Session Ender
Banded Brewing Co.
- From:
- Banded Brewing Co.
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #2,354 - ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #18,096 - Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 8.08%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 20, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 04, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Triple IPA
Drinker— beware! A colossal Triple IPA emerges. Hits hard. Leaves fast.
Fall 2019 hops: Pekko, Ekuanot, Pacifica
Spring 2019 hops: Cashmere, Pacifica, Denali, Mosaic
2017 hops: El Dorado, Ella, Enigma
2016 hops: Waimea, Dr Rudi, Rakau
Drinker— beware! A colossal Triple IPA emerges. Hits hard. Leaves fast.
Fall 2019 hops: Pekko, Ekuanot, Pacifica
Spring 2019 hops: Cashmere, Pacifica, Denali, Mosaic
2017 hops: El Dorado, Ella, Enigma
2016 hops: Waimea, Dr Rudi, Rakau
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Reviewed by GratefulBeerGuy from New Hampshire
4.3/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Session Ender Banded Brewing Co. IPA - Triple
Big, fat pineapple boozy hops, lush golden sweet malt, smooth and complex. Dry, earthy bitterness in a mild way adds to the depth and character. Unique and huge.
Sep 20, 2022Big, fat pineapple boozy hops, lush golden sweet malt, smooth and complex. Dry, earthy bitterness in a mild way adds to the depth and character. Unique and huge.
Reviewed by BEERMILER12 from Maine
4/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2021 vintage featuring Idaho Gem, Talus, and HBC 586 hops
A: Pours a moderately hazy dark orange color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a thin cap
S: Big citrus and pine up front with some lighter floral and earthy undertones. Some malt backbone
T: Follows the nose. Citrus, pine, and floral notes up first, along with some of the alcohol and caramel malt. Sweet and bitter balance nicely. Finishes with lingering citrus and floral notes
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. On the heftier side
O: A solid triple IPA that makes for a nice sipper. Surprisingly well balanced for a beast of a brew. Worth checking out
Oct 29, 2021A: Pours a moderately hazy dark orange color with 2 fingers of head that fades down to a thin cap
S: Big citrus and pine up front with some lighter floral and earthy undertones. Some malt backbone
T: Follows the nose. Citrus, pine, and floral notes up first, along with some of the alcohol and caramel malt. Sweet and bitter balance nicely. Finishes with lingering citrus and floral notes
M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. On the heftier side
O: A solid triple IPA that makes for a nice sipper. Surprisingly well balanced for a beast of a brew. Worth checking out
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Many thanks to SawDog505 for this can.
A - Extremely hazy light to medium orange color with dense white lacing.
S - Light citrus aroma with apricot, melon, berry, grapefruit, pineapple, and light floral.
T - Very balanced from start to finish and leaving a coating of citrus in the mouth. Pineapple, melon, apricot, lime, orange, and sweet floral.
M - Thick, full bodied and soft with a slight bit of warming on the way down. Very wet finish and makes the mouth water with some significant dryness on the sides of the tongue.
O - Very impressed with this 10.5% monster of an IPA. Alot of ABV but it never gets in the way, gets too warm, or detracts from the beer. Pretty dangerously drinkable, actually! More please!
Mar 04, 2019A - Extremely hazy light to medium orange color with dense white lacing.
S - Light citrus aroma with apricot, melon, berry, grapefruit, pineapple, and light floral.
T - Very balanced from start to finish and leaving a coating of citrus in the mouth. Pineapple, melon, apricot, lime, orange, and sweet floral.
M - Thick, full bodied and soft with a slight bit of warming on the way down. Very wet finish and makes the mouth water with some significant dryness on the sides of the tongue.
O - Very impressed with this 10.5% monster of an IPA. Alot of ABV but it never gets in the way, gets too warm, or detracts from the beer. Pretty dangerously drinkable, actually! More please!
Reviewed by HopSudz from Connecticut
3.6/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Wow. Given the high ABV (10.5%) this is an impressively tasty Triple IPA.
Pours hazy into a Boulevard pint glass. Nose is new england style..papaya, grass, pine and melon. Taste is tropical, grassy, with a slightly salty aftertaste. For an IPA of this strength it is really very good. High price point but you get a lot of flavor (and alc) for your buck!! Nicely done
Feb 15, 2019Pours hazy into a Boulevard pint glass. Nose is new england style..papaya, grass, pine and melon. Taste is tropical, grassy, with a slightly salty aftertaste. For an IPA of this strength it is really very good. High price point but you get a lot of flavor (and alc) for your buck!! Nicely done
Reviewed by SawDog505 from New Hampshire
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a 12 oz snifter on draft at The Local Eatery. Pours a slightly have yellow orange with a solid finger sticky white head that leaves plenty of thick rings of lace.
Smell is papaya, apricot, mellon, mandarin oranges, pine resin, and grapefruit rind.
Taste is really big, tropical with some dank weedy flavors, mellon, pine, and a healthy dose of grapefruit bitterness in the bold finish.
Mouthfeel is on the bigger side, plenty of life for the size, maybe a tad dry from all the sticky hops, and at 11.5% ABV crazy drinkable.
Overall this is an amazing TIPA, that is surprisingly balanced and crazy drinkable.
Apr 19, 2018Smell is papaya, apricot, mellon, mandarin oranges, pine resin, and grapefruit rind.
Taste is really big, tropical with some dank weedy flavors, mellon, pine, and a healthy dose of grapefruit bitterness in the bold finish.
Mouthfeel is on the bigger side, plenty of life for the size, maybe a tad dry from all the sticky hops, and at 11.5% ABV crazy drinkable.
Overall this is an amazing TIPA, that is surprisingly balanced and crazy drinkable.
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