Enigmatic
Equilibrium Brewery
- From:
- Equilibrium Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #2,722 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #26,814 - Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 20.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 06, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.85/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 16oz can into a dimpled mug. Canned 10/20/23.
Appearance: medium golden-yellow hue with a fair bit of haze and two thick fingers of pillowy ivory foam. Looks good to me.
Smell: quite sweet, as expected from a TIPA, with a somewhat dank and rather tropical hop aroma. The character I get the most is passionfruit, but there's also some earthier papaya-like aroma in the mix. Not bad at all.
Taste: again, it's sweet, with more of that slightly dank tropical fruit flavor. There's also something a little bit sharp in the mix, however, which to me detracts from the otherwise nice tropical fruit character.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a good carbonation and creaminess. I like the creaminess, although I'm surprised there isn't even more oomph in the body of this giant 10% beer.
Overall: it's a decent TIPA, but it has some flavor characteristics that I'm just not wild about.
Dec 28, 2023Appearance: medium golden-yellow hue with a fair bit of haze and two thick fingers of pillowy ivory foam. Looks good to me.
Smell: quite sweet, as expected from a TIPA, with a somewhat dank and rather tropical hop aroma. The character I get the most is passionfruit, but there's also some earthier papaya-like aroma in the mix. Not bad at all.
Taste: again, it's sweet, with more of that slightly dank tropical fruit flavor. There's also something a little bit sharp in the mix, however, which to me detracts from the otherwise nice tropical fruit character.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a good carbonation and creaminess. I like the creaminess, although I'm surprised there isn't even more oomph in the body of this giant 10% beer.
Overall: it's a decent TIPA, but it has some flavor characteristics that I'm just not wild about.
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.84/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of melon, orange, lemon and caramel. Sweet fruity taste with melon, toasted caramel and a piney, sharp bite.
Nov 18, 2023
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.61/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on July 18, 2020.
Oct 13, 2020
Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
1/5 rDev -73.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -73.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Can. White head with some lace. Another wanna be haze boi from equilibrium. So chunky. Looks disgusting. Flakes everywhere. What even is this?
Malty and strong. Has reminiscents of an ipa with tropical notes showing. But also tastes like a bw with abv showing. The can isn’t old either. Very sad they charge $8 for this mess. My last can I will buy from them. This is far too common. Overpriced garbage water.
Jul 18, 2020Malty and strong. Has reminiscents of an ipa with tropical notes showing. But also tastes like a bw with abv showing. The can isn’t old either. Very sad they charge $8 for this mess. My last can I will buy from them. This is far too common. Overpriced garbage water.
Reviewed by mwilbur from Minnesota
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from pint can into shaker pint glass.
A: Pours a super hazy golden yellow with 1 inch frothy white head with excellent retention.
S: Sweet white wine with hints of orange and grapefruit.
T: White wine, sweet grapefruit, orange, and mango cream.
M: Medium body. ABV is dangerously hidden. Soft and coating feel. Moderately sweet and mildly bitter throughout.
D: For style, one of the better TIPAs I’ve tried. Most are disappointments, but this is not. Is it worth the crazy high price, no. I’d recommend going for one of the several other excellent EQ offerings.
Jul 04, 2020A: Pours a super hazy golden yellow with 1 inch frothy white head with excellent retention.
S: Sweet white wine with hints of orange and grapefruit.
T: White wine, sweet grapefruit, orange, and mango cream.
M: Medium body. ABV is dangerously hidden. Soft and coating feel. Moderately sweet and mildly bitter throughout.
D: For style, one of the better TIPAs I’ve tried. Most are disappointments, but this is not. Is it worth the crazy high price, no. I’d recommend going for one of the several other excellent EQ offerings.
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
3.5/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a cloudy dull apricot color, Smell is pear and apple some citrus and wine. Taste was so sweet i could not taste the hops (Enigma and Galaxy ) it had some wine like Hops Mouth feel super sweet with thick syrupy malts . Not a fan at all and the price was over the top. Will not ever buy again.
Jul 02, 2020
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