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The Incredible Hop Imperial India Pale Ale
The Fort Collins Brewery
- From:
- The Fort Collins Brewery
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 10.8%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 11.85%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 19, 2014
- Added:
- May 10, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by ScruffySouthpaw from New York
3.84/5 rDev +11%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +11%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served in a snifter glass.
Appearance: Looks "incredible" from the beginning with a semi-hazy amber body, heavy bubbles with a off white head rising to about 1/3".
Smell: Hoppy scent with the strength of roasted caramel that overpowers the rest. Good smell that comes off just a little light.
Taste: To give all of you the heads up this beer is one of the maltiest I have ever had. Personally I think it's perfect for a BBQ. Hoppy and floral, sweet citrus makes this easy to like. On top of all of that caramel shot that you can feel...why are people complaining i do not know.
Mouth: Medium carbonation, with heavy stickiness to it. Slight heavy and I would love to say smooth, sharp malts.
Overall: This is either your hate it or love it beer, and I quite do not have a problem with it at all. It might overwhelm some but what hurts this brew the most is the price. For roughly twelve bucks a bottle, there might be better choices but would be hard for me not to recommend this brew. Grab a glass and drink up. Salud!
Jun 22, 2013Appearance: Looks "incredible" from the beginning with a semi-hazy amber body, heavy bubbles with a off white head rising to about 1/3".
Smell: Hoppy scent with the strength of roasted caramel that overpowers the rest. Good smell that comes off just a little light.
Taste: To give all of you the heads up this beer is one of the maltiest I have ever had. Personally I think it's perfect for a BBQ. Hoppy and floral, sweet citrus makes this easy to like. On top of all of that caramel shot that you can feel...why are people complaining i do not know.
Mouth: Medium carbonation, with heavy stickiness to it. Slight heavy and I would love to say smooth, sharp malts.
Overall: This is either your hate it or love it beer, and I quite do not have a problem with it at all. It might overwhelm some but what hurts this brew the most is the price. For roughly twelve bucks a bottle, there might be better choices but would be hard for me not to recommend this brew. Grab a glass and drink up. Salud!
Reviewed by JG-90 from New Jersey
2.36/5 rDev -31.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.25
2.36/5 rDev -31.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.25
Bomber into glass gives with a fairly aggressive pour gives a small head with moderate lacing. Beer is a nice bright copper color with a hazy golden copper. Aroma smells of heavy caramel malts, breadiness, and syrupiness.
Tastes of a heavy, dark, syrupy, caramel malts, with dark bread, extra syrupy, hop-less beer. (may be plenty of hops, but over-ruled by maltiness). Mouthfeel is very heavy, extremely low carbonation, overly creamy. Beer is way too malty and heavy for what I want.
Jun 06, 2013Tastes of a heavy, dark, syrupy, caramel malts, with dark bread, extra syrupy, hop-less beer. (may be plenty of hops, but over-ruled by maltiness). Mouthfeel is very heavy, extremely low carbonation, overly creamy. Beer is way too malty and heavy for what I want.
Reviewed by Monkeyknife from Missouri
3.69/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from the bottle a dark, clear copper-orange color with two fingers of rich off-white head. Nice amount of sticky lacing left behind.
Hoppy aroma of grapefruit and pine along with caramel mats.
Tasted of caramel malts upfront with an overload of sweet syrupy notes of honey, lighter piney hops and a big boozy bite.
Medium bodied with a moderate carbonation.
Too sweet and syrupy and caramel malt-drive for me as an IIPA. The 22oz bottle was too much. Twelve ounces would have been a bit better.
Feb 17, 2013Hoppy aroma of grapefruit and pine along with caramel mats.
Tasted of caramel malts upfront with an overload of sweet syrupy notes of honey, lighter piney hops and a big boozy bite.
Medium bodied with a moderate carbonation.
Too sweet and syrupy and caramel malt-drive for me as an IIPA. The 22oz bottle was too much. Twelve ounces would have been a bit better.
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
3.29/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.29/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Poured from the bottle into a FunkWerks globe glass.
