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BrewDog Hardcore IPA

Percentile
79
overall
Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3623.36/5.03.35/5.0Special9%18.9Snifter, 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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 liinis (714), Helsinki, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Nov 2, 2009  
New batch: strenght is the key to give character to a beer I see. Delicious hops. Grapefruit. nice bitterness.


 austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Nov 1, 2009  
33cl bottle, batch #037. Pale hazy golden, tiny white head, mostly disappearing. Sweet and exotic nose, loads of sweet grapefruit, passion fruit, little resin, hint of flowery honey. Flavor has a tad more straightforward hop profile, sweet pale maltiness, clean yeast, lingering soap ’n’ sap bitterness in the finish, slighly numbing. Nearly full bodied, homebrew-like yeasty palate. Some similarities with Hopslam on the nose, sadly that soap gets a bit overpowering later on. Not the most balanced one, but alright.


 bsp77 (202), Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint. Slightly cloudy but bright golden orange with very little head. If this really were a DIPA, I would dock it for lack of head. However, as I will get into below, I do not think this is a true DIPA, so I will consider the look as pretty good for an English Ale. Aroma of semi-sweet tea-like malts and English hops. Some alcohol detected. Smells like a strong English IPA. Slightly sweet malts with notes of fruit, caramel, toast and tea. Nice English hop counterbalance that is somewhat metallic. Very bitter at the end. Low carbonation and medium, but slightly creamy and chewy, body. Pretty smooth and very dry. Warming. Easy to drink, as it seems like a kick ass English IPA. Never would have known it was 9%, other than the warming sensation. As DIPA is a very American style, and this beer is not at all American (other than the level of bitterness), this is not really a DIPA. Maybe it could be called an English DIPA, but this is the only example I am aware of. Really, it seems like a cross between an English IPA and a Barleywine. Regardless, comparing it to a typical DIPA, with all of its citrus and pine hop taste, is not really fair. This is a unique beer.


 ogivlado (3060), Zagreb, Croatia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 25, 2009  
Bottled 330ml. -Courtesy of and shared with Doggythedog (thanks!). Batch No. 220
Clear golden coloured, small white head, honeyish nose with traces of alcohol. Sweet malty, bitter hoppy and strong alcoholic with notes of citrus and grapefruit. Expected much better beer.


BuzzVogel (1), Rockville, Maryland, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of BrewDog Hardcore IPA does not count
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/518/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Oct. 22, 2009 On Cask at Frisco’s Cantina, Columbia, MD. Advertised at 150 IBUs: This beer poured from grafity tap with good caronation, with a golden orange color. Aroma was fruity with pine overtones. Very aromatic. Taste was a mouth full of hops, gentley at frist then spreading accross the pallet. The hoppiest IPA I have ever had.


 jbye4334 (658), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Oct 23, 2009  
(bottle from Veterans Liquor in Colorado Springs). Cloudy copper color. Small off white head. Floral hop aroma. Ligth malt (bread) and light hop (floral and grass) flavors. Avg duration. Smooth finish with light bitterness. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Fair lacing.


 Doggythedog (1551), Split, Croatia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 19, 2009  
Bottle found at the Pivovarsky Klub in Prague
Poured a golden body. Light honeyish fruity nose. Sweet orangey fruity start ending with a herbal/grapeseed bitter hop assault. Had far hoppier IPAs, expected more.


 madmitch76 (526), , Essex, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 19, 2009  
1st April 2008 Intense hoppy beer, bucketloads of hopspiness. Slightly oily palate. Grapefruit and other bitter fruits. Very bitter finish.



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