Serum - DuClaw Brewing Company

IronLover

Pennsylvania

3.55/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Copper orange in color with just the slightest haze. Poured with a short white foam that quickly reduced to a wispy cap. Sweet caramel malt aroma with light resinous pine and citrus beneath. Medium bodied with smooth oily feel and light, subtle carbonation. Sweet caramel malt up front followed by citrus and then pine bop bitterness that longers a bit at the finish. This was a more malt forward DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

11-18-2012 03:46:46 | More by IronLover

jep2606

Virginia

4/5  rDev +11.7%

06-18-2013 04:51:47 | More by jep2606

AngusOg

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

06-15-2013 16:40:10 | More by AngusOg

lupercmda

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +4.7%

06-07-2013 03:21:08 | More by lupercmda

smakawhat

Maryland

3.2/5  rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from the bottle into a Dogfish Head Ale glass.

A real nice creamy head, whipped up off white tan in color but only makes about two fingers and settles quickly to a one finger tall puck. Body is a crystal clear bronze dark amber, nearly hinting at hues of red and some very faint rising carbonation in the middle. Pretty solid looking.

Nose has a mushy sense of tropical hop angle, and fresh cut grass. Faint thick malts seem to be in the back, with a sense of boozy quality. Very large mushy fruit and heat.

Weird palate. First initial sip in the mid palate is full and syrupy thick with not much flavor, then swallow brings a quick lingering peppery hot and piney hop blast. Strangely for the thickness the beer doesn't really coat or fill the palate in fact all the flavor and sensation seem to barley get past my lips. Some noticeable heat that's about it.

Overall it is hop forward like a dipa but doesn't have much of a distinguishing hop palate or any body. THere's no fruit quality in taste to match the nose, no malt backbone, or even sweetness. Just a noticeable aftertaste of pine bitter. This is a weird one, it's sort of strangely empty so I'll pass on it.

Serving type: bottle

06-05-2013 23:54:18 | More by smakawhat

RoryOMoore

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

05-26-2013 01:08:19 | More by RoryOMoore

brez8791

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -16.2%

05-21-2013 18:32:14 | More by brez8791

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

05-20-2013 16:14:13 | More by InspectorBob

Chugga06

West Virginia

3/5  rDev -16.2%

05-18-2013 12:20:10 | More by Chugga06

earlholman

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev +18.7%

05-14-2013 13:38:56 | More by earlholman

Rhettroactive

Virginia

3.25/5  rDev -9.2%

05-11-2013 00:00:04 | More by Rhettroactive

dapatte2

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

05-10-2013 01:45:22 | More by dapatte2

Boone757

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev +4.7%

05-07-2013 21:24:54 | More by Boone757

Sludgeman

District of Columbia

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

05-04-2013 01:43:29 | More by Sludgeman

DRBiser

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

05-02-2013 22:14:25 | More by DRBiser

BogBoyJD

Ireland

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

05-01-2013 22:09:40 | More by BogBoyJD

bootdown21

Connecticut

3.25/5  rDev -9.2%

05-01-2013 13:34:36 | More by bootdown21

hopstermonster1

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

04-26-2013 23:10:06 | More by hopstermonster1

ShanePB

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -16.2%

04-25-2013 13:41:52 | More by ShanePB

beerthulhu

New Jersey

2.53/5  rDev -29.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: Cadmium orange, light and lazy movement of effervesce. Butff colored head, patchy, dissipates almost immediately with minimal lacing.

S: Straw and dry toasted grain, very faint upport with an even more bare minimal, underpar hop profile of muted, undefinable content.

T: Some malt support, old lemony hops, stale grapefruit with a bit of metallic ting. Washed out toasted maltiness, some dry hop appeal but seems warming, like old lemon citrus hop juice, homogenized. Ok level of bitternes for a entry level ipa, just not for a 2x label.

M: Light end of medium body, oily stale citrus juice ends with a watery toasted malting. Warming, but very managable for its 9.0%abv and hardly gets in the way.

O: Overall old stale citrus, a big dissapointment, no bottling info so hard to verify age, but it tastes old and stale hop and malt wise. Boring flavor profile, with a lost of interest halfway through the consumption. Unimpressive and forced finish.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2013 01:07:16 | More by beerthulhu

HoppySailor

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -9.2%

04-21-2013 21:27:44 | More by HoppySailor

Hockey_Fan

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev +4.7%

04-18-2013 00:29:26 | More by Hockey_Fan

duceswild

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

04-16-2013 14:12:14 | More by duceswild

BobsledTM

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -2.2%

04-14-2013 00:24:43 | More by BobsledTM

y2jrock60

Pennsylvania

3.45/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A- Dark orange with a two finger head that leaves moderate lacing.

S- Very sweet aroma with hints of piney hops. The malt or more prevalent in the nose than the hops.

T- Very sweet upfront, very similar to their Venom PA. The hops make an appearance at the end but are overwhelmed by the malt sweetness. You don't get hop flavors, just their bitterness. There is a slight presence of alcohol which undermines the bitterness as well.

M- Medium-thick bodied, almost syrup like, with a moderate-low amount of carbonation.

O- Very similar to their Venom PA, almost too overly sweet for my liking. The hops are an afterthought with this beer, I actually perceive more hop flavor and bitterness from the Venom PA. I understand the alcohol plays a part in the profile, but Dogfish Head and Breckenridge are able to bring them through in their doubles.

Serving type: on-tap

04-13-2013 22:32:47 | More by y2jrock60