Afterburner IPA
Flyers Restaurant And Brewery

Afterburner IPAAfterburner IPA
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From:
Flyers Restaurant And Brewery
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
75
Avg:
3.15 | pDev: 19.68%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
40
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 03, 2017
Added:
Nov 30, 2009
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by Shawkabukoo:
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Rated by Shawkabukoo

4/5  rDev +27%

Aug 14, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.17 by spoony from Colorado

May 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by italianstallion from Wisconsin

May 18, 2015
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Rated by Beardo from Washington

4.08/5  rDev +29.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Smells like weed haha. Good stuff
May 17, 2015
 
Rated: 2.01 by rab53 from Washington

Nov 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Donkster46 from Washington

Aug 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by HoppySeb from Washington

Jun 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Pearlstreetbrewingco from Florida

Jan 07, 2014
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

2.82/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2
Attractive dark orangey amber in the New Belgium snifter. Plenty of foam and average carbonation. This is some bitter stuff. Starts out with pleasantly with a malty sweetness and some toasted grain.

Mango fruity flavors along with some grapefruit peel, and then the it just plain starts pushing on the bitterness receptor button. The malt and hop flavors are not bad, but the bitterness makes this totally undrinkable. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at the brewery restaurant in Oak Harbor.
Dec 26, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by snohojimbo from Washington

Nov 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by SGToliver from Washington

Aug 23, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by MacStinson from Michigan

May 31, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by dsshuck from Delaware

Apr 26, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by bvermilion from California

Apr 23, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by kemoarps from New York

Apr 14, 2013
 
Rated: 1.25 by jmgault1 from California

Mar 03, 2013
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Reviewed by ThisWangsChung from Maryland

1.58/5  rDev -49.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
22 oz bottle into a pint glass. Apparently brewed by Skagit River Brewery, and the bottle says 6.5%.

A: Pours a moderately hazy copper color. The head is disappointingly small; an aggressive pour only yielded a one finger light cream color. Having said that, the retention of the dinky head is excellent, and the lacing left down the glass is beautiful.

S: This one seems malty. Very little hops are prevalent aside from a hint of balancing pine; it's mostly biscuit, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, butterscotch, and marzipan on the nose. It comes off like an English-style IPA - and not a great one, either.

T: Uh oh. As soon as this hits the tongue, a wave of nondescript, generic bitterness scrapes the tongue harshly at first. It's just about the most unpleasant grapefruit-forward hop profile I've ever encountered. This soon gives way to another massive wave of diacetyl and (seemingly) battery acid. And then the bitterness becomes medicinal. And then the general flavor profile becomes metallic. And then the nasty hops intermingle with the buttery malt/yeast and becomes vomit-like in flavor. And then I get the urge to drainpour this. And then I retch after choking down another swig of this stuff. And then I drainpour this for real.

M: The texture doesn't seem so horrid at first...right up until the sharp coarseness of the body and unpleasant dryness brings out the nasty bitterness in the worst way possible. It even feels gross beyond just the flavors.

O: Welp, I think we found a gold standard for how bad an IPA can get - it tastes like 'crappy homebrew' levels of bad. I'd even surmise the year-old bottle of Torpedo I've got stashed away would be better than this. Avoid like the plague!
Feb 09, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Lazaro from Florida

Jan 31, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hopmodium from Washington

Jan 14, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by t0rin0 from California

Sep 27, 2012
Afterburner IPA from Flyers Restaurant And Brewery
Beer rating: 75 out of 100 with 40 ratings