Great Misery DIPA
Old Planters Brewing Co.
- From:
- Old Planters Brewing Co.
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 7.03%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 06, 2021
- Added:
- Nov 08, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
3.78/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.78/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16oz can dated 12/12/17.
Pours gold with a chill haze and a full, fluffy head of white. Nice retention and ropes of lacing. Aromatics are straight up west coast with pine and a hint of grapefruit. Subdued for the style. Slick and a bit syrupy on the mouthfeel. Tacky. Sweet malt with some earthy pine and a solid bitterness on the palate. Finishes malty with a piney bitterness.
An average west coast IPA but certainly dissapointing for a $5 single.
Jan 19, 2018Pours gold with a chill haze and a full, fluffy head of white. Nice retention and ropes of lacing. Aromatics are straight up west coast with pine and a hint of grapefruit. Subdued for the style. Slick and a bit syrupy on the mouthfeel. Tacky. Sweet malt with some earthy pine and a solid bitterness on the palate. Finishes malty with a piney bitterness.
An average west coast IPA but certainly dissapointing for a $5 single.
Rated by Ronl12 from Massachusetts
3.52/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
More west coast style. More malt than I would prefer. Not bad but not too exciting either.
Dec 10, 2017
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
4.09/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Looks like even though this was canned just about three weeks ago, it hasn't been rated on BA yet. Well, I'll be the one to take its review virginity, I suppose. I've been a fan of Old Planters since the first batch of Crop Rotation, and their couple other hoppy offerings I've had have been quite satisfying in their own rights. This is something a little bit bigger, most likely based on the recipe of their "flagship" APA, Little Misery. Clocking in at nearly double the ABV, this brew features flaked oats and Golden Promise malt and it's dry-hopped with Citra and Columbus. Sounds mighty tasty!
Pours an absolutely gorgeous golden orange color with some sunburst-yellow highlights if held up to light. Compact yet retentive head of bone-white foam. The surface is fully-covered by these soapy suds, and they leave behind consistent sheets of drippy lace as the head tapers down to about a finger. Beautiful, evocative pour on this one!
The smell reminds me of older-school West Coast IPAs, but with some juicier and brighter/tropical elements from the "new school" of hop-bursted pale ales as well. Grapefruit rind, sweet orange, guava, honeyed malt and overtones of ethanol marry together with light notes of earthiness and floral/herbal elements from the Columbus. Seems a weird choice for a dry-hop, considering it's usually used for bittering purposes, but whatever. All I know is that the combo is satisfyingly pulled-off in this beer.
On the tongue, there's a lot more malt than expected, with a helping of Golden Promise lending the majority of the biscuity, mellow, honey-ish flavor which acts as a springboard for the balancing hop bitterness that comes out toward the mid-palate. This brew pops due to the extreme dichotomy between the soft, sweet-leaning malt and the punchy, oily hops. Flavors of grapefruit, orange, black tea, light tannins and fleshy guava characterize this playful beer. Definitely more in-line with the West Coast DIPA line of thinking.
It's a little bit maltier than I want, at the end of the day, however. I consider it slightly more "syrupy" than some other modern DIPAs, and, though the hop combo sits well in the recipe, it doesn't feel like anything truly spectacular is happening here. Well-constructed profile but not overly-exciting or begging to be revisited. That said, I don't believe all beer has to blow my mind, and Old Planters doesn't seem poised to do so any time soon (though they are quite solid). I'd just like to be slightly more excited by this kind of beer than I am with this example. If you're going to combine aspects of older- and newer-school strong hoppy ales, they should be greater than the sum of their parts! Worthy of a drink, though, for sure!
Nov 08, 2017Pours an absolutely gorgeous golden orange color with some sunburst-yellow highlights if held up to light. Compact yet retentive head of bone-white foam. The surface is fully-covered by these soapy suds, and they leave behind consistent sheets of drippy lace as the head tapers down to about a finger. Beautiful, evocative pour on this one!
The smell reminds me of older-school West Coast IPAs, but with some juicier and brighter/tropical elements from the "new school" of hop-bursted pale ales as well. Grapefruit rind, sweet orange, guava, honeyed malt and overtones of ethanol marry together with light notes of earthiness and floral/herbal elements from the Columbus. Seems a weird choice for a dry-hop, considering it's usually used for bittering purposes, but whatever. All I know is that the combo is satisfyingly pulled-off in this beer.
On the tongue, there's a lot more malt than expected, with a helping of Golden Promise lending the majority of the biscuity, mellow, honey-ish flavor which acts as a springboard for the balancing hop bitterness that comes out toward the mid-palate. This brew pops due to the extreme dichotomy between the soft, sweet-leaning malt and the punchy, oily hops. Flavors of grapefruit, orange, black tea, light tannins and fleshy guava characterize this playful beer. Definitely more in-line with the West Coast DIPA line of thinking.
It's a little bit maltier than I want, at the end of the day, however. I consider it slightly more "syrupy" than some other modern DIPAs, and, though the hop combo sits well in the recipe, it doesn't feel like anything truly spectacular is happening here. Well-constructed profile but not overly-exciting or begging to be revisited. That said, I don't believe all beer has to blow my mind, and Old Planters doesn't seem poised to do so any time soon (though they are quite solid). I'd just like to be slightly more excited by this kind of beer than I am with this example. If you're going to combine aspects of older- and newer-school strong hoppy ales, they should be greater than the sum of their parts! Worthy of a drink, though, for sure!
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