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
375	3.36/5.0	3.35/5.0	Special	9%	19.2	Snifter, 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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puggy211 (589), cordova, Tennessee, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	5/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Mar 25, 2009

Bottle. Body-hazy light gold, loose foamy white ring of bubbles. Nose-lotion, light orange, light white spices, stale weak grapefruit, hops, high CO2. Taste-a little on the sweet side, piney, OK bitter level, mint/pine on the backend, tastes like a 1.5 IPA with no soul. OK, but nothing to write home about.

hirigalzkar (578), Stockholm, Sweden

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Jan 24, 2009

Bottle. Orange-brown colour. No head. Smells butter and vineager. Metallic hoppy taste.

gunnar (577), Sandnes, Norway

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	6/10	4/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

Feb 19, 2009

Bottle. Pours a deep golden with a moderate frothy white head. Aroma of caramel malt and som hops. Strong hoppy bitter flavour, start sweet, and turns into acid.

wcampbell (577), Central, South Carolina, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Oct 7, 2009

Not impressed with the Scottish brewers overall. This was way too whimpy, I can’t believe it is 9%. Mild grapefruit hop flavor balanced by some toffee and grainy malts. Not up to American hop standards though. The most boring double IPA I have had so far.

sfhodense (574), Odense NØ, Denmark

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	11/20

May 10, 2009

Cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is hoppy, citrus and grape. Flavour is light bitter hop (grape) and some cirtus and grass notes.

Metalhead (571), Lake Zurich, Illinois, USA

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

Jan 17, 2009

Cloudy gold pour with no head at all but still lively carbonation. Decent lacing. Aroma and taste are very similar. Citrus hops mild malt and a semi sweet but bitter finish. This was more of a hoppy barleywine to me. $7 a bomber.

markas101 (566), Fargo, North Dakota, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	5/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	15/20

May 2, 2009

65 cl bottle, Fargo, ND, USA. Deep golden colour, Hoppy aroma, thick syrupy mouthfeel. Peppery, relatively smooth aftertaste. Very unnasuming for how strong it is.

Miver (566), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Aug 11, 2008

Bottle shared by someone at BCTC ’08. Poured clear gold in color with a small white head. Aroma of piney and citrus hops. Tastes of grapefruit, orange peel, and mild piney hops. The hops were pretty underwhelming for this to be a double IPA.

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