Bineary
Banded Brewing Co.
- From:
- Banded Brewing Co.
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.1%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 8.13%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 21, 2015
- Added:
- Apr 20, 2014
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
Big nose full of canteloupe, pine, and citrus. Flavor is loaded with dried fruit and hop resin, with notes of black pepper and mint. A huge, intense double IPA that remains dangerously balanced and drinkable.
98 IBU
98 IBU
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Rated by mksouth from Virginia
3.29/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -21.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Very solid taste, but not what I had been expecting for a DIPA, especially with the IBU level. Hops were slightly more understated.
Apr 15, 2015
Reviewed by illpass78 from Maine
4.02/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasting glass on tap at Hella Good in Portland, Maine.
Appearance: Pours a hazy amber. Some lacing on the way down.
Aroma: Aromatic DIPA. Lots of pronounced fruit and some pine, too.
Taste: Big, juicy, flavorful double IPA. Serious alcohol burn. I get some peppery notes, too, but maybe that's because I'm pairing this with tacos. Either way, it's a big fruit- and hop-forward DIPA.
Mouthfeel: Medium depth. Firm malt backbone.
Overall: Very nice big IPA. Definitely need to get a full pint of this one.
Mar 15, 2015Appearance: Pours a hazy amber. Some lacing on the way down.
Aroma: Aromatic DIPA. Lots of pronounced fruit and some pine, too.
Taste: Big, juicy, flavorful double IPA. Serious alcohol burn. I get some peppery notes, too, but maybe that's because I'm pairing this with tacos. Either way, it's a big fruit- and hop-forward DIPA.
Mouthfeel: Medium depth. Firm malt backbone.
Overall: Very nice big IPA. Definitely need to get a full pint of this one.
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.36/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours hazy gold with an inch of dense white froth. A slow retreat reveals a partial skim coat on the surface and plenty of stringy lacing throughout the glass.
Aromatics lead off with loads of tropical fruit with some piney backbone. Mango, peach, apricot, and melon rind. Juicy and lush.
Medium bodied with a creamy, tacky mouthfeel. The hop resin is apparent.
Plump citrus fruits with barely a trace of malt starts the palate. Pine-rubbed mangos, candied apricot, and orange blossom honey. Bitterness is only an afterthought.
Finishes dry yet juicy, with lingering tropical fruits and Spruce dew.
Best IIPA out of Maine to date.
Jul 09, 2014Aromatics lead off with loads of tropical fruit with some piney backbone. Mango, peach, apricot, and melon rind. Juicy and lush.
Medium bodied with a creamy, tacky mouthfeel. The hop resin is apparent.
Plump citrus fruits with barely a trace of malt starts the palate. Pine-rubbed mangos, candied apricot, and orange blossom honey. Bitterness is only an afterthought.
Finishes dry yet juicy, with lingering tropical fruits and Spruce dew.
Best IIPA out of Maine to date.
Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts
4.13/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
A-Pours a slightly hazy, orange color. Body does glow. Head is an awesome, doughy mattress of white goodness. Dots and stripes of lacing.
S-Very hoppy! Bitter pine and grapefruit right off the bat butt here is a neat tropical element to it as well. Almost a melon sort of situation. The nose also offers what is probably going to be a fairly full maltiness.
T-Hops are potent but there does lie a balance here. Caramel and rich bread malt combine with the resiny hop juice very nicely. Citrusy, grassy and piney with the aforementioned tropical fruit hop flavor too; still thinking melon.
M-Bitter. Slight booze. Medium bodied leaning toward full. Medium carbonation. Sneakily drinkable.
O-A tasty Imperial IPA well worth the cost of a pint. Very pleased I got this one because I would not have known what I missed out on otherwise.
Jul 04, 2014S-Very hoppy! Bitter pine and grapefruit right off the bat butt here is a neat tropical element to it as well. Almost a melon sort of situation. The nose also offers what is probably going to be a fairly full maltiness.
T-Hops are potent but there does lie a balance here. Caramel and rich bread malt combine with the resiny hop juice very nicely. Citrusy, grassy and piney with the aforementioned tropical fruit hop flavor too; still thinking melon.
M-Bitter. Slight booze. Medium bodied leaning toward full. Medium carbonation. Sneakily drinkable.
O-A tasty Imperial IPA well worth the cost of a pint. Very pleased I got this one because I would not have known what I missed out on otherwise.
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