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Pisgah Vortex I


 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Pisgah Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Black Mountain, North Carolina USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
673.59/5.03.52/5.0Special10.8%42.1Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
The much awaited release of Pisgah's Vortex series has begun. The first offering is a triple IPA weighing in @ 10.8% and 133 IBU. This beer is packed with Chinook and Nugget hops throughout the boil. The refined bitterness within is the trademark our use of whole hop flowers and the aroma is due to 1# of dry hops per barrel for a number of loving weeks. Treat youself with caution!
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 Nate (2533), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Sampled at the ’09 RBPTE, courtesy of Josh (B.A.). Light grain aroma with heavy citrus, resin, and grapefruit hops, followed by a touch of honey. Light brown frothy lacing head sitting atop an amber clear liquid. Medium sticky body with lively carbonation. Quite a strong hop presence, with moderate grain sweetness and a heavy bitter finish. Nice one.


 TheEpeeist (1424), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Sep 6, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Clear honey brown with a thick off-white head that mostly hangs around. Nose is orange, pineapple, dough and apple. Medium body with sharp carb. Taste is grapefruit, caramel, pine oil and pith. Dry, bitter lemon finish. Clean and crisp, retaining a nice hop bite after a half year.


 yobdoog (1417), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 31, 2009  
Dark orange with a small head. Aroma is more sweet than hoppy. Flavor is juicy but still on the sweet side. Pretty good for me but I wanted more hops. A little citrus and earth.


 cheapdark (2011), Monacatootha, Pennsylvania, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/55/20
Aug 13, 2009  
An extravagant thanks goes out to cool josh from beer advocate for this special brew! Had the pleasure of sampling this at the 7/9/2009 Pittsburgh RB tasting extravaganza (PGHRBEXT) at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse. It will be a long time, if ever I see a spread of bottles like I did there. I am not good enough for the beers that were that we served! For example, how about this beer: vortex, yewow! Smell is cloyingly sweet and alarmingly weird hops. Cloudy light iced tea in color. Some carbonation greets the tongue. However, this stuff is strong and alky, wew. Way too much for this lager lover. I think my taste buds are getting sucked into the vortex of a tornado tempest. Strong, chewing green grapefruit rinds soaked in alky. I don’t really know if this is beer or not except for the hops. Very, very triple hoppy. Did I say this was hoppy? Certainly terribly on style.


 Beerman6686 (1259), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/104/59/20
Aug 12, 2009  
This one poured a bright orange color with a big eggshell head. Aroma was sweet malts, a good bit of bittering hops, and loads of alcohol. Flavor was much the same, a decent beldn of sweet malt bomb and hops more like an ASA, but completely overwhelmed by the alcohol. Blah


 FROTHINGSLOSH (1961), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 12, 2009  
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a murky orange-brown color with a large tan head. The aroma was strong floral and fruity hops. The flavor was harsh, strong and very boozy with noted rough fruity and floral hops. The finish was dry, boozy and floral.The mouthfeel was thick. The alcohol really detracted. Ok.


 Sonicdescent (372), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 11, 2009  
Had this one at the RB Pittsburgh tasting. Honey and hops in the scent. For some reason I wrote "glossy" as the description for the appearance. Clearly the lineup was taking it’s toll on me at this point. Taste is good, reminds me of a super hopslam. Mouth is medium in carb and body.


 tronraner (1905), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 11, 2009  
Bomber. Pours a deep orange-amber with a tall stand of ecrue head. The aroma is quite lovely, full of tangerine, orange, apricot, peach, wildflowers, honey, a little bit of pine, slight bubblegum, only a distant trace of alcohol, some herbal tea, and just a tiny bit of ginger and oriental spices. The flavor isn’t quite as fruity as the nose, but is more focused on the piney hops (what I usually get from Chinook). Some herbal and floral nuances keep it from being too one dimensional. As it moves through my mouth it takes on a strong toasted wood quality. This leads to a semi-dry, quite bitter finish with lots of pine, some tannicity, some lemon, a little bit of cashew, and some apricot. Warm alcohol follows, and into the aftertaste all that citrus fruit I got in the aroma reappears. Very good beer... I paired it with some pulled pork bbq I made and it worked out quite well. Yum.



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