Rock Art Belvidere Big IPA

Brewed by Rock Art Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Morrisville, Vermont USA

A big hoppy beer with an actually smooth finish. No one strong characteristic sticks out like a sore thumb (including alcohol) which is really quite easy to do with an IPA. Well blended. I think this is Rock Art’s best beer. Top notch. A great beer and a great value at $5 a bomber.

Nice amber color with a big hoppy aroma. Big off white head with considerable lacing. Flavor is very big hops, slightly floral and a little dry at the end. Alcohol is well hidden.

Pours a caramel color with a nice tan head. Aroma is citrusy hops, malt, grapefruit, pine. Flavor is hops, grapefruit, pine, enough malt balance to balance it out. Nice big bitter finish. Very enjoyable IIPA, my favorite rock art thus far.

22oz brown glass pry-top. No freshness date. 8% ABV, 80 IBU. Appearance: Reddish brownish amber with more than two fingers of off-white fluffy head when poured roughly in a .5L pint. Nose: Orange, ruby grapefruit, dried green tea leaf, outdoor cannabis, light pine sap note, and a whiff of malt. Palate: Lightly carbonated with lots of sweetness up front and a little prickle of alcohol. The bitterness creeps up from the back palate to slowly take over everything. Candied orange peel, sweetened yellow grapefruit juice, whole cone hop flowers, light cereal grain note. Medium-bodied. Notes: A good big IPA, shows a little too much alcohol, and lacks a little body/texture. There’s this saccharin-like sweetness that I actually enjoy to balance the hop bitterness which is creeping and gets on top, destroying all notion that this beer might be sweet all the way through. Carbonation is a little light, but it might have been due to the way I poured it...was trying to release all the aromas. Might have released all the fizz. Cheers to Matt and René!

On draft at the Blue Dog. A cloudy yellow/amber pour with thin white head. Nose full of hops. Flavor boasted plenty of bitter and citrus hops. The sweet malts attempted to balance out those hops but without too much success! You have to like hops to enjoy this one, and I did enjoy it.

excited about getting this bottle from SuIIy- Thanks again! Pours a clear copper with a beige head. Some big caramel notes well balanced with some big pine, citrus, juicy hop notes. Pretty good stuff!

Bomber - Pours a quite dark and hazy orange-amber in color with almost no head or carbonation. Aroma is very hoppy with citrus/grapefruit, but balanced with a nice sweetish malty background. Flavor is initially strong with hops... plenty of citrus and pine... slightly sweet too. Eventually it is all about the hops, however, and those continue into the lingering finish. Does not have the palate/body that would truly define it as a great IIPA, but this is a good one. Rock Art continues to improve and impress with their "Extreme" series of brews.

Tap at Nside. Pours a lightly hazy orange amber with a medium bubbly off white head. Aroma of fresh American hops, tea, caramel, Cheerios, floral and perfume notes. Flavor of piney and grapefruit hops, caramel, toffee and some nuts. Liked how the hops came together with the malt in this beer. Haven’t been overly impressed with the Rock Art beers but this was well done.