Category Archives: American IPA

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Cerebral Brewing, USA

Cerebral Strange Claw

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Brewery: Cerebral Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 6.2%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: Malts – Pilsner, 2-Row, Wheat, Dextrine and Oats. Hops – Columbus and Citra

Brewer Description: (from website) Brewed with a blend of pale, pilsner and wheat malt with a touch of crystal malt and hopped with an immense amount of Citra and Columbus.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.23
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 16 fl. oz. can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy pale yellow to gold colour with a one finger white head that dissipated quite quickly but left lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Tropical mango, citrusy grapefruit pith and rind with a touch of orange flesh.
Taste: Lightly dank, sweet and bitter. Peach gummy candy, pineapple and citrus peel.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Solid and very nice IPA.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Cerebral Brewing, USA

Cerebral Plate Tectonics

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Brewery: Cerebral Brewing
Country: USA
ABV: 7.1%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: Malts – Pilsner, Oats, Spelt and Dextrine. Hops – Simcoe, Topaz and Mosaic Lupulin Pellets

Brewer Description: (from website) Brewed with oats and spelt, hopped with Simcoe, Topaz and Mosaic Lupulin Pellets.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.16
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 16 fl. oz. can, canned on 11th January 2018. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some light lacing.
Aroma: Juicy pineapple, pine, grapefruit and orange rind.
Taste: Juicy, pineapple, lightly bitter, grapefruit peel, orange rind, pine and a touch of grains.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to low carbonation.
Overall: Nice and easy to drink.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American IPA, Ballast Point Brewing Company, Beer Reviews, USA

Ballast Point Unfiltered Sculpin

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Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: 70 IBUs. Exrta-hopped India Pale Ale

Brewer Description: (from website) Our trophy beer, extra-hopped and unfiltered. Our Unfiltered Sculpin IPA packs extra hops into every sip, enhancing the classic Sculpin notes of fresh apricot, peach, mango and lemon with a slight haze and less bitterness. Freshness is key to every beer, but especially true for this extra-hopped IPA—store cold and drink soon.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.85
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. bottle with a Julian bottled on date of 17321, meaning that it was bottled on 17th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy bright copper orange colour with quite a bit of floaties slowly settling at the bottom of the glass. There was also a two finger off white head that had great retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Tropical fruit mango, pineapple and apricot at the start followed closely by grapefruit and light pine.
Taste: Sweet-ish pineapple, orange and apricot followed by bitter grapefruit zest, citrus rind, pine and a light touch of biscuit at the end.
Mouthfeel: Medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice and easy to drink and an interesting twist on the original. However, I definitely prefer the original and grapefruit version over this. Still worth a try though.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Epic Brewing Company, USA

Epic New England Style IPA (Citralush)

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Brewery: Epic Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: “Praise the haze”

Brewer Description: (from website) These juicy, hazy, hop bombs are packed to the brim with flavor. In fact, we’ve been downright irresponsible when it comes to hop utilization. Our brewers have been experimenting with everything from lupulin powder, to massive hop backs, exploring the flavor synergies of fermentation hopping, and literally cramming in more dry hops then our tanks can even hold. Our New England-Style IPA rotates through different recipes as and hop charges as we source new and interesting hop verities. See the side of the can for indicators about each new recipe.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.08
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can with no canned on or best before date. Poured into a Holy Mountain tulip glass.
Appearance: A cloudy dark orange (like mango juice) colour with a one finger white head that had decent retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Mango, orange, citrus zest, pine and a hint of damp wood.
Taste: Juicy tropical mango and peach, citrus orange zest and lemon peel coupled with touches of pine, dank, bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice, refreshing and tasty NEIPA.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Brasserie Popihn, France

Popihn New England IPA

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Brewery: Brasserie Popihn
Country: France
ABV: 6.7%
Style: American IPA

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Amarillo / Centennial / Rakau / Simcoe / Waimea.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.07
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 330ml bottle with a best before date of 6th January 2018 (did not know I left this in the fridge for so long). Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A murky dark straw yellow colour with a big three finger white head that had good retention but left minimal lacing.
Aroma: Fruity grapefruit rind, citrus zest, pineapple, pine and grass with hints of tropical mango and papaya late on.
Taste: Sweet pineapple balanced with citrusy grapefruit zest and rind, pine and grass. Light bitterness on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, medium bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Nice, refreshing and easy to drink.