Fanø Pikkulintu Triple IPA (Kunstner Øl No. 4)

Formerly brewed at Fanø Bryghus
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Nordby, Fanø, Denmark

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Drunk in a snifter at BrauKunstLive! 2013 in München, Germany. Pikkulintu IPA was maybe one of the best of the day. You could taste the Citra and Simcoe hops clear as a bell, and at 11%, the alcohol was really well hidden. A WOW beer.

Pour is dark cloudy orange with a thick white head and some large bubbles. Nose has sticky caramel and toasted grains with a hop punch behind of grassy and citrusy hops. Taste is large, tons of burnt grains and sticky caramel, slightly oxidized, less grassy but still a citrus punch behind. Body is thick and syrupy with an assertive carbonation. Not completely pulled together but not bad.

Orange-yellow with a white head. Aroma is papaya, oranges and bread. Flavor is very similar with a low amount of bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

330ml bottle from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen. Shared back home with Finn. Concrete, frothy near-white head covering an apricot coloured, cloud bank body. Sparse lacing. Citrus and citrus peels to the nose. Sappy mid-sweet fruity taste of apricot, peaches and forest fruits. Prolonged bittersweet ending. Masked alcohol. Fine bodied. Tasty, maybe a little too much on the sweet side (Tromsø, 30.04.2013).

Smell of hops. Amber cloudy colour with white head. Aroma of hops and sugar. Flat carbon. Sweet and hoppy bitter. Very high quality IPA.

Bottle at DØE tasting. Aroma heavy malty (caraml) and hoppy. Flavor heavy sweet and bitter, well balanced, bitterness growing over time. Full body, sirupy.

Fruity nose. Pale head. Golden color. Floating particles. Sweetish hoppy and malty taste. At the end hoppy bitterness.

Bottle: Thanks Papsø: Sick, 11%alcohol TIPA... Medium sized, airy on top and vast beneath, creamy foamy head. Changes slowly into Hazy amber orange colored beer. The aroma’s are a mix of hops, malts, creamy oatmeal, creamy peach, some chalky citrus and hints of vanilla, carbo gass, flowers, alcohol and herbs. flavours are chalk, malts, hops, bitter, spicy (alcohol, but it’s spicy and not the alcohol taste), milk chocolate, floral malts, cream, plant and floral bitters. Aftertate is strong bitter and spicy with hints of floral tones, malts and hops. Low carbo, soft smooth but mouthfeel, full burning body and a creamy texture. I am not a big fan of DIPA’s and TIPA’s but this one has something interesting in the taste. But on the other hand still a bit strong and weird.

Bottled. Heavily hopped but rather sweet DIPA. Berryish yeast notes, jam-like grapefruity hops. Heavy maltiness, a bit sugary. Heavy bitterness. Almost full bodied, slightly oily body.

Well carbonated TRIPPLE IPA from Fanø. Hazy Orange in Color with white foam. Very hopy, and fo the hopheads out there, this is a great beer.