BrewDog Hardcore IPA

	Percentile
	79
	overall

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
362	3.36/5.0	3.35/5.0	Special	9%	18.9	Snifter, Tulip

Commercial Description:
ADMIN NOTE: Brewdog have recently changed the recipe for this beer quite significantly. We are currently considering whether this change is sufficiently drastic to warrant a new listing. In the meantime could all raters ensure that they note which version they had in their rating to facilitate a split in due course, should that de deemed necessary. Whether you had the "new" or "old" version can be determined by reference to the batch number and the best before date. The newest batch is 037 and the BBD 03/09/10 (British dating) anything before this date or batch is the old version.

Filtered bottle and sometimes available as a special in the cask.
"Explicit Imperial Ale".
Ingredients: Barley, hops, yeast, water.

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maeib (4711), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 29, 2008 Updated: Oct 23, 2009

Bottled. A copper coloured beer with a tiny off white head. The aroma has big sticky hops and a bit of glue. The taste is the same with loads of hops. Notes of grapes. Decent but a bit chewy and a little unbalanced Score 3.5
Subsequent rating scored 3.8, 3.8 and 4.3. Average becomes 3.8

Bullit (1346), Glasgow, Scotland

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 27, 2008

Golden colour, small white head. Aroma has fruity hops and lemonade. Flavour of sweet lemonade hops. Slightly bitter finish.

SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	3/5	9/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 25, 2008

fantastic smell, different! ... pours a clear light golden colour .. some sparse foam .. taste is also quite different, taste is so damn unique, hoppy and sweet, what a treat .. i feel all nogged up and ready to tip some christmas trees.. ..great stuff..

CamdenD (606), Madrid, Spain

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	5/10	2/5	5/10	2/5	13/20

Dec 25, 2008

Interesting cereal taste to this beer. Nicely backboned, but not a hell of a lot otherwise. Looks like natural cider and tastes almost a bit like it too. Increased overall impression score due to its uniqueness, but wouldnt buy this again.

NoiZe (1290), Mooi Zeist, Netherlands

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Dec 20, 2008

Orange colored brew. Hoppy aroma. Flavor is hoppy and fruity, malty and smooth bitterness. Could use more aggressive hops.

lithy (1650), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 11, 2008

Batch 002, bb date 7/7/09. Cloudy dark yellow honey color with a thin white head that never fully covers, just leaving a ring. Citrus and grapefruit hop aroma. Taste is lots of citrus and spicy hops with lightly grassy malt notes.

nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 1, 2008

660 ml, batch 002. Clear, orange-gold with a small spit of a head that leaves a bit of frost. Earthy resin, caramel and lemon aroma. Flavor is similar, with the lemon, resin and woody hops bringing it on at the finish. Light-medium body is smooth, slightly hop-tingly and dryish.

DuffMan (2751), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	5/10	2/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 29, 2008

Bomber, shared with Parksy and company at The Local in San Diego. Cloudy straw yellow, absolutely NO HEAD (just like Rosser’s room and life). Aroma of cooked peaches, apricots and wet straw. Very malty, cereal and straw, chamomile, melon liqueur, with a peach pit bitterness in the finish.

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