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RATINGS: 828   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.97   IBU: 99   EST. CALORIES: 186   ABV: 6.2%
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Like Hops? You’ll like this fire-hued beer. This is the beer I have always dreamed of making. This is the beer that would come to mind while spending the last two years tearing down walls, hanging sheetrock, moving kegs, power washing the ceilings, arguing with various agencies, and cutting the water main. Without Golden Promise malt, made by family-owned Simpsons Malt, Furious would just be pissed offed. From Scotland, this malt is still produced in the tradition of turning over the barley by hand, resulting in a malt that is unsurpassed in its quality. Golden Promise is also used extensively by premium whisky distilleries such as The Macallan. This malt provides the backbone for the intense hop character. Four American hop varieties are used at a rate of over three pounds per barrel. The result is a rich malt sweetness infused with bright hop flavor and aroma from beginning to end. Oh yeah, it’s about 6% alcohol and around 100 IBUs.


4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Damico (1222) - Royersford, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 6, 2012
Pours dark amber for an IPA for an IPA with tons of sediment - I am assuming hop resinsl The aroma bring pleasant notes of sweet and bitter hops lighter but pleasing and noticeable on the palate, not aggressive or abrasive like the Abrasive because of a malty base. The flavor of malts is a basis begins with light bitter hop notes that bring zesty citrus notes to the palate. The settle slowly on the palate with lemon zesty notes.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
luckygirl (1221) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - JUL 17, 2007
Canned. Beer is medium caramel-brown colored, clear. Head is average-sized, beige frothy/creamy. Slowly diminishing and mostly lasting. Moderate lazy lacing.<P>The first impression on the nose is heavy hop, malty ballast. Malty with light notes of buttered toast, toasted grain, moderate cookie and caramel; Hoppy with heavy notes of resin/pine, moderate herbal grapefruit oil, trace of lemon; Yeasty with a trace note of dish rag.<P>The flavor is lightly/moderately sweet, moderately/heavily bitter, lightly acidic with a long, moderately/heavily bitter, lightly sweet finish. Grip doesn’t let up.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery/velvety and the carbonation is lively.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
footbalm (1219) - Western Minneapolis Suburbs, Minnesota, USA - NOV 18, 2006
Oh yeah, finally Surly brews in the store. Lots of hops are present,this is better on tap, and a good blending of malt. I clearly liked the tap version better but this still was a very nice IPA.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
glkaiser (1214) - Seattle, Washington, USA - APR 9, 2009
Thanks, Bri. Pours a clear amber with medium head that sticks around for a while. The aroma is pure citrus hops that don’t stop.The taste is dominated by citrus/nug hops, but there is a solid caramel malt backing that evens out the bitterness. This is my favorite type of IPA: one that gives you tons of hop taste, without overloading you with bitterness or sugary malts. It’s definitely a bit thin and could use some more body, but it’s tough to get a balanced session IPA with this many hops....and this one is.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
jeff789 (1206) - West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 22, 2011
Big tannish head, light ruby amber color, clear, good retention, good lacing, looks everything youd like it to.. aroma, loads of citrus, some pine and some mild sweetness... super dry finish, medium bodied to medium thin bodied for an ipa, lively, loads of evergreen but not in an overpowering or offensive way, some citrus, no real sweetness in the flavor, worthy worthy worthy...

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
zvikar (1205) - Tel Aviv, ISRAEL - NOV 1, 2009
@ a tasting, thanks David for sharing this one, pours cognac color with a medium tan head, aroma of orange, lemon, malt and white wine, bitter flavor with low sweetness, grapefruit peel, quite boring, medium bodied.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
redlem (1203) - Ohio, USA - JUL 16, 2008
ON tap. Upon the first couple of sips I thought this is one great beer, lots of fruit in aroma and taste with a nice biscuit backbone. But after 3 sips the fruit all but disappears and this turns into a fairly standard tasting IPA with above average bitterness on finish. Had me at the start but lost me in the end.

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
thebaldwizard (1203) - Ohio, USA - APR 14, 2007
UPDATED: JUN 16, 2009 Rating this again, as my original was way too old to reflect my love for this beer. Deep reddish copper pour with a nice, thick head. The aroma is a massive amount of pine and caramel malt. The carbonation is perfect, as is the body. Incredibly refreshing, crisp, biting hops dominate the flavor, with a rich malt complexity in the background. Fantastic IPA.


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