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Quest
Kettlehead Brewing Company
- From:
- Kettlehead Brewing Company
- New Hampshire, United States
- Style:
- New England IPA
Ranked #603 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,404 - Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 7.23%
- Reviews:
- 21
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 29, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 27, 2017
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 6
What is your Quest? Ours was to brew a juicy, dank, approachable double IPA, bursting with tropical fruit, mango, peach, pineapple. A combo of 4 different hops make up this complex double IPA
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Ratings by papposilenus:
Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire
3.75/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From a 32oz crowler, filled 02/01/18. Served in an imperial pint pub glass.
Pours a murky, pale, dull orange with a scant finger of tight, dimpled head. Retention is so-so good and leaves a fizzy cap with a thin curtain of lacing.
Nose is faint but I'm picking up some pineapple and... onion?
Tastes of sweet, bready malt and overripe pineapple, some melon and tangerine. Weedy and heavily dank, with a distinct onion and garlic character. Low bitterness, mild composty saccharine sweetness, an uncomplicated flavour profile with an abrupt finish.
Feel is chewy, medium-hefty bodied and well carbonated. Feels bigger than 8%, not in the sense of being boozy, which it isn't aside from a little warmth in the gullet, more like just, um, you know... big.
Overall, a pretty good NEDIPA and I'd definitely have it again. Actually, it's growing on me as I drink it down. A solid enough representation of the style.
Feb 03, 2018Pours a murky, pale, dull orange with a scant finger of tight, dimpled head. Retention is so-so good and leaves a fizzy cap with a thin curtain of lacing.
Nose is faint but I'm picking up some pineapple and... onion?
Tastes of sweet, bready malt and overripe pineapple, some melon and tangerine. Weedy and heavily dank, with a distinct onion and garlic character. Low bitterness, mild composty saccharine sweetness, an uncomplicated flavour profile with an abrupt finish.
Feel is chewy, medium-hefty bodied and well carbonated. Feels bigger than 8%, not in the sense of being boozy, which it isn't aside from a little warmth in the gullet, more like just, um, you know... big.
Overall, a pretty good NEDIPA and I'd definitely have it again. Actually, it's growing on me as I drink it down. A solid enough representation of the style.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mickyge from Massachusetts
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
poured from an undated can, the ink on the four pack was smudged.
Murky amber color nice fluffy head, sudsy lacing and a thick white cap
aroma is strong and has stone fruit notes, pineapple kind of floral kind of musky.
Taste is bright nice peach, pineapple and mango layers. Hoppy, clean and crisp
Mouthfeel is medium thickness feeling, medium carbonation and west coast tasting. smooth but sticky finishing with a little bite on the back of the tongue. Very easy drinking and refreshing
overall it's a nice tasting beer that's easy to drink more than 1 of. I found it crisp and clean tasting, I'll definately get more.
Feb 20, 2023Murky amber color nice fluffy head, sudsy lacing and a thick white cap
aroma is strong and has stone fruit notes, pineapple kind of floral kind of musky.
Taste is bright nice peach, pineapple and mango layers. Hoppy, clean and crisp
Mouthfeel is medium thickness feeling, medium carbonation and west coast tasting. smooth but sticky finishing with a little bite on the back of the tongue. Very easy drinking and refreshing
overall it's a nice tasting beer that's easy to drink more than 1 of. I found it crisp and clean tasting, I'll definately get more.
Reviewed by 1009 from Massachusetts
4.18/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Ahhh yes; the Great Bomb Cyclone of Christmas 2022… Generations of New England children will hear the story of this epic storm that knocked out power to the Granite State for the days leading up to — and including — Christmas Eve. In the midst of my holiday boozer shopping I happened upon this DIPA, and couldn’t think of a more fitting namesake brew for the hi-jinx leading up to this Christmas, navigating downed trees, power lines, and freezing cold temperatures… quite a “Quest” indeed. I had been hearing for years about Kettlehead products and how delicious they were, so I picked up their flagship Quest DIPA to enjoy this Christmas Eve (powered by a Yamaha generator). Boy, is this thing delicious! Delectable notes of fruit and pine combine into a creamy beverage that both cools and warms the soul at the same time. I haven’t made it out to the brewery yet, but will be making my way over there soon enough.
Dec 25, 2022Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This one is easily in the top half of the many NEIPAs from this prolific local brewer. All the now-iconic Kettlehead characteristics are present - murky, juicy, low-bitterness, smooth mouthfeel, clean finish. Very enjoyable.
Feb 17, 2022Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois
4.57/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Gifted from @Sawdog505. Thanks sir! Pours a cloudy yellowish orange juice appearance, frothy head, long lasting creamy lacing. Smell is citrusy, mildly hoppy. Taste is more dank with a slight bitterness but prevalent orange, pineapple, and mango juiciness with a tangy lemony background. Creamy, mouth watering feel, full bodied. A real winner, as it delivers the New England characteristics with excellent subtlety.
May 24, 2020
Quest from Kettlehead Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
49 ratings
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