Full-Stack IIPA
SingleCut Beersmiths

Full-Stack IIPAFull-Stack IIPA
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From:
SingleCut Beersmiths
 
New York, United States
Style:
New England IPA
Ranked #345
ABV:
8.2%
Score:
96
Ranked #1,067
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 7.18%
Reviews:
157
Ratings:
838
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 01, 2024
Added:
Jan 20, 2013
Wants:
  70
Gots:
  261
Formerly Billy Full Stack Double IPA

When your tastebuds beg for a pounding this IIPA sneaks up with smoothness and then: Bam! Citrus uppercut! Biff! Dank bitterness! Wham! A piney bit! Ooof! Floral, dank pine and citrus aromas! Kablam! 8.6% ABV! Thank you sir, may I have another!?!
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Ratings by erha2:
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Rated by erha2 from New York

4/5  rDev -7.4%

Aug 28, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Specialmick from Connecticut

3.94/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look...A pale copper yellow with a murky floatie shit with a full nice off white head
Smell... a floral pineapple and dank hop with the hint of citrus hint of pine resin
Taste...A fruity taste off of the nose and a biting bitter citrus pineapple throughout the profile of the beer. A good level of bitter and fruity displayed in its convergence to denote its good balance. A good level of dryness in the finish
Feel..A good carbonation leaving a fullness yet easily swallowed.
Overall...This beer is welll made and a little on the old side, Some DIPAS seem to age quite gracefully but I believe this beer not to be that type. Love to try this beer with a little less age on it. Still a very sold effort but I believe so far I like the Half Stack better. Love to try the others they have around here but in the CT Singlecut is a shelf turd and that is that. PS....Floaties really piss me off
Feb 01, 2024
 
Rated: 3.77 by PaleAleWalt from New York

Jan 02, 2023
 
Rated: 4.43 by johnny_c from New York

Feb 14, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by TMoney2591 from Illinois

Feb 07, 2022
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Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania

4.2/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Can dated 8/4/20 into pint glass. Pours a hazy gold (SRM 3-ish) wit a persistent off-white head. Initial impression is sweet grapefruit, a touch of pine resin, and restrained caramel. Mouthfeel is sodt and sticky. Finish is more citrus, fading to a slight sweetness. Overall, another extremely enjoyable DIPA from Singlecut!
Jan 08, 2021
 
Rated: 4.21 by bigpoppa67 from Wisconsin

Dec 28, 2020
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Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio

4/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Why did I buy so many Singlecuts? Because I could. They are over priced, but my dealer knows I don't look at the price.

It pours yellow, cloudy, about what you would expect. The whole product is about what you would expect - a middle of the road (well behaved) New England style AIPA. The style works for most brewers and this one is very competent.

Recommended.
Dec 15, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by petewheeler from Maryland

Oct 20, 2020
 
Rated: 4.1 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Sep 22, 2020
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Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia

3.85/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Can dated 8/16:
Opaque cloudy ripe banana yellow, near a pineapple juice look. Head is white and lacing is pretty solid. Feel is a little rough, with nice carbonation that seems to bust through the creamy look more than expected. Sweetness up front leads to a medium heft, but the carbonation and semi-dry finish lighten things up.

Nose is oat and light unripe fruit notes - there's a floral aspect to the sweeter notes and a bit of pine wood as the beer warms. In between, the nose seem sort of like tropical fruit skins with even a little bit of a banana note. The taste is unsurprisingly not too fruity - though there's a little sweetness undercut by a bitterness that is reminiscent of fruit skins. Pineapple core, mango skin, strawberry, tangerine peel, and a hint of something like coconut that might be coming from a "smoothing agent" like oats. A modest piney bitterness comes in late, increasing the lighter bitterness of the fruit skins from earlier.

This is a little on the bitter side, especially versus juicy NE IPAs. It appears to have changed after 2017, based on the appearance reviews from that year. It's still not that bitter, overall, especially compared to an average well made WCIPA.
Sep 21, 2020
 
Rated: 4.38 by kaseydad from California

Sep 19, 2020
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Reviewed by loudmacleod from Ohio

4.3/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
This DIPA pours a straw colored haze with a fine head. Light citrus aromas spill out as it hits the glass. A soft mouthfeel explodes with a grapefruit flavor hits the tongue that fades to a ripe stone fruit finish. The only thing that could improve this beer is a more intense aroma.

Can / Imperial pint glass / No food pairing
Sep 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.31 by Zonian1 from Ohio

Aug 30, 2020
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Reviewed by JohnniEMc from Pennsylvania

4.62/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A bright straw blonde pull of a tap with copious white head and plenty of glass lacing. Piney and citrusy hops bring their presence to the nose. Richly malted with just about the perfect gravity, this is a hop-head's dream come true. Both piney and citrusy, it's also dry and slightly dank. How'd they do that? A true delight, with an unnoticeable 8+ % ABV.
Aug 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4.8 by lebrisa from Connecticut

Jun 03, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

May 25, 2020
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Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois

4.29/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Tasted in a snifter from draft at Consume on February 21, 2020. When your tastebuds beg for a pounding this IIPA sneaks up with smoothness. Notes of citrus fruit. Dank bitterness with a piney bite. Floral, dank pine and citrus aromas.
Feb 24, 2020
 
Rated: 4.1 by Blcookies from Nevada

Jan 20, 2020
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Rated by Joesulli79 from New York

5/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Currently my favorite beer.
Jan 17, 2020
Full-Stack IIPA from SingleCut Beersmiths
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 838 ratings