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Drakes Denogginizer

Score
9995
OVERALLStyle
Serve in Snifter, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 242   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.84   EST. CALORIES: 292   ABV: 9.75%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Silver Medal winner for Imperial India Pale Ale, Great American Beer Festival 2009. Besides Jolly Roger, this is probably Drake’s most renowned beer. An Imperial (or Double) IPA, Denogginizer is a big bold beer hopped with an abundant amount of Simcoe and Amarillo with a touch of Ahtanum and Chinook. Mashed with Crystal malt and Caramalt for color and flavor to help balance out the hop assault. Denogginizer is also Drake’s most powerful regular offering, at a whopping 10% alcohol by volume!

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
erickok (794) - Leiden, NETHERLANDS - FEB 7, 2012
Dark orange, hazy and medium off white head. Pine, tropical fruit, dry twigs. Good malty base, although some dead hops maybe there (after the trip to the NL). Smooth, low carbonation, but mostly of course a fierce bitterness. I like it! (66cl bottle)

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
jmikolich (552) - Brunswick, Ohio, USA - FEB 5, 2012
22oz bottle from NorCalGrowler , pour is an awesome fading amber with lots of white head, taste is a mix or hops and malty balance on the end.. While not a hop only bomb this is a balanced IIPA and enjoyable but at 10% it packs a wallop

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BucannonXC5 (240) - San Diego, California, USA - FEB 3, 2012
Poured from a bomber into a pint glass. Color was caramel. Lots of head, maybe three or four fingers, mainly because of an awful pour by me. Full of white frothy cloudy lacing. Pretty similar look on the sides (film) compared to the lacing. Lots of bitter hops in the initial sniff. Citrus hops, but couldn’t put the fruit in it. Some lemon and some tangerine I think. Tasted of a nice mixture of caramel malts and citrus hops with a bitter alcohol backbone. Seemed to be more caramel than citrus. I’d say lemon for citrus, but not a bad balance. Medium body. Creamy texture. Lively (above average) carbonation. Long and nice finish. A pretty good beer overall, but I have to admit I was expecting just a tad bit more. My awful pour in the beginning didn’t help, but still.

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
Thisis12ptfont (87) - Los Angeles, CA, California, USA - FEB 1, 2012
Leafy hops with a fantastic citrus twist on the nose. Pours a beautiful light gold with a very thin foam top. Huge bitter hop bite up front, with an incredibly delicious citrus/grapefruit background. Strong, full flavor with a pleasant carbonation and thin, smooth texture. Overall, I am thouroghly impressed with this brew. As far as a spectacular IPA goes, this brew absolutely nails it. Genius hop flavor coushined by a subtle malt background. I love everything about this, A+ rating.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
brew3crew (74) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - JAN 25, 2012
Orange body with a great white head. Hops exude from the smell and the taste follows. Well balanded and definetly worth the buy

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
thetmaxx (380) - West Sacramento, California, USA - JAN 22, 2012
Poured from the bomber. Love the rate beer app barcode scanner. This has a nice hop aroma, an even better flavor. The palate is the deal sealer, great full body nice head, and decent lacing. This is a nice iipa, the abv is felt.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Wray043 (11) - Lincoln, California, USA - JAN 22, 2012
Off white head, strong copper color, malty with a light citrus hoppyness......

4.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
leomannion (4) - California, USA - JAN 22, 2012 does not count
This a great beer to drink when you want to get a good buzz without drinking a lot. Love the taste!


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