Forcefield
Grimm Artisanal Ales

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From:
Grimm Artisanal Ales
 
New York, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
6.4%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.31 | pDev: 6.96%
Reviews:
33
Ratings:
155
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 28, 2018
Added:
Mar 23, 2015
Wants:
  26
Gots:
  45
Hazy golden, juicy VT-style double IPA brewed with tons of Citra and Jarrylo. Waves of fruity hop goodness with pronounced notes of passionfruit, melon, citrus, strawberry, and finishing on pear. First wort hopped, hop bursted, hop standed, and dry hopped twice. This beer has the same base as Tesseract — but slightly stronger and with a different hop blend.
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Ratings by abkayak:
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Rated by abkayak from New York

3.82/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Not much going on for this...
May 28, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.29 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Nov 28, 2018
 
Rated: 5 by Davoc727 from Virginia

Aug 14, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by florisj135 from Virginia

Jul 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by psychgawsple from Oregon

Jan 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by fthegiants from California

Dec 22, 2016
 
Rated: 4.33 by mrchrisray from Ohio

Nov 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by ArtZan from New Jersey

Oct 28, 2016
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Reviewed by dar482 from New York

4.65/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
The beer comes in light to medium gold, extremely juicy and hazy.

The aroma offers sweet candy, dried strawberries, melon, watermelon, Skittles, Gobstoppers.

The flavor hits of tangerine, citrus peel, very herbaceous and green, a bit of candy and strawberry/melon, citrus peel, onto a medium plus and pronounced bitterness. Creamy and silky.
Sep 12, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by campfirebrew from New York

Aug 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by lcselim from New York

Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by alexsergio from New York

Jul 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by chivermac from New York

Jul 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by jrnyc from New York

Jul 24, 2016
 
Rated: 4.3 by Zonk from New Jersey

Jul 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by JoeMans from New York

Jul 08, 2016
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Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey

4.31/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bought this in New York not too long ago, as this had a canned date of 5/14. I love Grimm's offerings and once again, this turned out to be a "meal in a can" as there was plenty of flavor and balance to savor from start to finish. I don't know how they do it, but they certainly put the "artisanal" into all of the beers that they brew and this was no exception to that!

Nice pour to this as the beer had an straw hue to it that was cloudy, slightly off, and light around the edges. Plenty of head to be found with a good amount of lacing around the liquid as I worked my way through this. Lots of bright citrus to this as there was orange, lemon, mango, and papaya to be found in the smell as well as the taste. The baked, yeasty notes of the malt came through in the taste as this had the mouthfeel of fresh-baked bread. A bit of onion and dough gave this plenty for me to "chew on" (so to speak) as this felt balanced, juicy, and carbonated enough to stay light-hearted without feeling light in taste. The description of this beer on their website states that this was dry-hopped with Azacca and Columbus hops but let's face it - you're drinking one of these for the wonderful range of flavors that elevate this from a beer to liquid bread, as this had the feel of a fermented loaf that went down so smoothly by itself.

The alcohol was present but not strong as the strength of this beer only became apparent once I finally polished off what was in the can. I don't know Grimm does it but this was like the Tesseract and Lambo Door in that the notes here shone on their own and weren't overshadowed by the yeast, hops, and booze as would be the case with so many other beers. Get a glass of water and rinse out before consuming this - beers don't come more filling or satisfying like this did and those seeking to be filled by something of this sort will be satisfied by the Forcefield that was more like a Force to be reckoned with. Really enjoyable stuff!
Jul 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4.45 by malfunxion from New York

Jul 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by Rochefort10nh from New Hampshire

Jul 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.22 by VaTechPhilly from New York

Jun 28, 2016
Forcefield from Grimm Artisanal Ales
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 155 ratings