Open It! Beer Review: Hardcore IPA by BrewDog

Open It! is an event originating out of the UK, and UK bloggers often bring up BrewDog.  I never have had the pleasure to enjoy BrewDog and picked this one up to give it a go.  I was surprised by the beer.  I expected a lot of hops but it just wasn’t there.  Their website claims 150 IBUs which should have blown me away, but it didn’t.  However, I would say I enjoyed this beer.  I think one of two things is going on here 1) I somehow got a bad bottle or 2) people on this side of the pond calculate IBUs differently.  I did look at reviews online.  Some match mine and some say I am way off.  Please read my tasting notes and leave your theory on what happened in the comments.

Tasting Notes:

This should be version 2.0 of this beer indicated by white lettering on blue label.   Poured a copper color and a bit cloudy.  A nice head formed and gave off aromas of grapefruit, maybe even pineapple and bready malt.  I did not expect so much malt.  The malt was on the tongue as well and had a bitter finish which was nice.  There were note of citrus with a medium body, making it very drinkable.  My bottle had a batch number of 174 and best before date of 26-07-11.  I served it at 50F degrees.

Tags: BrewDog, IPA