El Nino IPA - Fitger's Brewhouse

tewaris

Minnesota

4.63/5  rDev +11%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

El Nino Double Hopped IPA
Fitger's brewhouse
American IPA
7% ABV
OG?
IBUs?
Sampled at the brewpub in a pint glass on September 26, 2010

Appearance 5/5
Poured clear, deep copper-red with a good white head, that had great retention and left an excellent lacing.

Aroma 4.5/5
Smells like a pine forest: piney, herbal and very fresh smelling ale, that seems generously late/dry hopped. Very inviting smell.

Taste 4.5/5
Full of hop flavor without being overly bitter: pine, lemon peel citrus, and grass. Nice, light, maltiness supports the hops pretty well. Finishes dry with a bitter aftertaste.

Mouthfeel 4.5/5
Very good, but a higher carbonation might help this beer. Otherwise perfect.

Drinkability 5/5
The best!

Other
This American IPA is as good as any other. I am glad I got to try it! A hidden gem.

Serving type: on-tap

09-27-2010 21:58:02 | More by tewaris

Brianinthewbl

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Schlais

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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JJWIGHT

Minnesota

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

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ArfArf

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Minnesota

3.25/5  rDev -22.1%

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Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +13.9%

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Minnesota

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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4/5  rDev -4.1%

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Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Cooper

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +13.9%

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mothman

Saskatchewan (Canada)

3.93/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Off white head. Color is an amber copper.

Aroma: very hoppy! Reminds me of TH. floral and grassy and earthy. A lot of fruit and citrus. Lighter malt profile.

Taste: a bit more malts show here but it is still really hoppy. Very juicy and hop resiny. Floral and grapefruit flavors.

Mouthfeel: bitter and sticky. Medium bodied with a good amount of carbonation. Ends sticky.

Overall, a really enjoyable ipa. Great amount of hoppiness but maybe a bit too bitter.

Serving type: on-tap

05-12-2012 17:40:56 | More by mothman

yamar68

Minnesota

4.4/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a deep copper orange with a healthy dose of milky, off-white head and nice lacing and beading. The nose is big on sweet citrus, honey, caramel, really nice. The taste brings waves of all kinds of bitter: grapefruit, orange peel, spruce, some booze, pretty complex, multidimensional. Pretty low drinkability given its comparatively high bitterness. But all around, a terrific beer.

Serving type: growler

04-25-2012 00:05:51 | More by yamar68

maximum12

Minnesota

4.15/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Now we're talking. A big, robust IPA seems the perfect way to wind up the night, well, at least before taking on the killer barleywine.

Looks like a textbook IPA (or that might be online textbook these days), amber/copper, but very still, low carbonation. Smell is a zinger into the mucus membranes, bitter, hoppy, makes me want to chug it, not sniff.

El Nino IPA delivers on its nasal promise. First impression is that's this is an IPA huge on the oily, resiny side of hops; reminds me a lot of Steel Toe's Size 11. The flavor is more in the oiliness than the bittering, though that's present too at a lower level. Piney, fruitiness to the hops that lingers & sticks through the aftertaste & beyond. Lovely drinker for being part of the 7%.

Hard call, but this might have been my favorite beer of the night, the hops were lovely, fragrant, busting out all over. Gimme that slickness any time. Excellent beer.

Serving type: on-tap

03-30-2012 21:19:24 | More by maximum12

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Minnesota

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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Minnesota

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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