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Livery 2009 Carvana Birthday IIPA


 Percentile 
69
overall
Brewed by The Livery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

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223.37/5.03.23/5.0Special9.5%9Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
The 2009 Carvana brewed to celebrate Steve’s birthday. A huge beer with 110 IBU via the use of Amarillo and Cascade and hops including a finishing dry-hop. The malt bill and yeast this year are American.
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HopHobo (6), Lansing, Michigan, USA
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2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/57/20
Nov 9, 2009  
I had this beer on 11/7/09 poured from a 750ml belgian style bottle that I purchased at the brewery in April after DLD. Once again I shared this beer with some friend, so I had about an 8oz. pour. This bottle was a gusher to pour. I took me about 20 minutes to divide it into three glasses cause the head was soooo pronounced. The beer pours a hazy amber color with a huge head and moderate lacing on the side of the wine glass. Smells of sweet malt, spices and wet hops. The taste is very sweet for an IPA...I’m not sure if Steve was going for a Belgian IPA here, but its not at all what I was expecting. This reminds me more of a strong ale rather than an IPA because the hops really seem to be on the back burner compared to the sweetness and a pretty good amount of cinnamon flavor. Now this might not be a completely fair review because we were drinking a bunch of highly hoppy beers on this night (Devil Dancer, Double Crooked Tree, etc.), but this does not do it for me in regards to what I would expect from an IPA or even a pale ale....the hops are just not there. I have a bottle of this left and I may age it out for a couple of years and see if the sweetness mellow because I’m sure that the hop profile will be completely gone in a few years. As a side note, I have had this beer on tap on several occasions and the hops always came through much more for me on any of those pours, I would recommend this ale on tap where ever you see it.


 dmac (1420), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/102/58/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Poured a deep honey/amber with a foamy light beige off white head. Aroma was slightly soapy with caramel, lemon, toffee, citrus rind and bubble gum. The flavor had some chocolate, caramel and citrus. The body was screaming infection with overlly bubbly carbonation that gave this one a mouth busting fullness. Didn’t like this one at all.


 yobdoog (1426), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Oct 21, 2009  
Hazy orange color. Aroma is green, fresh cut grass, pine and old hops. Flavor has lemongrass and herbs, pine hops. Very earthy and dry.


 egajdzis (3602), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/104/512/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Hazy amber color with a small, off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, pine, toast, citrus fruits, and light cardboardy oxidation. Taste of citrus fruits, toasted malts, earth, pine, spices, and dry, alcohol in the finish.


 EricE (446), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/510/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Slightly hazy orange pour with a red tint. White head. Skunky aroma with some sweetness and floral hops. Bitter hoppy flavor with dirt notes.


 argo0 (6861), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Oct 5, 2009  
(750ml bottle, thanks CaptainCougar) Cloudy dark amber body with small off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, floral/orange, some lime, light bread. Taste is medium sweet, orange/floral/grapefruit, some lime, bread. Medium body, light resin, effervescence. Alcohol more subdued than I would expect for the ABV.


 ryan (1774), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Very bitter, fairly dry, some caramel and piny hops. Aroma is fairly light and seems to be a bit faded.


 CaptainCougar (5379), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Bottle thanks to shawnm213: Pours a transparent copper bronze with a well-lacing off-white head. Aroma of fresh juicy grapefruity hops and good light caramel malty sweetness. Starts with good fullness and resiny citrusy hops with a nice toasty caramel sweetness for balance before a drier bittersweet, slightly warming finish. A pretty good IIPA.



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