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BrewDog IPA Is Dead - Nelson Sauvin

 (RETIRED)
Score
9694
OVERALLStyle
Formerly brewed at BrewDog
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Serve in Shaker, Tulip

bottled
available

on tap
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distribution
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RATINGS: 178   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.61   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 75   EST. CALORIES: 225   ABV: 7.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Nelson is a love it or hate it kinda hop. We are cool with that, if we wanted to keep everyone happy we would be brewing Fosters anyway. Sharp as a razor, this New Zealand hop slices its way through your taste buds and is brutally resinous, almost scraping the intense flavours of passion fruit along your poor tongue.  There is a huge depth of tropical fruit flavour with astringent gooseberry balanced against the robust malt base.  Throw another shrimp on the Barbie mate and you are all set. New Zealand is near Austria, right?


most recent ratings

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
rauchbierlover (452) - Roma, ITALY - JAN 29, 2012
Hazy orange with a frothy white head. Aroma is peach, grapefruit. Body is oily with a medium carbonation. Bitter taste

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
bluebetty (1019) - AUSTRALIA - JAN 28, 2012
Bottle. Hazy golden orange with dense off white coloured head. Big floral perfumey aromas dominated by passionfruit. Flavours are sweet upfront before decent resiny finish. Medium mouthfeel.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
sayravai (4655) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JAN 6, 2012
(Draught@Pikkulintu, rated 2011-08-09) Murky copper with a firm head. Exotic-peachy fruit in the nose, with berries and some stuffiness. Herby-fruity flavor with caramely maltiness and even some vegetables. Quite creamy, soft and full-bodied palate. Trailing the Citra version in every respect, but not exactly bad.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
stefannilssons (811) - SWEDEN - JAN 3, 2012
Det här är en av de bättre ölen i ’ipa is dead’ serien. Den har en kraftfull smak som går lite åt det blommiga hållet, men ändå inte riktigt. Efterbeskan/smaken är lång och trevlig, riktigt lång.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
thomat (1550) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - DEC 18, 2011
Hazy orange with a medium, white head. Fruity with hop tones. Medium to full body with a long, bitter finish.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Finn (3090) - Tromsø, NORWAY - DEC 1, 2011
Flaske 0,33l. Spandert av Rune og delt hjemme hos ham 14 Apr 11. Gylden. Uklar. Høyt kremaktig skum. God fruktaroma: Aprikos. Godt integrerte smaker av syrlig frukt. Syrlig bitter ettersmak.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Archibaldo de la Cruz (1068) - FINLAND - NOV 25, 2011
Bottle. Orange with small white head. Hoppy aroma with orange and grapefruit. Flavour is also quite hoppy, orange, grapefruit, passionfruit with some sweet malt and bitterness. Quite dry and bitter finish.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Brenhophead (382) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - NOV 24, 2011
Pours a nice cloudy dark copper with a brilliant aroma of caramel malt and grapefruit/passionfruit. A nice deep malt flavour with great citrus undertones. This is a great hop and a great beer.

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
KnutAlbert (5186) - Oslo, NORWAY - NOV 7, 2011
Aroma of grapefruit and sweet oranges. Ripe orange flavour, opening into more bitterness. Some bitter almonds. Great beer, the best of the four.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Benzai (4348) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - NOV 2, 2011
Bottle I bought at Utobeer, London, shared with Dutchdrebus at his place to celibrate his birthday. Hazy orange color, small white head. Smell lots of fruit, grapefruit, hops. Taste hops and nicely bitter, light grapefruit. Decent carbonation, medium body.


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