Scratch Beer 211 - 2015 (Imperial IPA)
Tröegs Brewing Company
- From:
- Tröegs Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.95 | pDev: 4.81%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 24, 2016
- Added:
- Nov 08, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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The flavor of Scratch #211 is ensconced in mystery. In fact, you’d be surprised to learn that we brewed this puzzling DIPA exclusively with a single hop variety. The hop in question is a new Australian variety appropriately named Enigma. Cultivated through Hop Products Australia’s in-house breeding program, Enigma is a tough hop to crack flavor-wise. Reminiscent of semi-sweet white wine, raspberry, and faintly tart redcurrant (similar to a gooseberry), this versatile hop variety also demonstrates shades of bright tropical fruit and delicate fleshy melon (think honeydew and cantaloupe).
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.14/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the Tap and Mallet in Rochester, NY.
This one poursa light reddish-amber color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.
Smells like melon, grapefruit, earth, pine, red berry, and currants.
These Enigma hops are super weird and giving me flavors I don't usually associate in IPAs, such as red berry- almost raspberry-like, with some currants, earthy marijuana type flavors, light pine, melon, and grapefruit. There's a slight malt backbone but it doesn't really show itself that strongly.
This is medium bodied, with a crisp mouthfeel.
A really interesting IPA, I'd like to see this hop in conjunction with some ther ones, I think it could be cool.
Dec 28, 2015This one poursa light reddish-amber color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.
Smells like melon, grapefruit, earth, pine, red berry, and currants.
These Enigma hops are super weird and giving me flavors I don't usually associate in IPAs, such as red berry- almost raspberry-like, with some currants, earthy marijuana type flavors, light pine, melon, and grapefruit. There's a slight malt backbone but it doesn't really show itself that strongly.
This is medium bodied, with a crisp mouthfeel.
A really interesting IPA, I'd like to see this hop in conjunction with some ther ones, I think it could be cool.
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