High Five! - Dugges Ale- & Porterbryggeri AB

danieelol

Australia

3.43/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours a nice amber with good head/lacing.

Smell is malty-marmalade. Bready.

Mouthfeel is tea-like. Hoppy, malty, ESB-like.

Taste is malty marmalade, ESB-like.

Nice beer, akin to an ESB. Nice to have a decent beer from these guys. I've been waiting a long time.

Serving type: bottle

01-06-2013 11:42:54 | More by danieelol

Ant4711

South Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -13.3%

06-06-2013 15:21:26 | More by Ant4711

durlta

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev -6.7%

05-15-2013 02:27:31 | More by durlta

timwardjr

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +6.7%

05-10-2013 18:11:54 | More by timwardjr

cosmic-ray

Iowa

4.25/5  rDev +13.3%

05-05-2013 13:44:58 | More by cosmic-ray

JAHMUR

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev 0%

02-20-2013 21:42:35 | More by JAHMUR

Mattias

Sweden

3.5/5  rDev -6.7%

01-27-2013 21:37:57 | More by Mattias

Hopmodium

Washington

3.25/5  rDev -13.3%

01-26-2013 20:53:55 | More by Hopmodium

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.74/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

The influence of American craft beer in Scandinavian countries continue to take hold. Citrusy hops pile upon a near balance of malt for something that's inspired by, but not completely American.

Bright copper in color, High Five! pours with zesty carbonation that nearly overtakes the glass. High rates of carbonation ensures that the hop aromatics will spring to the nose. Its slowly receding ivory foam coats the glass with lace all along the way. Mildly hazy in color, the beer simply looks like IPA, just with Belgian-esque foam.

Hop forward aromas leap from the glass in the forms of tangerine, orange peel, and red grapefruit. But not all is citrusy, as more tropical mango and papaya scents take a more mellow turn. A moderate malt presence gives the fruits a vibrant "candied" type of scent, along with bready/biscuity notes.

More balanced than most IPA, the beer doesn't allow the hops to dominate completely. Early on the palate, a caramel sweet taste projects with mild flavors of honey, biscuit, and fresh baking bread crust. Hop flavor starts fruity with the blend of tropical and citrus flavors that turn lightly resinous and then sharply bitter in finish. The culmination of hops and malt give the beer a light jammy quality.

Medium bodied, the access malts weigh in on the beer's texture as well. Creamy and rich to start, the beer's long sweet draw keeps the mouthfeel prolonged before a late finish of resinous dryness, mild alcohol warmth, and fading sweetness gives a semi-dry close.

There's the immense citrus hop character that's American, but a malt balance that seems of English pale ales. It does both with good levels of success- but those looking for drier, more hop dominant examples might look elsewhere.

Serving type: on-tap

01-19-2013 18:32:19 | More by BEERchitect

bmf5581

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -13.3%

12-25-2012 16:59:53 | More by bmf5581

lacqueredmouse

Australia

3.38/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

330ml bottle purchased from Slowbeer in Melbourne.

Pours a pleasantly clear orange hue, with a pretty solid yellow-white head of frothy foam. Some patchy suds of lacing stick around. Body is fluid but with some weight behind it that allows very fine carbonation to form. It looks good.

Nose is mild and slightly herbal. Some peppery spice, perhaps a slightly English overtone to it. Slight sawdust character, and a bit of dust. Slightly sweet malt comes through, with a little phenolic banana aroma. Overall, it's ok, but nothing really special.

Taste is similar. Smooth, slightly nutty malt with a dusty, earthy hop character, and a bit of herbal, leafy bite. Some pith comes through, but there's really not much true citrus character. Mild, tannic bitterness sits on the finish. Feel is pretty flat and a bit thin.

Overall, it's another disappointing IPA from Dugges, following on from the Holy Cow! There's something about it that seems a bit pedestrian about it anyway, and the fact that it seems old doesn't do it any favours.

Serving type: bottle

11-23-2012 09:03:49 | More by lacqueredmouse

Sunnanek

Sweden

3.5/5  rDev -6.7%

10-19-2012 15:57:11 | More by Sunnanek

stewart124

Ohio

3.58/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours amber with orange highlights. Some white head at first but this didn't linger.

Pleasant grapefruit and pine in the nose with some floral notes.

Caramel sweetness up front with medium mouthfeel and an assertive hop background. Some cloying characters and just enough hops to keep it honest without going over the top. Bits of caramel, vanilla and bread throughout.

This was a little sweeter than I anticipated. The hops were there but lacking in the finish. Little bit of pine in the aftertaste but nothing over the top. Missing that punch. A valiant effort from the Swedes.

Serving type: bottle

10-18-2012 02:27:53 | More by stewart124

aztraz

Sweden

3/5  rDev -20%

10-10-2012 18:11:10 | More by aztraz

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.65/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Pours amber with a small, white head.
Nose shows grapefruit and floral hops along with a hint of honey.
Flavours focus on the same floral and spicy hops, followed by a bit of bready and biscuit-like malt.
Body seems a bit undercarbonated.
Pretty easy-drinking stuff.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2012 01:37:29 | More by CrazyDavros

ADZA

Australia

3.78/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Wow a brew from Sweden nice about time anyway it pours a clear amber hue with a fluffy three finger head and lacing everywhere very nice looking,the smell is abit different to other IPA's with aromas of honey,floral hops,boiled candy,sherbet and a touch of lavender,the mouthfeel is creamy and medium bodied with tastes of lemon sherbet,floral hops,redgum honey,gooseberries and finished bittersweet with hints of caramel candy and floral bitter hops,overall its a nice different IPA that i could drink alot although the ABV is very well hidden cheers.

