Earth Thirst Double IPA
Eel River Brewing Co.

Earth Thirst Double IPAEarth Thirst Double IPA
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From:
Eel River Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #2,073
ABV:
8.2%
Score:
82
Ranked #25,145
Avg:
3.59 | pDev: 14.48%
Reviews:
48
Ratings:
140
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 04, 2023
Added:
Feb 20, 2011
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  20
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Rated by gefinley from California

3.75/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can marked packaged on 03/08/23, batch 2876.
Aug 04, 2023
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Reviewed by Pivopijak from Washington

3.96/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
draught
IBU: 80
Medium, off-white head. Medium amber, with the slightest touch of orange, for the appearance. Quite restrained, medium toasted, caramelized malt and a bit of a spiced herbal note, for the aroma. Grapefruit peel flavor, with caramel tinged, medium toasted malt flavor.
May 07, 2023
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Rated by ivanbrew

5/5  rDev +39.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Taste like an IPA with a nice pinecone flavor looks golden color smells sweet and hoppy
May 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.04 by Humanusfermentum from Virginia

May 30, 2022
 
Rated: 3.25 by ebanigan

Apr 28, 2022
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Reviewed by RedBalloon from Washington

4/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can dated 7/15/21 poured into a Teku on 8/14/21.

Pours 1/2" of white foamy head. Semi-opaque amber color.

Aromas of pine, citrus, and a little brown sugar.

Flavors of pine and dank herbs. Some citrus, but mostly pine.

Medium-bodied, effervescent, and astringent mouthfeel. Sticky.

A delicious and dank classical West Coast Double IPA. Heavy on pine, low on citrus and malt notes.
Sep 12, 2021
 
Rated: 3.35 by BirdsandHops from Oregon

May 15, 2021
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Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati

3.27/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
16oz can (date unreadable) poured into 14oz teku. Brewed with organic Sabro, Citra, Mosaic, and X17 hops. Poured a clean, clear dark orange color with over an inch of white head that moderate retention and light lacing.

Bright, mostly citrusy hops at the front of the nose, with some light malt in the background. Similar on the tongue, with slight bit of pine/floral notes too. Light malts.

Medium, crisp body with a dry finish. solidly drinkable. Overall, a nice, average ImpIPA. Worth a shot if you see it.
Sep 03, 2020
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Reviewed by Mister_Faucher from Washington

3.96/5  rDev +10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can poured in to a nonic glass. Can is dated 03/26/20.

L- Clear beautiful copper color, solid off-white head that slowly recedes to a solid cap of foam, plenty of beautiful lacing. Moderate carbonation streams as it sits.

S- Caramel sweet malts, some pithy citrus, maybe a touch of melon and berries, pine and spicy/herbal hop notes.

T- Follows the nose, the herbal citrus and malts play off each other very well, nicely balanced.

F- Heavier side of medium bodied, fairly sweet but a light lingering bitter finish. Moderate carbonation on the tongue.

O- No gimmicks here, just a straight up old school WC style DIPA. Worth giving a try.
May 21, 2020
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Reviewed by Spikester from Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +18.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Lightly hazed pale gold with three fingers of cream color head.
Smell is sweet malts and lightly dank hops.
Taste is bitter piney green slightly dank hops. Some bready malt support.
Mouthfeel is medium with good carbonation. The finish is dry and medium bitter.
Overall a big bold DIPA.
Aug 28, 2019
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Reviewed by ChristopherOrev from California

3.53/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A fine Double IPA that feels a little "lighter" than most doubles. It's so light, in fact, that it goes down like a "sessioning" double IPA, if there could be such a thing. Overall, it's a fine CostCo-level Double IPA...and it makes sense that's where I found it.

(As always, I rate "look" for label/container design, not the look of the beer inside; I'm an artist and designer.)
May 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.81 by JDoHo from Michigan

May 13, 2019
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Reviewed by unlikelyspiderperson from California

4.08/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a bottle of the 2018 release, about a month or so old, poured into a pint mason jar.
Pours a deep rich amber, modest head of soft foam that persists and laces fairly strongly.
Smell is a lot of big pine and pineapple, strong honey like sweetness. Some subtle stone fruit, especially peach/nectarine.
Taste is somewhat acrid, very bitter hop note. Pine dominates the hop profile. There are notes of orange and simple sweetness. The malt is subtle, which I like in a DIPA but the hop bite is a little too sharp and one dimensional for me.
Mouthfeel is quite good for the style. It is certainly a big beer not meant to be drunk by the case but it doesn't coat the tongue at all. It drinks crisp and much more like an IPA than the barleywine like viscosity I sometimes find in the style.
Overall this is a very nice DIPA. This one is my favorite release that I can recall and is worth getting if you're at the taproom and I will definitely pick up a few more bombers, interested to see if the hop bite mellows with a little time.

2019 they put this thing in a can and indicate on the label that they are 'featuring small farmed experimental hops and a massive dose of certified organic Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic'
Look and aroma are similar to years past, aroma has slightly less sweetness and a more floral quality.
The taste is massively improved. Tangerine and hints of melon play nicely with lemon peel and lightly herbal.
Mouthfeel is still solid. This is a great DIPA and the best organic IPA I've ever had if that sort of thing matters to you.
May 31, 2018
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado

3.36/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
April 15th, 2015 - A solid amber color and a good half centimeter of head, the Eel River DIPA looks appetizing. The aroma is somewhat reserved for the style, lighter and with pine, white grape and white peach, swirling in a rarefied airiness. In contrast, the taste is heavier. Alcohol makes itself known from the very beginning of the sip and becomes more assertive through the aftertaste. Pear and white grape juice moderate some of the alcohol's brusque appearance. The hop profile is also understated, lifted a little by the carbonation, but still somewhat suppressed by the raw alcohol taste.
Mar 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by brittanylicious from Indiana

Feb 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by heysuz from Indiana

Feb 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.23 by KensWorld from Florida

Jan 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Booner818 from California

Dec 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Oct 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.11 by clm9 from North Carolina

Sep 25, 2017
Earth Thirst Double IPA from Eel River Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 140 ratings