Open It! Beer Review: Hardcore IPA by BrewDog
Posted by SmallTimeDrinker in Open It! on April 29, 2011 1:23 pm / 2 comments
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.
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Chances are, if it is over 100 IBU, it has quite a bit of hops to balance it out.
Ex.: I recently picked up a Harbinger Rye Beer from Neil House in Cbus. It is advertised at being around 205 IBU, which I thought would burn the buds off my tongue, as well as a possible case of heartburn — not the case.
Because of the balancing hops, it wasn’t nearly as bitter as a Green Flash West Coast IPA at 95 IBU.
I meant Malts to balance it out. Sorry.