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Forbidden Root - Chicago
- From:
- Forbidden Root - Chicago
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #1,223 - ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #15,953 - Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 5.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 02, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 10, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
A New England IPA. Aromas of bright oak, green citrus, & spruce. Wood intensifies as it warms. A medley of white grapefruit, pine, and vanilla. The complexity keeps you coming back to try and make sense of it. Hopped with Styrian General, Simcoe, and Crystal.
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Reviewed by Oktoberfest from Ohio
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pint can into the Sam Adams perfect pint glass. (I really need to stop running that one through the dishwasher. The slogan now reads "Tak pid ir your eer.")
This is really good. Sweet and mellow. Sixteen ounces of beer just vanished like David Blaine was bartending.
Dec 02, 2023This is really good. Sweet and mellow. Sixteen ounces of beer just vanished like David Blaine was bartending.
Reviewed by ChicagoJ from Illinois
3.54/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
11/17/18 (Chicago): 2 oz pour into FOBAB taster glass. Light yellow pour, thin white head. Light sweet fruity aroma, pineapple, floral notes as well. Sour bitter taste, wasn't expecting based on the aroma. Mouth feel thin, nominal carbonation. Overall OK pour.
Nov 23, 2018
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
3.83/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Had 10/30/17.
Pours a cloudy yellow, with a two inch creamy head with good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing.
Aromas of tropical hops- pineapple, mango, yeast, a little funk, oak- more as it warms, pine.
The taste is more pine than the nose and generally fruity, although you can still pick out some pineapple, lemon and lime. It seems like the stronger oak presence in the taste kind of muddled the hop flavors a bit. Also light malt and yeast.
Smooth, a lighter feel to the body than expected, well carbonated.
This is good. The oak is a positive overall, but the flavor could use a little more intensity to stand up to it. Worth a try.
Mar 13, 2018Pours a cloudy yellow, with a two inch creamy head with good retention and a good amount of foamy lacing.
Aromas of tropical hops- pineapple, mango, yeast, a little funk, oak- more as it warms, pine.
The taste is more pine than the nose and generally fruity, although you can still pick out some pineapple, lemon and lime. It seems like the stronger oak presence in the taste kind of muddled the hop flavors a bit. Also light malt and yeast.
Smooth, a lighter feel to the body than expected, well carbonated.
This is good. The oak is a positive overall, but the flavor could use a little more intensity to stand up to it. Worth a try.
Reviewed by vikingpillager from Illinois
3.57/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This was my first experience with forbidden root and I am unfortunately disappointed. On draft at First Draft. The extra flavoring is a little gimmicky. Grapefruit is far too prevalent. Will not order again.
Mar 09, 2018
Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana
4.27/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyed on draft, reviewed from growler the next day.
I like this idea of an oak-aged NEIPA, and it's carried off beautifully here by Forbidden Root. I don't know the duration of ageing, nor have I tasted the base beer, but my impression is that the oak gives it a softer edge, balancing out the bitter hops character and bringing a bit of vanilla. The oak also morphs a bit of the bitterness into more of a tart flavor that is not readily apparent but shows itself on occasion.
Feb 18, 2018I like this idea of an oak-aged NEIPA, and it's carried off beautifully here by Forbidden Root. I don't know the duration of ageing, nor have I tasted the base beer, but my impression is that the oak gives it a softer edge, balancing out the bitter hops character and bringing a bit of vanilla. The oak also morphs a bit of the bitterness into more of a tart flavor that is not readily apparent but shows itself on occasion.
Reviewed by FBarber from Illinois
4.21/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a light orangish yellow color. Completely opaque and almost glowing in appearance. Thin white head dissipates steadily leaving a thin layer of partial foam and some soapy lacing. Looks in line with other NE styled IPAs.
Smell has notes of pineapple, melon, peach, tangerine, and some pina colada like notes.
Taste follows the nose with some pineapple, melon, peach, tangerine and Pina colada notes up front. Light vanilla and oak notes are noted throughout providing some complexity to the beer.
Feel is smooth and viscous. Medium bodied. Moderately carbonated.
Overall this is a really nice and very unique take on the NE style IPA. Im not a fan of oak aged IPAs but this is well done.
Nov 15, 2017Smell has notes of pineapple, melon, peach, tangerine, and some pina colada like notes.
Taste follows the nose with some pineapple, melon, peach, tangerine and Pina colada notes up front. Light vanilla and oak notes are noted throughout providing some complexity to the beer.
Feel is smooth and viscous. Medium bodied. Moderately carbonated.
Overall this is a really nice and very unique take on the NE style IPA. Im not a fan of oak aged IPAs but this is well done.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on October 28, 2017. The best oak-aged IPA I have ever tried. The barrel notes are very subtle and do not detract from the base IPA. Everything comes together for a nice looking easy drinking beer. Highly recommended.
Oct 29, 2017
Reviewed by Rimbimhoot from Illinois
4.03/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A: Vibrant dark yellow with white head
S: Sweet pineapple, Belgian spice, apple, oak, white pepper, caramelized banana, tangerine, floral
T: Toasted coconut, oak, apple, sweet malt, light bitterness, mango, white pepper, tangerine
M: Fluffy, light
O: Very unique and unlike other ipas in the haze craze due to the oak aging. Could benefit from a little more bitterness
Oct 16, 2017S: Sweet pineapple, Belgian spice, apple, oak, white pepper, caramelized banana, tangerine, floral
T: Toasted coconut, oak, apple, sweet malt, light bitterness, mango, white pepper, tangerine
M: Fluffy, light
O: Very unique and unlike other ipas in the haze craze due to the oak aging. Could benefit from a little more bitterness
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Released 10/3/17; drank 10/13/17 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque orange/yellow appearance.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE bright white head; a thick curtain of lace.
Dandelion, lemon & faint oak notes in the nose.
Soft, medium mouthfeel.
Apple, dandelion & lemon flavors up front; dry oak & mild strawberry notes on the finish. Unique, & not really a "NE IPA" in my eyes.
Extremely interesting & worth a quaff, but not an unqualified masterpiece.
Oct 14, 2017Opaque orange/yellow appearance.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE bright white head; a thick curtain of lace.
Dandelion, lemon & faint oak notes in the nose.
Soft, medium mouthfeel.
Apple, dandelion & lemon flavors up front; dry oak & mild strawberry notes on the finish. Unique, & not really a "NE IPA" in my eyes.
Extremely interesting & worth a quaff, but not an unqualified masterpiece.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.23/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Had a couple of these over the course of the day, probably my favorite beer at the CBS picnic.
Murky orange with frothy foam billowing to the rim of the glass and leaving ample lace behind.
Aroma was yeasty and tropical with coconut and ripe fruit aromas.
As it warmed the coconut and oaky vanilla flavors intensified, against the mellow fruity hops.
Smooth and supple feel, a touch light bodied with low carbonation. Very quenching and drinkable.
Sep 10, 2017Murky orange with frothy foam billowing to the rim of the glass and leaving ample lace behind.
Aroma was yeasty and tropical with coconut and ripe fruit aromas.
As it warmed the coconut and oaky vanilla flavors intensified, against the mellow fruity hops.
Smooth and supple feel, a touch light bodied with low carbonation. Very quenching and drinkable.
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