The Hopsplainer
Burke-Gilman Brewing Company
- From:
- Burke-Gilman Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 16.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 29, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 15, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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2020 GABF gold medal for Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati
3.12/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.12/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
16oz can (no date) poured into 14oz teku. Poured a fully murky and turbid burnt orange color with an inch of white head that had OK retention and very light lacing.
The aroma was the anticipated frooty hop/low grain profile of the style. Same story on the tongue, with the frooty hops being even stronger.
The body was also as anticipated; light-medium, smooth, and a medium finish. Drinkability was OK, if you're a fan of the style you'll find an easy quaff. Overall, a fairly average murkbomb. Worth a shot if you see it.
Apr 29, 2022The aroma was the anticipated frooty hop/low grain profile of the style. Same story on the tongue, with the frooty hops being even stronger.
The body was also as anticipated; light-medium, smooth, and a medium finish. Drinkability was OK, if you're a fan of the style you'll find an easy quaff. Overall, a fairly average murkbomb. Worth a shot if you see it.
Reviewed by hops_for_thought from New York
4.34/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can (no date I could find) into that same sort of flute beer glass
side note - had heard this beer one GABF gold for imperial hazy ipa, think the award is actually juicy or hazy. not that it matters much, but think i enjoy it more when i have that juicy bit in mind
L: pours a moderately hazy, orange yellow with a moderate white head that fades to a slight layer. Nice lacing left with each sip. Not as hazy as I expected, can actually see through it somewhat
S: very rich and tropical fruit-forward nose, on the sweeter side with a tease of bitterness back there. Mix of mango, pineapple, passionfruit, citrus. Bit of that citrusy bitterness as well, but second fiddle to the fruit. A dank note coming through more as it warms, little earthy
T: delicious swallow, follows the nose very well. Sweeter, gummy fruit character leads - that bitterness comes through nicely as it’s warmed a bit in the glass, rewards patience. Tropical mix of mango, passionfruit, pineapple, peach - that gummy bear/gummy ring type of flavor. Get that fruit through the middle, as it gets to the medium/long finish a bit of bitterness and earthy character comes through to add some depth
F: medium- body, medium carbonation, moderately drying, drinkable
O: really nice IPA, great sweeter fruit notes with some slight dank bitterness that adds balance as it warms. Feel like the body should have been a bit more full, but overall a very delicious beer
Jun 15, 2021side note - had heard this beer one GABF gold for imperial hazy ipa, think the award is actually juicy or hazy. not that it matters much, but think i enjoy it more when i have that juicy bit in mind
L: pours a moderately hazy, orange yellow with a moderate white head that fades to a slight layer. Nice lacing left with each sip. Not as hazy as I expected, can actually see through it somewhat
S: very rich and tropical fruit-forward nose, on the sweeter side with a tease of bitterness back there. Mix of mango, pineapple, passionfruit, citrus. Bit of that citrusy bitterness as well, but second fiddle to the fruit. A dank note coming through more as it warms, little earthy
T: delicious swallow, follows the nose very well. Sweeter, gummy fruit character leads - that bitterness comes through nicely as it’s warmed a bit in the glass, rewards patience. Tropical mix of mango, passionfruit, pineapple, peach - that gummy bear/gummy ring type of flavor. Get that fruit through the middle, as it gets to the medium/long finish a bit of bitterness and earthy character comes through to add some depth
F: medium- body, medium carbonation, moderately drying, drinkable
O: really nice IPA, great sweeter fruit notes with some slight dank bitterness that adds balance as it warms. Feel like the body should have been a bit more full, but overall a very delicious beer
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