the past but i specifically made an account to ask how the hell this thing tastes like burnt rubber? What is happening here LOL? I'm not even mad, i'm just impressed.
I actually liked the smell a bit, and don't get burnt rubber smell out of it. But as soon as I took a sip it was overwhelmingly like burnt rubber/chemicals. Something wrong here lol.
For anyone reading though, literally every other beer I've tried from Parallel 49 including the rest in the sampler are great, top quality brews. This is a really good brewery and i'd recommend them + their samplers to anyone, just this beer is kinda funny. also i'm a bit drunk already
Reviewed by altstadt from Canada (BC)
1.32/5 rDev -27.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
1.32/5 rDev -27.5%
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
Hazy orange-straw color. Poured a short, persistent head that combined to larger bubbles but took several minutes to drop down to a skiff. Low flow of tiny bubbles from the bottom of the glass. Left strings of lacing.
Very sharp and unusual chemical smell mixed with barnyard and burning car tires. There is something slightly sweet poking up, but it is almost completely obliterated by the rest. Strongly unappetizing. My wife couldn't even take a sip of it after smelling it.
The chemical smell is greatly subdued in the flavor to begin with, but it surges back as it warms in the mouth. The burning car tire smell is the dominant flavor, and it becomes especially strong at the start of the aftertaste. Medium-strong bitters. The aftertaste is even worse. The burning car tires just won't stop.
Some tongue tingling as it turned into a light foam.
One of four IPAs in their 2020 Pic-A-Hop package showcasing individual hops. This is a great idea. Unfortunately there is no information on the brewer's web site about this, and web searches suggest they have been doing this for a couple of years at least. Each IPA has a different ABV, so the recipes must be different. I would have made them identical with the exception of the hops.
This IPA is a failed experiment. Was there a tragic accident in the brewery plumbing? I was able to push through about 1/3 of a glass while working on the review, and then I poured the rest out. Some web searches suggested that I should have tasted pinot gris and raspberries, so I have no idea what could have happened with this. My mouth actually feels like it has a bit of a chemical burn, but that is probably psychosomatic. I had to wash the flavor out of my mouth with some middle-shelf tequila, neat.
Dec 07, 2020Very sharp and unusual chemical smell mixed with barnyard and burning car tires. There is something slightly sweet poking up, but it is almost completely obliterated by the rest. Strongly unappetizing. My wife couldn't even take a sip of it after smelling it.
The chemical smell is greatly subdued in the flavor to begin with, but it surges back as it warms in the mouth. The burning car tire smell is the dominant flavor, and it becomes especially strong at the start of the aftertaste. Medium-strong bitters. The aftertaste is even worse. The burning car tires just won't stop.
Some tongue tingling as it turned into a light foam.
One of four IPAs in their 2020 Pic-A-Hop package showcasing individual hops. This is a great idea. Unfortunately there is no information on the brewer's web site about this, and web searches suggest they have been doing this for a couple of years at least. Each IPA has a different ABV, so the recipes must be different. I would have made them identical with the exception of the hops.
This IPA is a failed experiment. Was there a tragic accident in the brewery plumbing? I was able to push through about 1/3 of a glass while working on the review, and then I poured the rest out. Some web searches suggested that I should have tasted pinot gris and raspberries, so I have no idea what could have happened with this. My mouth actually feels like it has a bit of a chemical burn, but that is probably psychosomatic. I had to wash the flavor out of my mouth with some middle-shelf tequila, neat.
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