Imperial IPA
Upslope Brewing Company - Flatiron Park
- From:
- Upslope Brewing Company - Flatiron Park
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.28 | pDev: 7.24%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 27, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana
3.68/5 rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
From notes taken 05/02/17:
Semi-opaque, metallic apricot orange. Extra fluffy, “whipped”, creamy, rich light-yellow head of good retention with abundant speckled lacing. Very grainy smell for the style, but not bad. Some resin, grass, and light tropical notes beyond that. Long enough whiff and it’s nail polish remover. Very perfumey but a decent balance with grain, stone fruit, and other hop character ranging from leathery to dank to spicy. Alcohol is relatively innocuous in flavor, hidden behind all that perfume, but a veritable kick in the teeth (rather, the tongue, cheeks, gums, and throat) on the mouthfeel, very hot. Hint of metallic hops in finish. Peppery retro-olfaction and extra soapy aftertaste. Full-bodied, thick, gulpable, creamy at first, the soft carbonation turns to quite a sharp tingle, before mellowing to cream again. Overall, was expecting this to be better. But I think that is a mistake I make, assuming higher alcohol means better flavor, but it just depends on the balance.
Oct 25, 2017Semi-opaque, metallic apricot orange. Extra fluffy, “whipped”, creamy, rich light-yellow head of good retention with abundant speckled lacing. Very grainy smell for the style, but not bad. Some resin, grass, and light tropical notes beyond that. Long enough whiff and it’s nail polish remover. Very perfumey but a decent balance with grain, stone fruit, and other hop character ranging from leathery to dank to spicy. Alcohol is relatively innocuous in flavor, hidden behind all that perfume, but a veritable kick in the teeth (rather, the tongue, cheeks, gums, and throat) on the mouthfeel, very hot. Hint of metallic hops in finish. Peppery retro-olfaction and extra soapy aftertaste. Full-bodied, thick, gulpable, creamy at first, the soft carbonation turns to quite a sharp tingle, before mellowing to cream again. Overall, was expecting this to be better. But I think that is a mistake I make, assuming higher alcohol means better flavor, but it just depends on the balance.
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