Fluffy
Claim 52 Brewing
- From:
- Claim 52 Brewing
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #363 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,921 - Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 8.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 16, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 15, 2017
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
No description / notes.
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Ratings by NickThePyro:
Rated by NickThePyro from Washington
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dec 16, 2024
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dec 16, 2024
More User Ratings:
Rated by mowglithemancub from Canada (BC)
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I love it when the name matches the beer. Easy to understand why this is Claim 52’s most popular beer.
Nov 21, 2022
Rated by BEER88 from North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Solid, with a classic NEIPA hop bill.
Jul 03, 2020
Rated by DressageQueen from Oregon
5/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Hard to find, we'll worth it when you do!
Jul 15, 2018
Reviewed by Lingenbrau from Oregon
3.96/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Fluffy pours opaque yellow. White-washed with a bone white and extra frothy head that has moderate lacing.
It smells like vanilla yogurt and citrus rind.
It tastes like vanilla yogurt and citrus rind. Slightly dirty on the end with a mild piney finish.
A soft creamy feel at first is met with a smooth bitter finish. I'd say that this is overall pretty balanced.
A good NE styled IPA, but not one I will be seeking out again. Cheers.
Jan 31, 2018It smells like vanilla yogurt and citrus rind.
It tastes like vanilla yogurt and citrus rind. Slightly dirty on the end with a mild piney finish.
A soft creamy feel at first is met with a smooth bitter finish. I'd say that this is overall pretty balanced.
A good NE styled IPA, but not one I will be seeking out again. Cheers.
Rated by mistaya from Oregon
4.21/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nice unfiltered NE style IPA with nice Oregon hops. Great mouthfeel and aroma.
Dec 27, 2017
Reviewed by amano_h from Oregon
4.02/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
S: Pungent citrus rinds. Perfum-y orange. Tropical fruit cocktail. Slight bubblegum. A hint of pineapple. Grass.
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T: Light orange. Guava. Lemon zest. Some grainy notes surface after a while. Intermittent fusel alcohol once the brew warms up. Lingering sweetness.
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M: Light-bodied. Creamy initial mouthfeel. Lively, almost prickly carbonation.
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O: I've been comparing some of my recent evaluations of beers towards what others have established as the norm score and realized mine have skewed favorably when it comes to anything with a lot of hops, because well, I've been drinking stale/shitty hops for the past 32 months. I did have a lot of hope and expectations for this one, mostly because of the name and the awesome can design, I feel Fluffy does just enough to establish itself as an amazing local option, but comes a little short when going head-to-head with the big guys. Claim 52 definitely nailed the high-hops low-bitter aspect of what people expect from a Northeast-style IPA, and the hops expression profile is pretty straightforward. I'm assuming they tried to establish the "light and fluffy" character of the beer as the x-factor, which is swell but doesn't quite add enough impact to set it apart from its peers.
That being said, I would still buy a 4-pack of this any day if I saw it being sold on a shelf in my local bottle shop.
Dec 16, 2017⠀⠀⠀⠀
T: Light orange. Guava. Lemon zest. Some grainy notes surface after a while. Intermittent fusel alcohol once the brew warms up. Lingering sweetness.
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M: Light-bodied. Creamy initial mouthfeel. Lively, almost prickly carbonation.
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O: I've been comparing some of my recent evaluations of beers towards what others have established as the norm score and realized mine have skewed favorably when it comes to anything with a lot of hops, because well, I've been drinking stale/shitty hops for the past 32 months. I did have a lot of hope and expectations for this one, mostly because of the name and the awesome can design, I feel Fluffy does just enough to establish itself as an amazing local option, but comes a little short when going head-to-head with the big guys. Claim 52 definitely nailed the high-hops low-bitter aspect of what people expect from a Northeast-style IPA, and the hops expression profile is pretty straightforward. I'm assuming they tried to establish the "light and fluffy" character of the beer as the x-factor, which is swell but doesn't quite add enough impact to set it apart from its peers.
That being said, I would still buy a 4-pack of this any day if I saw it being sold on a shelf in my local bottle shop.
Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Shaker pint from a 32 oz growler purchased from Growl Movement in Salem. basically free with my 5 star points. Pours a slightly hazed bright yellow body with an attractive thick and creamy white head. Aroma is very hoppy, more herbal and resin with the slight touch of lemon zest, malts very minor what there is is biscuit. Taste us way more fruity hop ( how do they do that?). Lemon zest , Orange creme soda, peach and bready malts. Delicious. Mouthfeel is really thick and smooth very easy to drink. Excellent. A really fine smooth IPA..would easily drink this again
Oct 21, 2017
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