Tyranena Bitter Woman From Hell Extra IPA

Formerly brewed at Tyranena Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

Bottle courtesy of DavidP, thanks. Poured into a St. Bernardus glass. Poured with a bit of lacing. Color is the best part - orange tea like, with shades of red and pink. Clear beer but can make out only shapes through it. Aroma is very present - all hop - fruit tea and simcoe creaminess. Taste is all hop as well - piney fruity tea like flavor. Just moderate bitterness (false advertising). This beer may not be strong enough to be a DIPA but I feel this really is one.

Amber-colored ale with a head whose color can best be described as "toast". Good hoppy aroma-grapefruit/evergreen. Mouthfeel is very full, tasty brew. Such a smooth flavor for an IPA; I was expecting a lot of bitterness. Color me impressed by Bitter Woman From Hell.

bottle-cloudy orange with a big soapy off-white head. nose is full of hops-lots of citrus sweetness, light pine and some munich malt under there as well. piney flavors with a touch of citric sweetness. not overly bitter on the finish as expected, but rather balanced if you ask me. maybe my bottle aged a little. I dunno. the finish was long with piney/resiny hops. big lush body for the style. very nice!

Thanks to JPDIPSO for this one. The pour is deep copper with a medium off-white head. Aromas of heavy hops, tropical fruit, black pepper, citrus, pineapple, tangerine, and mango. Medium palate with a huge hop taste, balanced nicely by caramel malt and some grapefruit, mango, tangerine, and piney taste hints. This is a great IPA.

12 oz bottle


Having now had both the regular version and this release, I can see why this one is deemed ’From Hell’. It’s like someone took two IPAs, pulled all the bitterness out and then put them into a third. This is by far the most punch I have experienced from an IPA yet.

Aroma / Appearance - The body is a deep amber color with medium carbonation and little to no head. The bouquet is mostly hops and not in anything less than excess. The best way to describe it is that it reminded me of walking through a pine forest on a crisp day last winter. Combine that with the intensity of a field of wheats (imagine the one Russell Crowe walks through in ’Gladiator’ and you’ll get the idea) and you have an aroma that punches you in the face.

Flavor / Palate - The hops are the first thing one picks up. Extremely fresh with a combination of bitterness and sourness. Hints of cereal grains, caramel and wheat sit repressed by the overwhelming hops. The bitterness does not fade, even after over five minutes. Suprisingly, despite this it is easy to drink in all other aspects. As long as you make this the last drink of the night, you should enjoy it considerably. I know I did.

Big citrusy nose. Some light malt in the nose once it warms up a bit as well. Taste is all hops, with just barely enough malt to balance it out. This is a very bitter IPA! Bitter finish stays on your tongue for quite a while after you swallow.

12 oz bottle. Clear orange tea with a moderate creamy bone head; slowly fades. Mild grass with brown sugary citrus peel. Nicely balanced. Can feel the hops in my mouth but not so bitter. Dry grapefruit, apple juice, club soda. Somewhat thin but pleasurable drinking.

Bottle from 1FastSTi. This copper ale poured with a thin off-white head and a caramel aroma. Bitter grapefruit flavor with a more bitter finish. A hop-head’s wet dream.