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2012 12:28:37 | More by ADZA

drpimento

Wisconsin

3.03/5  rDev -19.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

I don't know, it seems like the Dugges beers have a similar flavor profile that I'm just not that into. Poured this one at a good temperature with an average size, cream-colored, foamy head that soon settles to a light cover and some lace. Color is a clear orange amber with a few bubble trails. Aroma is caramel, malt, hop, wet carboard. Flavor's similar to nose, sweet, wet cardboard on top with the bitter and some carbonic tang below and after along with some medicinal and woody flavors. Body and carbonation might be good, but there's a lingering heavy sweetness that distracts. Finish is like flavor, too sweet, long and not that pleasant. I'll finish this beer and that's it. Too bad; nice label, for what that's worth.

Serving type: bottle

07-02-2012 04:46:32 | More by drpimento

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

3.15/5  rDev -16%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a hazy orange-ish color with a light tan head. In the aroma, mellow citrus to pine hops. In the taste, a dry pine hop, a bit malty, and a small alcohol presence. A small bite and a medium bodied mouthfeel, with a dry malt and a small alcohol presence in the aftertaste. Nice hops, but a bit too malty and alcoholic for an IPA, eh!

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2012 19:22:11 | More by OWSLEY069

jpro

South Carolina

3.9/5  rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16.9oz bottle from CBX. Poured into a Duvel tulip...

A: Dark (for an IPA, at least) copper orange / ruby tangerine; off-white, one-finger head leaves no lace.

S: Piney; burnt sugar; a bit of resin and citrus pith.

T: Piney hops; brown sugar / light caramel malt; something here reminds me of pineapple upside down cake; some leathery hop notes, too.

M: Medium-light bodied and high carbonation... a combination that really helps out in the drinkability department; not heavy, at all.

D/O: Not the most complex or bold IPA, but super drinkable and refreshing.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2011 17:32:42 | More by jpro

rwilde

Ohio

4/5  rDev +6.7%

11-20-2011 15:05:25 | More by rwilde

Seanibus

California

3/5  rDev -20%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Syrupy and unsatisfying to my way of tasting.

Pours a hazy copper with a limited head. The aroma is malty and carmelly, with a little toast top note. The flavor is thin and malty, with light caramel and toast and a nondescript musty grassy hop finish, like fresh hay. The mouthfeel is heavy and rather syrupy.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2011 01:58:56 | More by Seanibus

EasyReader

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +6.7%

11-17-2011 01:02:09 | More by EasyReader

Daniellobo

District of Columbia

4.33/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Nice take on an IPA, rather approachable and long with a nice softness that does not hinder its US qualities.

Presentation: 500 ml brown, capped bottle. Bright and somewhat psychedelic label with light purple and green tones, image of a big hand… Giving the high five, over a concentric pattern. Side offers a description of intent, profile, and ingredients. Shows notched best by date (Jl 12), and 7.5% Alc. by Vol. Served in a tulip glass.

A - Hazy pale to medium amber pour. Nice creamy head, fair retention and surface memory with good lacing.

S - Not too pungent a nose… But rather nice, with soft hoppy touches, resin, citrus… and a touch of oily, almost olive like stuff… Amarillo?

T - Flavor follows and here those notes shine. Again nothing pungent, and while the bill is very much American, those hops are more flavorful, with a difference, than bitter… The bitterness is there but muted riding under soft pine, resin, and a fruity, oily , and an olive hint. Soft caramel in malt undercurrent…

M - Medium body with medium carbonation, good tingle in the tongue flowing with the final bitter finish.

O - Nice IPA , with a rather muted if rich flow.

Notes: Reminds me a lot of some quality European takes, in particular maybe some De Molen Stuff… That olive-ish touch that does not hinder it but takes front seat might be a predominant Amarillo? Oily goodness in any case. The bitterness, all things considered, is quite approachable, for me the flavor holds it up… Maybe is a good strategy to get more palates accustomed to characterful IPAs in Europe…

Serving type: bottle

10-20-2011 03:25:12 | More by Daniellobo

PDXHops

South Carolina

2.45/5  rDev -34.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

500 ml bottle poured into a nonic pint glass. Hazy caramel amber with a finger or so of off-white head that reduces rather quickly to a skim, but that skim sticks around for a good while. Not a whole lot in the way of lacing.

Curiosities on the label include:
* A date chart indicating July 2012. (No idea what this means. It just hit my local bottle shop, so I'll assume it's fresh.)
* "Friendly bitterness" promised.
* Sugar listed as one of the ingredients. (Huh?)

Five American hop varieties are apparenty part of the mix here, but the nose reveals a hearty dose of bready malts that's at least as strong as the grassy, pine and floral hops. They're not exactly faded; it almost smells like one of those aged hop beers. Grassiness takes prominence over all other hop flavors, but it's not particularly potent. Decent punch of bitterness obscured by a thickish feel and somewhat doughy sweetness. A touch of aspirin in that bitterenss. Straw and bready malt. A little boozy. Maybe this is an older bottle, or maybe it just doesn't speak to me. Regardless, I'm more inclined to give the other Dugges beers a try than to revisit this one.

Serving type: bottle

10-20-2011 02:54:01 | More by PDXHops

metter98

New York

4.1/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: The beer is hazy reddish copper in color. It poured with a finger high off white head that died down but never quite completely faded away, leaving swirls of bubbles on the surface and a thick ring round the edge of the glass..
S: There are aromas of citrusy, floral and grassy hops in the nose along with some notes of caramel malts.
T: The taste is very similar to the smell but has a bit more maltiness. There is a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: The beer is quite easy to drink because there is a very good balance between the hops and malt and the alcohol is well hidden from the taste.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2011 22:05:20 | More by metter98