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Merrimack Ales
- From:
- Merrimack Ales
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,709 - ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #14,782 - Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 13.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 27, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 10, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
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Rated by Porterandstouts143 from Massachusetts
5/5 rDev +22.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +22.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This IPA was incredible. Hoppy, juicey, with a smooth finish. Great work Merrimack Ales!
Sep 28, 2018
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
4.15/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A brand-new (couple week old) double IPA from Merrimack Ales has arrived on the market... and there was much rejoicing! These guys have been doing some great stuff lately, so I look forward to giving this 8.2%, 72 IBU beer a shot. According to the can, this was brewed with Columbus, Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic and Vic Secret hops. Quite the lineup, sorta running the gamut from old-school to new-school right in a row there. I have high hopes for this one, but I've not been huge on these guys' IPAs so far, so we'll see.
Pours a completely turbid, semi-ruddy medium amber color which seems to border on darker amber if only due to the opacity of the body. The head is nice, though... kind of a lightly-off-white color with good stability and nice legs. Lace show is very solid, as well. I'm not sold on the color here when coupled with the haze, as it just looks messy instead of looking juicy and bright like most lower-SRM hazy pale ales I've had.
The nose seems quite solid with strong elements of papaya, fleshy mango, pineapple and passion fruit mingling with some raw notes of pine resin, tart wild berries and grapefruit rind. Doesn't feel focused on any particular aspect by any means, but it's really pushing a lot of unique notes. The tropical fruit combined with the fresh, dank pine is satisfying to my senses, and the lightly-grainy backend helps the proceedings immensely, giving off a feeling that there'll be something to chew on when this graces my palate.
Somewhat unfocused on the palate at first, kind of operating in a place between something like Trillium's Mettle and a much rougher West Coast DIPA, with lots of candied grapefruit, pine, mango and papaya running like a steamroller over my tastebuds. Starts to come into its own a bit toward the middle of each sip, with some structure added by the solid malt profile, which displays a brusque turn into grainy territory with a crackery flavor and slight note of spice. The swallow has a lot of passion fruit and more ripe mango with a firm yet not-overbearing bitterness... very tasty!
Feel here is medium-heavy but the carbonation seems almost too light for its own good. Luckily, the flavors are so good that this never becomes a chore to drink, but a little bit more effervescence and a slight change in malt bill (more oats, less crystal malt?) could make this quite excellent for sure. As it stands, though, it's yet another high quality beer from Merrimack Ales!
Jan 10, 2018Pours a completely turbid, semi-ruddy medium amber color which seems to border on darker amber if only due to the opacity of the body. The head is nice, though... kind of a lightly-off-white color with good stability and nice legs. Lace show is very solid, as well. I'm not sold on the color here when coupled with the haze, as it just looks messy instead of looking juicy and bright like most lower-SRM hazy pale ales I've had.
The nose seems quite solid with strong elements of papaya, fleshy mango, pineapple and passion fruit mingling with some raw notes of pine resin, tart wild berries and grapefruit rind. Doesn't feel focused on any particular aspect by any means, but it's really pushing a lot of unique notes. The tropical fruit combined with the fresh, dank pine is satisfying to my senses, and the lightly-grainy backend helps the proceedings immensely, giving off a feeling that there'll be something to chew on when this graces my palate.
Somewhat unfocused on the palate at first, kind of operating in a place between something like Trillium's Mettle and a much rougher West Coast DIPA, with lots of candied grapefruit, pine, mango and papaya running like a steamroller over my tastebuds. Starts to come into its own a bit toward the middle of each sip, with some structure added by the solid malt profile, which displays a brusque turn into grainy territory with a crackery flavor and slight note of spice. The swallow has a lot of passion fruit and more ripe mango with a firm yet not-overbearing bitterness... very tasty!
Feel here is medium-heavy but the carbonation seems almost too light for its own good. Luckily, the flavors are so good that this never becomes a chore to drink, but a little bit more effervescence and a slight change in malt bill (more oats, less crystal malt?) could make this quite excellent for sure. As it stands, though, it's yet another high quality beer from Merrimack Ales!
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