Funk R&D IPA Batch 8 (2018)
Illumination Brewing / Funk Brewing
- From:
- Illumination Brewing / Funk Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 2.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 19, 2018
- Added:
- May 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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In this eighth edition of R&D we have combined some of the stickiest hops from our selection trip to Yakima WA last fall with slightly heavier honey malt bill to give this batch a glowing orange hue. Canned Dole pineapple rings, fresh cut grass, and pine. This is the perfect post-ride/hike trailhead beer! In 4 words or less: Hops and Pineapples.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania
3.83/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can dated 04-19-18 into pint glass. Pours a hazy amber-yellow with a persistent off-white head. Initial impression is a fairly bland pineapple and caramel malt presentation, with perhaps a touch of pine resin. Mouthfeel is smooth; carbonation is on the light side of medium. Finish is slightly bitter. Overall, not bad but not exceptional.
Jun 19, 2018
Reviewed by justintcoons from Pennsylvania
3.89/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can poured into an imperial nonic.
Appearance
Hazed-out, cloudy golden blonde. 1 finger of creamy white head.
Nose
Honeydew, cantaloupe, honey, caramel, papaya, and mango.
Taste
Big ripe melon notes of cantaloupe and honeydew. Overripe mango and papaya. Honey, oats, dried biscuit, and slight toffee. Resinously dry and sticky finish.
Mouthfeel
Full bodied, silky, crisp, sticky, slightly bitter, and dry.
Overall
Straddles the line between a soft and juicy New England with the dryness of a West Coast.
May 11, 2018Appearance
Hazed-out, cloudy golden blonde. 1 finger of creamy white head.
Nose
Honeydew, cantaloupe, honey, caramel, papaya, and mango.
Taste
Big ripe melon notes of cantaloupe and honeydew. Overripe mango and papaya. Honey, oats, dried biscuit, and slight toffee. Resinously dry and sticky finish.
Mouthfeel
Full bodied, silky, crisp, sticky, slightly bitter, and dry.
Overall
Straddles the line between a soft and juicy New England with the dryness of a West Coast.
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