Intangible Tides
Burlington Beer Co.
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- Style:
- IPA - New England
Ranked #209 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 96
Ranked #1,261 - Avg:
- 4.41 | pDev: 5.9%
- Reviews:
- 22
- Ratings:
- From:
- Burlington Beer Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 3
- Gots
- 16
SCORE
96
World-Class
96
World-Class
Notes:
Reviews: 22
| Ratings: 78
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Reviews by BoldRulerVT:
BoldRulerVT from Vermont
4.66/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the can into a snifter on the day of release (11/24/17).
Pours a glowing and totally hazy bright deep blonde. Half a finger of head.
Aromas are insane. Dank, citrus, tropical fruit. Hops galore.
Flavors are just as incredible. Complex, vibrant layers of citrus, tropical fruit and dank hops.
Mouthfeel was really solid here,
This beer is even better than the 2nd anniv. IPA which I held as Joe's best IPA to date. This beer is on level with Trillium.
Nov 25, 2017
4.66/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the can into a snifter on the day of release (11/24/17).
Pours a glowing and totally hazy bright deep blonde. Half a finger of head.
Aromas are insane. Dank, citrus, tropical fruit. Hops galore.
Flavors are just as incredible. Complex, vibrant layers of citrus, tropical fruit and dank hops.
Mouthfeel was really solid here,
This beer is even better than the 2nd anniv. IPA which I held as Joe's best IPA to date. This beer is on level with Trillium.
Nov 25, 2017
More User Reviews:
Sabtos from Ohio
3.63/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Wildly opaque tan to murky yellow with a thin but persistent creamy film clinging at the edges with a slight ridged collar.
Smell is toasted cracker, burnt rubber, cannabis and dank onion peppered with mango, papaya and blood orange.
Taste is cannabic resin, burnt rubber, toasty cracker and orange with an almost candy cane and Smarties accent. Kiwi comes out in the aftertaste, with a somewhat boozy heat you don't often find in an IPA, no matter the strength.
Body is moderate with a velvety, firm fizz that thins and dries out on the swallow, giving an acidic burn.
Dec 22, 2017
3.63/5 rDev -17.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Wildly opaque tan to murky yellow with a thin but persistent creamy film clinging at the edges with a slight ridged collar.
Smell is toasted cracker, burnt rubber, cannabis and dank onion peppered with mango, papaya and blood orange.
Taste is cannabic resin, burnt rubber, toasty cracker and orange with an almost candy cane and Smarties accent. Kiwi comes out in the aftertaste, with a somewhat boozy heat you don't often find in an IPA, no matter the strength.
Body is moderate with a velvety, firm fizz that thins and dries out on the swallow, giving an acidic burn.
Dec 22, 2017
Sammy from Canada
3.97/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Aug 26, 2018
3.97/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Aug 26, 2018
Billolick from New York
4.29/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tall can w/o canning date info.
Typical NEIPA kinda pour, cloudy, thick and frothy
Ripe, jammy fruit on the nose..
Pineapple, ripe, soft, dank and tasty, all over this offering....delicious nectar....more impressive stuff from Burlington Beer Co.....go get some
May 08, 2018
4.29/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tall can w/o canning date info.
Typical NEIPA kinda pour, cloudy, thick and frothy
Ripe, jammy fruit on the nose..
Pineapple, ripe, soft, dank and tasty, all over this offering....delicious nectar....more impressive stuff from Burlington Beer Co.....go get some
May 08, 2018
zahara15 from Vermont
4.73/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Aug 05, 2018
4.73/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Aug 05, 2018
mattycasey from Massachusetts
4.35/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Aug 24, 2018
4.35/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Aug 24, 2018
clake from Vermont
4.43/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Dec 18, 2017
4.43/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Dec 18, 2017
TheEpeeist from Pennsylvania
4.22/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Sep 05, 2018
4.22/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Sep 05, 2018
bobv from Vermont
3.74/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Latest batch.
Moderate pour yields a 1/2 inch white head over a murky body with some lacing. Nose is the best attribute with tropical and citrus fruit like you read about. As for flavor? Such a disappointment as the bitterness on the palate after such a remarkable nose is quite offputting. Feel is another downer as the carbonation is lacking as in most murky juicebombs. Overall, yet another example of a beer that should never, ever darken the doors of IPA land. Get yer own style! Cheers!
Apr 29, 2018
3.74/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Latest batch.
Moderate pour yields a 1/2 inch white head over a murky body with some lacing. Nose is the best attribute with tropical and citrus fruit like you read about. As for flavor? Such a disappointment as the bitterness on the palate after such a remarkable nose is quite offputting. Feel is another downer as the carbonation is lacking as in most murky juicebombs. Overall, yet another example of a beer that should never, ever darken the doors of IPA land. Get yer own style! Cheers!
Apr 29, 2018
bylerteck from Canada
4.34/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Apr 29, 2018
4.34/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Apr 29, 2018
SkiBum22 from New York
4.47/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jul 28, 2018
4.47/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jul 28, 2018
SawDog505 from New Hampshire
5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Poured into a 12 oz Foam Brewers thin tulip glass not sure when it was canned. Pours like a glass of pineapple OJ, with a massive 2 plus finger head that clings to the sides of the glass leaving big thick waves of lace.
Smell is papaya, guava, tangerine, pineapple, and grapefruit rind.
Taste follows tropical front to back, really bold but crazy balanced, not overly bitter with just a hint of alcohol in slightly puckering grapefruit finish.
