Big Jim IPA
Northbound Brewpub
- From:
- Northbound Brewpub
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,550 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #16,175 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 10.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 12
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 06, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 23, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
3.68/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
RB transfer
Aug 06, 2025
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.92/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured a clear, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of citrus, pine and toasted caramel. Good toasty flavor with a piney bitterness and a hint of smoke.
Jul 09, 2017
Reviewed by akward from Texas
3.78/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.78/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pretty solid stuff. Nice flavor profile. Not too much bite as other similar ipa's. You could make it a good full bodied, sessionable ipa. This last sentence is 150 characters.
Jul 06, 2016
Reviewed by maedhros09 from Minnesota
3.58/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
The unique thing is a kind of toasty almost smokey savory flavor. Spicy. The bitterness is frankly too much for me to enjoy it (95 ibu?) but the flavors themselves are fine.
Dec 27, 2015
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4.04/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
The Big Jim was a big beer. The beer poured a clear copper with white head that left a spotty lace. The scent and taste carried pine and citrus. The mouthfeel was fuller in body with good carbonation. Overall this is a solid offering.
Oct 06, 2015
Rated by CraigP83 from Minnesota
2.36/5 rDev -40.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.36/5 rDev -40.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Smoky highly bitter with the most faint bitterness. Not good
Aug 27, 2015
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Pours bright gold under a ½” white foam collar.
S: Light fruit, perfumy, very floral – they do a nice job with the hops.
T: starts with malt and fruit and then finishes with a nice citrus rind hop accent. Malt is there, provides a good backbone, light but not overpowering.
F: Medium body and carbonation.
O: Goes really well with their smoked egg salad sandwich.
Jul 14, 2015S: Light fruit, perfumy, very floral – they do a nice job with the hops.
T: starts with malt and fruit and then finishes with a nice citrus rind hop accent. Malt is there, provides a good backbone, light but not overpowering.
F: Medium body and carbonation.
O: Goes really well with their smoked egg salad sandwich.
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