BrewDog Hardcore IPA 3.35 389

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
389	3.36/5.0	3.35/5.0	Special	9%	18.9	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. Newer batches will probably appear before we have this sorted out.

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

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caesar (3035), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands

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

May 24, 2008 Updated: Dec 29, 2008

Bottled @ Aarhus beerfestival 2008. Clear yellow color, short head. Aroma of hop, grapefruit, flowery. Quite bitter taste. But not as strong as most other double IPAs. Bit ’emo’ instead of hardcore.

motelpogo (4399), Plzen, Czech Republic

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Jan 8, 2009

rbesg07, bottle at blackfriars. golden with a minimal head, grapefruit aroma, quite sharp in its bitterness, lemon zest with hints of lemon barley lollies

hopscotch (5555), Vero Beach, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Sep 16, 2008

Bottle... Post RBSG ’08 O-Town/Vero Beach Throwdown Chapter 8... Clear yellow ale with a small, creamy, white head. The aroma is a marriage of earthy, spicy, citric and herbal hops. Full-bodied with a mildly creamy mouthfeel and standard carbonation. Big pale malt backbone, earthy hops and warm alcohol. Finishes bittersweet and boozy. Kudos to growler for sharing!

skortila (2915), Bunnik, Netherlands

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

Jun 7, 2008

Bottled @ Aarhus beerfestival 2008. Aroma has piney hops, bit floral and citric. Slightly, hazy yellow coloured with a thin, white head. Taste is bitter, a little sweet, has citrus. Okay, but the suggests something more heavy.

notalush (2699), Denver, Colorado, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Jun 27, 2009

Best before 2/2/10 - pours a lightly hazy gold with a soapy lace - earthy, kind of sweaty aroma, with some notes of apricot, grapefruit, some crackery malt - moderate carbonation, medium body - starts rather sweet and sugary, but a rather dry bitterness squashes this pretty fast - a really strong grapefruit pith flavor borderlines on unpleasant after a while - ends dry, almost flinty, and strongly bitter - it ain’t bad, just a little out of balance.

rickgordon (3342), Göteborg, Sweden

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

Sep 1, 2007

Bottle, Blackfriars, Glasgow. Deep golden colour, solid white head. Sweet and hoppy, where sweetness dominates. Would gain from ageing. At present, t’s just a mish-mash of bold, sweet big-ness.

kkearn (1016), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Apr 20, 2008

Bottle, batch 001. Poured clear amber, with a moderate sized white head. Aroma strikes a good balance between malt and hops, with the hops coming out a little ahead. Flavor is sweet caramel malt for an instant, which are quickly followed big, resinous citric hops. Hops linger for a long finish, and resins stick to the palate. Not a bad IPA, but not something I’d go out of my way to sample again.

ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark

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

Feb 22, 2008

Clear yellow color with a thin white head. Sweet malty aroma with hoppy floral notes and some vague fruityness. Hoppy, piney bitter flavor with floral notes. Light sweet and hoppy fruity finish.

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