A real nice amber orange body, pretty texbook, with a big four finger head off the pour. Quite soapy looking with a light tan color and swiss cheese appearance, but lots of retention. Some slow rising carbonation, maybe a little hazy, lots of obvious yeast chunks and floaties, but otherwise pretty solid.
Nice grainy sweet malts, with a mellow hop presence. Hints of earth and grass come out a bit, but this is pretty tiny for hops on the nose it's quite closed.
Palate is a big thick rush of sugars. Thick oil slicking and syrupy hop juice, with lots of sweetness. Coating the palate with lots of oil and stickiness, hints of pine, but lots of white sugar also. Malt is completely indistinguishable.
Overall this is just way too sweet for my tastes, with hardly any classic aromatics or balanced flavor. Unfortunately it's also too much of a chore to finish a big bottle of this at 10.8% it's big and feels like it, but not in an enjoyable way.
Jan 27, 2013A real nice amber orange body, pretty texbook, with a big four finger head off the pour. Quite soapy looking with a light tan color and swiss cheese appearance, but lots of retention. Some slow rising carbonation, maybe a little hazy, lots of obvious yeast chunks and floaties, but otherwise pretty solid.
Nice grainy sweet malts, with a mellow hop presence. Hints of earth and grass come out a bit, but this is pretty tiny for hops on the nose it's quite closed.
Palate is a big thick rush of sugars. Thick oil slicking and syrupy hop juice, with lots of sweetness. Coating the palate with lots of oil and stickiness, hints of pine, but lots of white sugar also. Malt is completely indistinguishable.
Overall this is just way too sweet for my tastes, with hardly any classic aromatics or balanced flavor. Unfortunately it's also too much of a chore to finish a big bottle of this at 10.8% it's big and feels like it, but not in an enjoyable way.
Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.76/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.76/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear copper color with an extremely dense, lingering cream head that slowly dissipates, leaving thick lacing.
Soft citrus fruit and doughy, sweet caramel malt form the initial aroma. Grapefruit, pineapple, and mango create a scent reminiscent of sweettarts.
Booze and caramel provide the backbone of the flavor, which strangely finishes with a burst of citrus, eventually ending slightly bitter. Fairly sweet malt throughout is countered by lime, grapefruit pith, and mango. The finish is a touch dry and toasty.
Body is on the full side, and carbonation is moderate, preventing the beer from being cloying. There's an associated alcohol burn that is offputting.
Fairly citrusy beer, with heavy malt presence. It's boozy, and the hops just seem kinda weird.
Dec 22, 2012Soft citrus fruit and doughy, sweet caramel malt form the initial aroma. Grapefruit, pineapple, and mango create a scent reminiscent of sweettarts.
Booze and caramel provide the backbone of the flavor, which strangely finishes with a burst of citrus, eventually ending slightly bitter. Fairly sweet malt throughout is countered by lime, grapefruit pith, and mango. The finish is a touch dry and toasty.
Body is on the full side, and carbonation is moderate, preventing the beer from being cloying. There's an associated alcohol burn that is offputting.
Fairly citrusy beer, with heavy malt presence. It's boozy, and the hops just seem kinda weird.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.62/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
this is a punishing beer, no doubt about that. it pours a pretty average looking bronzey orange color with a sudsy white head without much retention. the aroma is oily hops, maybe even hop oils, sweet pale malt, and a whole mess of booze. the flavor i think is pretty good for a beer this strong. the hops are so intense the beer takes on a sweet character. bittersweet in the finish, if it were possible to ovrdose on hops, this would be the ticket. gets real alcoholic as it warms up. the feel is also pretty solid for a beer this big. good carbonation keeps it lighter than it is, and the full body isnt too filling. overall a cool series of beer, but this one is just kind of like a playground bully, its a lot of huffing and puffing going on, could definitely kick your ass, but remains highly unrefined. ya know?
Nov 16, 2012
The Incredible Hop Imperial India Pale Ale from The Fort Collins Brewery
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
32 ratings
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