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Surly Furious

Surly Furious - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Surly Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5843.96/5.03.95/5.06.2%99.5Shaker, Tulip
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Like Hops? You'll like this fire-hued beer. This is the beer I have always dreamed of making. This is the beer that would come to mind while spending the last two years tearing down walls, hanging sheetrock, moving kegs, power washing the ceilings, arguing with various agencies, and cutting the water main. Without Golden Promise malt, made by family-owned Simpsons Malt, Furious would just be pissed offed. From Scotland, this malt is still produced in the tradition of turning over the barley by hand, resulting in a malt that is unsurpassed in its quality. Golden Promise is also used extensively by premium whisky distilleries such as The Macallan. This malt provides the backbone for the intense hop character. Four American hop varieties are used at a rate of over three pounds per barrel. The result is a rich malt sweetness infused with bright hop flavor and aroma from beginning to end. Oh yeah, it's about 6% alcohol and around 100 IBUs.
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TaydaTot (18), Minnesota, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Jan 12, 2009  
1 liter on tap. Dark, rich, Rosewood color with minimal head. Very interesting color for an IPA. Booming complex fresh hop aroma. Very oily hop resins, almost soap like but in the most appealing way. Medium malt richness gives way to a matrix of hop flavors. This beer oh so very hoppy but delicately balanced. The finish keeps reminding you of what you just drank. This rings in at over 100 IBUs but in no way does it make you pucker because the bitterness is so fresh, oily and resiny. I choose this over two hearted any day.


Bobsh (2), Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/518/20
Jan 10, 2009  
One of my favorite IPAs. Great hoppy aroma, noticeable pine and citrus flavors. Wonderful on tap!


 lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Can thanks to unclemike. Dark orange-brown with a thick finger of light tan head with great cathedral glass effect lacing. Citrus and pine hop aroma, thick malt in the nostrils, caramel and toffees. Taste is lots of malt, more toffee and butterscotch with a smaller than expected piney resin hop finish.


brewcrew2002 (50), USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/517/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Good beer overall, pours a awesome dark amber with a nice tan head, citrus and hops. really enjoyed this one.


 dkachur (2315), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Jan 6, 2009  
16 ounce can courtesy of cdumler and shared by Alraomon. Pours a bronze color with a medium head. Good head retention and thick lacing. Huge hop aroma with resin, citrus and herbal notes. Also some slight caramel and a milky character. Taste is very bitter hops, very leafy and resiny with some pine notes as well. Creamy mouthfeel and full bodied. Very nice.


 ajm (902), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/513/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Can from nbutler11. Very standard. Color and bite of a double IPA but without the alcohol. So I guess its unique... but if youre going down the halfway road, I would just prefer a Hop Knot.


 nbutler11 (729), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 26, 2008  
Tap at the Blue Door. Pours a dark amber color with a faint off-white head. Smells and tastes of grapefruity hops and raw sap with an elemnet of caramel. Agressive, but not as inventive as I was expecting.


 DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 22, 2008  
12 oz. can from my brother. Deep orange amber with a substantial off white head and nice lace. Huge hop aroma with assertive citrus and pine, but nicely supported by a solid malty presence. Medium body and carbonation, deliciously resinous mouthfeel. Up front caramel sweetness succumbs quickly to the hop onslaught, resulting in a very dry, bitter finish that goes on and on. Among the better IPAs.



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