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Small Axe Big IPA
Funky Buddha Brewery
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- From:
- Funky Buddha Brewery
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 8.8%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 17, 2014
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 26
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Notes:
None
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Reviewed by do_ob from Kentucky
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the brewery, into a snifter. Viscious, hazy amber colored with a fluffy, white head. Huge tropical fruit aroma with nice notes of pine and citrus. The taste follows with citrus and juicy, tropical fruit taking the forefront. There's a great balance within this beer. Overall, it's juicy and sweet, but with a freat hoppy backing.
Mar 22, 2016
Reviewed by rcamp28 from Florida
4.72/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.72/5 rDev +15.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
My favorite IPA from Funky Buddha. Really high ABV, but you'd never know. Hop forward without being unbalanced. Caramel color, robust flavor. Great beer
Dec 30, 2015
Reviewed by SomethingClever from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
12 oz pour on tap into snifter
A: very nice Amber body with amazing clarity not much of a head nice lacing on the glass
S: mango, pineapple, light biscuity finishes a little herbal little bit of an alcohol smell
T: very juicy citrus mango pineapple and a little cantaloupe very little bitterness
M: light to a little watery never would guess this beer is the big ABV
O: very nice fruit taste and no hints of alcohol which Is worrisome in a beer so smooth. The only downside to this quite good beer is the watery feel I would like more body in my big iPAs not a lot but a little more.
Dec 28, 2015A: very nice Amber body with amazing clarity not much of a head nice lacing on the glass
S: mango, pineapple, light biscuity finishes a little herbal little bit of an alcohol smell
T: very juicy citrus mango pineapple and a little cantaloupe very little bitterness
M: light to a little watery never would guess this beer is the big ABV
O: very nice fruit taste and no hints of alcohol which Is worrisome in a beer so smooth. The only downside to this quite good beer is the watery feel I would like more body in my big iPAs not a lot but a little more.
Reviewed by zac16125 from South Carolina
4.27/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Funky Buddha Small Axe Big IPA
On tap at the brewery in Oakland Park
Nice crystal clear dark golden with a white colored head. Lots of lacing. Aroma is booze, sweet makes, citrus. Taste is bitter hops, citrus rind and pine; malt is subtle, booze is significant. Kinda taste like a boozier Enjoy By. Drinkability is good even though it's boozy. Overall, damn good.
4.5/4.25/4.25/4.25/4.25
Aug 30, 2015On tap at the brewery in Oakland Park
Nice crystal clear dark golden with a white colored head. Lots of lacing. Aroma is booze, sweet makes, citrus. Taste is bitter hops, citrus rind and pine; malt is subtle, booze is significant. Kinda taste like a boozier Enjoy By. Drinkability is good even though it's boozy. Overall, damn good.
4.5/4.25/4.25/4.25/4.25
Reviewed by Stevecarini from Massachusetts
3.83/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
For an IPA with a 10% ABV, this beer is a very easy drink. It's smooth and not at all boozy. Their bartender had a great passion for it as he announced it was the brewery's best IPA. Cloudy like a north east IPA and had that citrus feel you look for in such a beer but it wasnt a citrus punch in the face, more an after flavor.
May 06, 2015
Rated by KrajDoesBeer from Illinois
4.1/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
solid IIPA... had in brewery.. I feel like they could make a better IPA then they do..
Apr 15, 2015
Small Axe Big IPA from Funky Buddha Brewery
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
108 ratings
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