Mouthfeel is big and soft, not dry but slightly sticky from the crazy amount of hops, and drinks like 8% and that is scary.
Overall I don’t give many 5s but I wouldn’t change a single thing with this one. Outstanding!
Aug 17, 2018
5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Poured into a 12 oz Foam Brewers thin tulip glass not sure when it was canned. Pours like a glass of pineapple OJ, with a massive 2 plus finger head that clings to the sides of the glass leaving big thick waves of lace.
Smell is papaya, guava, tangerine, pineapple, and grapefruit rind.
Taste follows tropical front to back, really bold but crazy balanced, not overly bitter with just a hint of alcohol in slightly puckering grapefruit finish.
Mouthfeel is big and soft, not dry but slightly sticky from the crazy amount of hops, and drinks like 8% and that is scary.
Overall I don’t give many 5s but I wouldn’t change a single thing with this one. Outstanding!
Aug 17, 2018
spinrsx from Canada
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Can received in trade. great stuff!
Dec 13, 2017
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Can received in trade. great stuff!
Dec 13, 2017
user785335 from Florida
3.9/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Apr 27, 2018
3.9/5 rDev -11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Apr 27, 2018
acurtis from New Jersey
3.72/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Mar 04, 2019
3.72/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Mar 04, 2019
grahuba from Connecticut
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sep 07, 2018
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sep 07, 2018
bigred89 from Maryland
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sep 16, 2018
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sep 16, 2018
agreenman19 from Connecticut
4.51/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
L - pour is straight hop mud. Brown haze... braze? I don't think I've ever seen an IPA look this thick. The head is creamy as can be and sticks to the glass like tree sap to.. pretty much everything.
S - the dank. Onion peel and sweaty, gritty pineapple zest. Puckering grapefruit rind and whiffs of lemon vanilla candles.
T - aw man, taste isn't nearly as saturated as I was hoping for. Aggressively herbal and acidic. Fortunately, as it warms, that saturation starts to come through. Yeasty and tangy, this is loaded with pure hop essence. Honey, oats, and grape-infused papaya. Lemon peel and lime soda. Lots going on here in a potent package. Fair amount of burn on the finish. This is going to be less than fun by the time I get to the last few sips. Better drink these fresh.
F - thick and chewy. Milkshake feel that is oh so satisfying. Soft and velvety, really coats the mouth and works its way into every crevasse. Feels like it has become one with my body.
O - big, bold, and unrelenting. Love the flavors and feel, but remember that throat-burning grey area? Yeah, well it's right on that line, if not sightly over. For best results, drink this quickly, but at the same time don't because you'll be sorry. Good luck.
Jan 19, 2019
4.51/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
L - pour is straight hop mud. Brown haze... braze? I don't think I've ever seen an IPA look this thick. The head is creamy as can be and sticks to the glass like tree sap to.. pretty much everything.
S - the dank. Onion peel and sweaty, gritty pineapple zest. Puckering grapefruit rind and whiffs of lemon vanilla candles.
T - aw man, taste isn't nearly as saturated as I was hoping for. Aggressively herbal and acidic. Fortunately, as it warms, that saturation starts to come through. Yeasty and tangy, this is loaded with pure hop essence. Honey, oats, and grape-infused papaya. Lemon peel and lime soda. Lots going on here in a potent package. Fair amount of burn on the finish. This is going to be less than fun by the time I get to the last few sips. Better drink these fresh.
F - thick and chewy. Milkshake feel that is oh so satisfying. Soft and velvety, really coats the mouth and works its way into every crevasse. Feels like it has become one with my body.
O - big, bold, and unrelenting. Love the flavors and feel, but remember that throat-burning grey area? Yeah, well it's right on that line, if not sightly over. For best results, drink this quickly, but at the same time don't because you'll be sorry. Good luck.
Jan 19, 2019
Stinger80OH from Ohio
4.24/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Aug 26, 2018
4.24/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Aug 26, 2018
beer456 from New York
5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Fan-friggin-tactic
Jul 27, 2018
5/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Fan-friggin-tactic
Jul 27, 2018
ScottP from New Hampshire
4.62/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Aug 04, 2018
4.62/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Aug 04, 2018
NHhomebrewguy from New Hampshire
4.56/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jul 27, 2018
4.56/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jul 27, 2018
fermentedbarley from New Hampshire
4.19/5 rDev -5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Wow. Lots going on here. Pours a hazy thick color. Looks like a grapefruit float. Nice creaminess in flavor and head. Lots going on with flavor. Bitter. Sweet. Grapefruit. Feel is wonderful. I can tell this is a 10%. Outstanding and happy I got to try this.
Feb 17, 2018
4.19/5 rDev -5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Wow. Lots going on here. Pours a hazy thick color. Looks like a grapefruit float. Nice creaminess in flavor and head. Lots going on with flavor. Bitter. Sweet. Grapefruit. Feel is wonderful. I can tell this is a 10%. Outstanding and happy I got to try this.
Feb 17, 2018
VermontDetente from Vermont
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Looks like a glass of fresh, thick pineapple juice. Similar aromas and palate of tropical fruit. Sleek and delicious.
Nov 26, 2017
4.5/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Looks like a glass of fresh, thick pineapple juice. Similar aromas and palate of tropical fruit. Sleek and delicious.
Nov 26, 2017
Rimbimhoot from Illinois
4.15/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Oct 07, 2018
4.15/5 rDev -5.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Oct 07, 2018
Intangible Tides from Burlington Beer Co.
Beer rating:
96 out of
100 with
78 ratings
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