Powder Hound Winter IPA
Big Sky Brewing Company
- From:
- Big Sky Brewing Company
- Montana, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 9.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 04, 2026
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Our winter ipa is bold and assertive for those cold winter months. Powder hound has just the right amount of warmth with a generous dose of hops.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by Samnem:
Rated by Samnem from Pennsylvania
3.69/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 29, 2024
3.69/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jan 29, 2024
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.89/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Can stamp on bottom: 266253 (???)
Many thx to muchloveforhops3 for this can!
A - Medium gold pour with nice clarity and a really creamy, large lacing ring, carbonation is light.
S - Light, sticky malt presence with some herbally, spicy floral presence.
T - Light caramel malt base gets squashed pretty quickly with some spicy, floral, earthy citrus hops. Light bitterness and some of the malt sweetness re-surfaces after the sip (but not much).
M - Big smooth medium body with some thinness around the edges.
O - This beer presents better than its current score. The citrus resin builds as you work through this beer and by the end of the can delivers a huge, resiny spicy citrus punch to the palate!
Jan 04, 2026Many thx to muchloveforhops3 for this can!
A - Medium gold pour with nice clarity and a really creamy, large lacing ring, carbonation is light.
S - Light, sticky malt presence with some herbally, spicy floral presence.
T - Light caramel malt base gets squashed pretty quickly with some spicy, floral, earthy citrus hops. Light bitterness and some of the malt sweetness re-surfaces after the sip (but not much).
M - Big smooth medium body with some thinness around the edges.
O - This beer presents better than its current score. The citrus resin builds as you work through this beer and by the end of the can delivers a huge, resiny spicy citrus punch to the palate!
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.83/5 rDev -22%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -22%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
CAN:
C / AVERAGE
Sep 28, 2024C / AVERAGE
Reviewed by RyanK252 from California
3.86/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can poured into a Big Sky Brewing Co pint glass
A: Pours golden amber with a frothy off white head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.
S: Spicy resinous pine, dark stone fruit, a bit of citrus, bready malt, and just a touch of dark caramel sweetness.
T: Resinous spicy pine, citrus, grapefruit, lemon, and orange, underlying stone fruit, apricot, peach, and dare I say plum, sturdy bready malt backbone, and a touch of dark caramel sweetness.
M: On the fuller side of medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: Checks the boxes for a winter IPA. Piney, malty, refreshing yet it also feels like it'll stick to your bones, the kinda thing you reach for while sitting around a fire pit on a cold snowy day.
Jan 09, 2024A: Pours golden amber with a frothy off white head that settles to a firm layer and laces nicely.
S: Spicy resinous pine, dark stone fruit, a bit of citrus, bready malt, and just a touch of dark caramel sweetness.
T: Resinous spicy pine, citrus, grapefruit, lemon, and orange, underlying stone fruit, apricot, peach, and dare I say plum, sturdy bready malt backbone, and a touch of dark caramel sweetness.
M: On the fuller side of medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: Checks the boxes for a winter IPA. Piney, malty, refreshing yet it also feels like it'll stick to your bones, the kinda thing you reach for while sitting around a fire pit on a cold snowy day.
Reviewed by NorsemanOne from Utah
3.92/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
19.2oz can
Illegible canning date
Purchased from the dabc for about $2.75
Poured at fridge temp into a fake Pretentious glass
Pours a orange hued gold with a large and loose frothy eggshell colored head. Intricate lacing and nice head retention. 4
Moderate piney and citrus rind hops. Some orange and tangerine sweetness on the back end. 3.75
Really balanced malt and citrus hops. Semi-sweet citrus juice, grapefruit, and gentle pine. It's not overwhelming and quite tasty to me. 4
Body is fairly light, average carbo that fades over time. Some lingering hop oils and touch of a dry finish. 3.75
Overall a nice better than average IPA that doesn't overdo the piney and resin flavors and well incorporates a balanced malt to pine ratio with pleasant semi-sweet citrus. 4
Dec 26, 2023Illegible canning date
Purchased from the dabc for about $2.75
Poured at fridge temp into a fake Pretentious glass
Pours a orange hued gold with a large and loose frothy eggshell colored head. Intricate lacing and nice head retention. 4
Moderate piney and citrus rind hops. Some orange and tangerine sweetness on the back end. 3.75
Really balanced malt and citrus hops. Semi-sweet citrus juice, grapefruit, and gentle pine. It's not overwhelming and quite tasty to me. 4
Body is fairly light, average carbo that fades over time. Some lingering hop oils and touch of a dry finish. 3.75
Overall a nice better than average IPA that doesn't overdo the piney and resin flavors and well incorporates a balanced malt to pine ratio with pleasant semi-sweet citrus. 4
Reviewed by UWDAWG from Washington
3.72/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a tulip glass.
Look- Pale gold, very mildly hazy, tiny visible particulate, white frothy head, above average head retention and lacing.
Smell- Pine, grapefruit, between weak and medium strength of scent.
Taste- Pine, grapefruit, between weak and medium strength of flavor.
Feel- Medium body, average carbonation, high bitterness, crisp and clean finish, highly dry finish, moderately creamy.
Overall- Pale gold with above average head retention and lacing. Bouquet was pine and grapefruit with medium low strength of scent. Flavors followed true to nose with similar intensity. Medium body with a crisp/clean finish and moderate creaminess. Overall this beer was average and unremarkable.
Jun 27, 2023Look- Pale gold, very mildly hazy, tiny visible particulate, white frothy head, above average head retention and lacing.
Smell- Pine, grapefruit, between weak and medium strength of scent.
Taste- Pine, grapefruit, between weak and medium strength of flavor.
Feel- Medium body, average carbonation, high bitterness, crisp and clean finish, highly dry finish, moderately creamy.
Overall- Pale gold with above average head retention and lacing. Bouquet was pine and grapefruit with medium low strength of scent. Flavors followed true to nose with similar intensity. Medium body with a crisp/clean finish and moderate creaminess. Overall this beer was average and unremarkable.
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