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Alpine Beer Company Exponential Hoppiness

Alpine Beer Company Exponential Hoppiness

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Alpine Beer Company (CA)

Alpine, California USA

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1244.06/5.04.05/5.0Summer10.5%96.5Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The Most Dangerous Beer In America" as voted on at O'Brien's Pub in San Diego. This Double IPA is double dry-hopped and double strong. The same complex brewing techniques used on Pure Hoppiness are used and taken even further. A stronger version of the Pure Hoppiness is how this beer starts, with the multiple kettle hop additions, the jam-packed hop back and the incredible amount of dry hops. Then, the beer is transferred into another tank with a "body-bag" sized hop-bag full of hop cones and oak chips. There it ages even longer and mellows, disguising the alcohol content, thus producing "The Most Dangerous Beer in America." Another Season Specialty (Aug. to Sept.) 10.5% ABV

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 miketd (375), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20

Dec 25, 2007  
Handbottle from Wetherel...Thanks John. Pours golden copper with a small, but creamy head. Nice carbonation considering it was handbottled. Good lacing. Aroma is of fresh, piney hops and bitter. Flavor is bitter up front with a good bready malt balance. Full bodied and creamy. Nice IIPA.

 lb4lb (1453), Austin, Texas, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 5, 2008  
Growler shared by hopsleeroy. Thanks a ton dude!
Pours a clear orang color with a light white head. SMell is sweet and fruity, juicy hops and very herbacious with some basil and mint. Very fresh smelling and quite nice and unique. Taste is hoppy, fruity and very mild bitterness, but with huge hoppy unique flavors of mint and basil like hops. Incredibly easy to drink, and no sign of the 10.5% ABV at all. One of the better beers I’ve ever had. Awesome.


 thickfreakness (104), Austin, Texas, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Growler thanks to hopsleeroy on BA. Thanks Lee! Pours clearish golden with a white head that leaves plenty of sticky lacing. Smell is huge perfume-like hop aroma like fresh hop cones, a slight herbaceous smell and some slight vanilla/oak. Huge, sweet hoppy flavor. Fresh hops and pine cones all over the flavor. Vanilla and dry oakiness as well. So easy to drink this one, I could hardly tell it was 11%. Basically it was like squeezing juice right out of the hops into my mouth.


 argo0 (6230), Washington DC, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 19, 2008  
(growler, thanks kmweaver) Small white head atop clear golden body. Aroma is moderately sweet, mango, some passion fruit, pineapple, orange. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, mango, light caramel. Sticky medium-full body.


 wickedpete (569), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Thanks to Ken for this one. Clear gold color, a white head with good retention. Aroma has lots of awesome spicy flowery hops, a slight citrus sweetness in the back, and pineapple. flavor is not overly bitter, lots of tropical fruits, and a bit of an earthiness.


 kmweaver (2125), Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Aug 17, 2008    Updated: Aug 18, 2008
Growler, courtesy of wetherel. Thanks, John! Pours a clear, tarnished copper color; creamy, light tan head with great retention and textured lacing, coating the glass; very nice pour. Loads of tropical fruits, oily tree fruit hoppiness, and no astringency in the aroma; passion fruits and lime; gorgeous nose. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: loads of oily, sweet tropical fruits, passion fruit, lime, and dripped tree fruits; gorgeous, clear, resiny hop character; no astringency; my favorite type of IIPA. Gorgeous, hop-forward and clearly expressed. Lengthy finish: toasted malts, passion fruits, and tree fruits.



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