Special Sauce (Citra)
Mikerphone Brewing
- From:
- Mikerphone Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 9.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 07, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 24, 2016
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottled 6/23/16; drank 7/1/16 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque dull orange/yellow appearance; champagne bubbles throughout.
A rough pour yielded a small eggnog head; strong lace.
Mango, orange citrus & honey notes in the nose.
Medium thick mouthfeel.
Tangy orange juice & sweet honey flavors; no booze heat.
This smelled better than tasted; orange juice with a dollop of honey? Not bad, but pretty one dimensional.
Oct 07, 2019Opaque dull orange/yellow appearance; champagne bubbles throughout.
A rough pour yielded a small eggnog head; strong lace.
Mango, orange citrus & honey notes in the nose.
Medium thick mouthfeel.
Tangy orange juice & sweet honey flavors; no booze heat.
This smelled better than tasted; orange juice with a dollop of honey? Not bad, but pretty one dimensional.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4.29/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 750 ml bottle on May 27, 2018. Look is hazy. Smell and taste is citrus, tropical fruit, sweet malt and a hint of pine. Feel is medium to full in body.
May 29, 2018
Rated by Zaximus from Colorado
3.5/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Based on my Untappd rating from 6/24.
Oct 06, 2016
Reviewed by kevanb from Illinois
3.66/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.66/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
750ml bottle, batch 4 stamped on the front, poured into a Mikerphone Sommelier stemmed glass.
The beer pours a hazy copper color, amber and orange hues, with a nice finger of bone colored head that has good retention and yields plenty of lace. The aroma is nice, juicy citrus, light tropical fruits, sweet malts, a touch of pine and a hint of boozy sweetness. The flavors are nice, plenty of citrus, some juicy tropical fruits, light pine and some assertive malt sweetness, soft, thicker and chewy with a touch of alcohol warmth. The mouthfeel is nice, coating, juicy, fuller body with lower carbonation and an easy finish that is lightly dry.
Verdict: A pretty decent DIPA from Mikerphone. This is my first hoppy experience from them and it's not really enough for me to champion them, but it's also not enough to dissuade me from buying another hoppy beer from them as it's certainly a well built IPA, just a bit malty and sweet for me.
Jul 22, 2016The beer pours a hazy copper color, amber and orange hues, with a nice finger of bone colored head that has good retention and yields plenty of lace. The aroma is nice, juicy citrus, light tropical fruits, sweet malts, a touch of pine and a hint of boozy sweetness. The flavors are nice, plenty of citrus, some juicy tropical fruits, light pine and some assertive malt sweetness, soft, thicker and chewy with a touch of alcohol warmth. The mouthfeel is nice, coating, juicy, fuller body with lower carbonation and an easy finish that is lightly dry.
Verdict: A pretty decent DIPA from Mikerphone. This is my first hoppy experience from them and it's not really enough for me to champion them, but it's also not enough to dissuade me from buying another hoppy beer from them as it's certainly a well built IPA, just a bit malty and sweet for me.
Reviewed by arlingtonjoe from Illinois
3.3/5 rDev -23.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.3/5 rDev -23.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
L: Not very hazy, can almost read through it and highly carbonated.
S: Over ripe fruit
T: Over ripe fruit and yeast
F: A little thin with high carbonation, hint of booze and a little soapy on the finish
O: Wish I was drinking the beer others rated, can't imagine less than a month of age changing the flavor that much. Had Get Fresh Flow and that beer was awesome but I am a little disappointed in this one.
Jul 10, 2016S: Over ripe fruit
T: Over ripe fruit and yeast
F: A little thin with high carbonation, hint of booze and a little soapy on the finish
O: Wish I was drinking the beer others rated, can't imagine less than a month of age changing the flavor that much. Had Get Fresh Flow and that beer was awesome but I am a little disappointed in this one.
Reviewed by FBarber from Illinois
4.29/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Beer initially pours a slightly hazy semi-opaque bright orange color. Thin white head dissipates rather quickly leaving a thin whitish film on top of the beer. Second pour is much hazier and murky from the yeast even without swirling the sediment on the bottom of the bottle into the beer. Second pour is still orange and also has a thin quickly dissipate white head.
Smell is lovely aroma of grapefruit, orange, pineapple and pine. No alcohol detectable in the nose.
Taste follows the nose with a sweet array of fruit flavors including orange, grapefruit, and pineapple. Notes of pine and sap are present. The sappy like note is dry but still slightly sweet. No alcohol noted in the flavor. Nice piney slightly bitter finish.
Feel is surprisingly light for a DIPA, but it makes this beer dangerously quenching and easily drinkable. Carbonation is spot on for the style. Every DIPA should feel like this - definitely a bigger beer than an IPA, but still drinkable and light.
Overall another great DIPA from Mikerphone. Pretty much any of his DIPAs are must try if you can find them.
Jul 06, 2016Smell is lovely aroma of grapefruit, orange, pineapple and pine. No alcohol detectable in the nose.
Taste follows the nose with a sweet array of fruit flavors including orange, grapefruit, and pineapple. Notes of pine and sap are present. The sappy like note is dry but still slightly sweet. No alcohol noted in the flavor. Nice piney slightly bitter finish.
Feel is surprisingly light for a DIPA, but it makes this beer dangerously quenching and easily drinkable. Carbonation is spot on for the style. Every DIPA should feel like this - definitely a bigger beer than an IPA, but still drinkable and light.
Overall another great DIPA from Mikerphone. Pretty much any of his DIPAs are must try if you can find them.
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