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BrewDog Hardcore IPA

BrewDog Hardcore IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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 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 
3513.36/5.03.35/5.0Special9%18.3Snifter, Tulip
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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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 shawnm213 (874), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 29, 2009  
Pours orange gold with an offwhite head. notes of citrusy hops, bread, caramel, fruit. First brewdog beer. okay.


 wheresthepath (523), Buckinghamshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Sep 26, 2009  
[330ml bottle from Jim - cheers!] Batch 228. Amber, thin white head. Powerful, fresh aroma of candied tropical fruit and those fruit salad chewy sweets from your childhood. Tropical fruits carry on into the flavour with tons of hops, grapefruit, pine, a bit of petrol and a little bitterness. Alcohol very evident. Interesting but vicious - it goes sraight to your head and is very much a beer for sipping.


 goozen (1061), Leiden, Netherlands
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/516/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Bottle 0,33ltr: Hazy amber coloured brew, with an overwhelming bitter taste with an fruity and caramel flavor.


 Crit (2398), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/101/510/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Hazy amber,no head.Light hop/malt nose.Medium bitter hop profile,metallic overtones,thin bodied


fsbw21086 (68), New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/54/103/512/20
Sep 24, 2009  
This ones alittle too hardcore for me. Very very hoppy. Full body with thick hops and peppery to the nose. I feel like while it tastes good initially there is just too much alcohol in this one to make it enjoyable to drink. Very hoppy with a great appearance.


 Gary (352), Buckinghamshire, England
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Sep 22, 2009  
I bought 21 bottles for just the slim 18 £ @ Sainsburys as a result of their 3 for 2 promo. There was thousands of bottles of this ,as most foolios go in there and buy Heinken or some shit : Economics aside , this is cool . The proverbial "you’re not worthy" aspect they like to include on their bottles iz there . Aromas be piney and floral and hoppy (no shit !) .Some caramel and sticky malt. How do you smell sticky malt? I dunno, but that’s what my synusis made me vizualize. I just found this way eazy to drink . Way optimistic drinking. Vibrant resiny hops .Marmalade and air-freshner bitterness. A psychic told me i’d end up emigratiing to California in my mid 30’s . I’ll be happy with imitation US -UK hop bombs like this in my late 20’s - till I get that damn green card. God bless and word to your mother.


Android (1), Stockholm, Sweden
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3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Bottle @ SBWF 2009. Amber and very drinkable Double IPA. Distinct hop flavor but not as sweet and heavy as expected.


 mikalooch (158), , New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Bottle BBD 2/2/10. Pours a pale orange yellow with thin white head. Aroma is very sweet with caramel, malt, and pineapple. Taste at first is caramel and malt, followed by a slight blast of hops, and finishes bitter with a strange astringent quality. Thin and a bit watery on the palate. Not bad but nothing special, it all seems a bit out of balance.



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