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RATINGS: 1502   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.7   IBU: 59   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Brutal combines Oregon hops with English Malts. The Oregon grown Crystal hop is a triploid variety developed from the German Hallertau aroma hop variety with contributions from Cascade, Brewers Gold, and Early Green. Crystal is the only hop used in brewing Brutal and it provides a massive amount of aroma without dry-hopping. The English malts used are floor malted Pipkin (a mellow cross of Maris Otter and Warboys, from an English company called Beeston), Cara Vienna and Cara Wheat.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
cmkbaca (5) - Amarillo, Texas, USA - FEB 11, 2012 does not count
Good head, laces nice, pours cloudy amber. English malts and crystal hops balance nicely. Really good for those that have an aversion to overwhelming hoppy taste or bitter citrus typical of the style. Highly recommend. Sweet grapefruit finish without the bitter citrus peel taste. Very different, mellow, balanced IPA

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
chris2431 (160) - Oregon, USA - FEB 6, 2012
bomber. really sold ipa. like the complex hop flavors and aromas combined with the english malts. decent amount of bitterness. will definitely drink this again.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
garza (460) - Oslo (NO), Caracas (VE), VENEZUELA - FEB 5, 2012
Pours a cloudy orange amber colour with a very respectful white head. Nice spiced aroma with fresh flowery hint, grass, oranges. Light sweetness, medium bitterness and some very lightly sour touch. Notes of grapefuits and malts on the taste, but very subtle. Well balanced. Medium body, soft carbonation, creamy feel and a mid term bitter after taste. Good one.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
cleverlobo (193) - Connecticut, USA - FEB 3, 2012
bottle; hazy orange with medium white head; aroma-spruce, resin, citrus, some earthy/dirt smell; taste-medium sweetness, medium bitterness, oily feel, full body, lively, bitter finish. Good but not brutal.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
SirLimpsalot (843) - SWEDEN - JAN 30, 2012
D: humle, men även lite tvål. S: Fruktig, men snäll. Aningen tvål. Inte stor eftersmak, trevlig men lite blek

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
maccam (4) - British Columbia, CANADA - JAN 27, 2012 does not count
The aroma was a citrus grapefruit, fruity, hoppy, biscuity malty. The appearance 1/2 inch off white foamy head, brewers yeast present and a pale hazy orange colour. The flavour slash taste is orangy, hoppy sweet to start and a bitterness to end. The body was medium but definately a thin sensation in the mouth. Definate hoppy bitterness and dry at the end.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
tkrjukoff (2284) - SWEDEN - JAN 23, 2012
Tap @ Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Pours hazy orange amber with a nice beige head leaving some lacing. Aroma is citric, fruity, sweetish, caramel and malty. Flavour is sweet, malty, bitter, a bit pungent, caramel, fruity and citric. Finishes bitter and fruity.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Rettep (902) - SWEDEN - JAN 22, 2012
Draught. Amber with an off-white head. Quite hoppy with citrus fruits, but far from brutal, also a caramel maltiness. Not bad at all.


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