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Blind Tiger Top Gun IPA

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8664
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Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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RATINGS: 15   MEAN: 3.63/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.37   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 60   EST. CALORIES: 219   ABV: 7.3%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
San Diego style IPA. On our recent trip to San Diego for the World Beer Cup we had several opportunities to soak up the local beer scene. San Diego area brewers and their aggressively hopped beers have made the west coast style of brewing famous. This IPA employs an indecent amount of Amarillo & Simcoe hops. We named the brew after the Top Gun fighter pilot school in Miramar, CA. The color is reminiscent of a San Diego Sunset and the body s lighter and dryer than our Tiger Bite IPA. By the time you finish this beer you’ll know you’ve been in a hop fight.


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4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
TomDecapolis (4221) - Lawrence, Kansas, USA - JAN 9, 2013
Pours a lightly hazy golden amber with a medium bubbly white head. Aroma of great citrusy and floral American hops. Just a touch of biscuit malt. Flavor of the same. When fresh so nice and hoppy. Dry, crisp and hoppy like a great west coast IPA should be!

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
badlizard (5156) - Berkeley, California, USA - JUL 19, 2012
On tap at brewery. Clear golden with a creamy off white head. Big grassy and pine aroma and taste with a good biter bite but a somewhat soapy finish.

3.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
berrya785 (395) - Kansas, USA - APR 8, 2012
UPDATED: APR 28, 2012 Growler from Blind Tiger. Aroma is citrus and pine. Pours a yellowish orange with a white head. Taste is hops and pine.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
csaso (935) - Missouri, USA - JAN 31, 2012
Tap - small foam head, medium copper color, nice big citrus/grapefruit aroma and flavor

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
RobertDale (1886) - Lansing, Kansas, USA - JAN 29, 2012
On tap at the brewpub. Comes a clear orange gold with an average off-white head. Aroma of pine, florals, and citrus. Taste is pine, grass, citrus, and florals. Just a bit of malt comes through. Nice.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
bu11zeye (11111) - Frisco (Dallas), Texas, USA - JAN 11, 2011
(Draught) Pours a clear golden body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of pine, grass, grain, citrus, and florals. Flavor of grapefruit, bread, pineapple, grass, and mango with a moderately dry, bitter finish.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
eclaycamp (192) - , Kansas, USA - JUL 9, 2010
64 ounce growler from the brewpub. Pours a bright golden orange hue with a fizzy quarter inch head. Good lacing. Aroma is of freshly mown grass with light pine, maybe some grapefruit, in the background. Initially I get a very light mouthfeel with a surprising amount of malt. Good balance and nice hop bitterness in the finish. It takes a while for the hops to hit you, but once they do you get loads of grass and pine. Is it possible for an IPA to be refreshing? Maybe the best offering from Blind Tiger.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
pkavulak (21) - Nebraska, USA - NOV 21, 2009
On tap in the brewpub. I’m a hophead so this one rates very high for me. Out of balance to the hop side - excellent aromatics. Head holds nicely and great lacing. Citrus, pine, chewy - very well done.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
swoopjones (4213) - Buffalo, New York, USA - OCT 20, 2009
GABF 2009. Lighet colored than most IPA’s. Yellowish. Full hop flavor however. Big west coast hop flavor. Fuller mouthfeel. Never thought I had any reason /desire to go to Kansas this brewery might change this

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
SledgeJr (3577) - Omaha, Nebraska, USA - SEP 13, 2009
In the growler at the 2009 Pre-GNBF tasting. Yellow amber color with a big off white head. The aroma is serious simcoe all the way. This is thick and orange grapefruit citrus. Very nice hophead’s beer.


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