IBUsive - Fat Heads Brewery & Saloon

HopCraverDave

Ohio

4.98/5  rDev +8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

On Tap at North Olmsted Fat Heads., 7.5% ABV 90 IBU:

A: A crisp/clear amber with a nice head/lacing.

S: An intense tropical hop aroma that smacks you in the nose. Possibly the best smelling beer I have ever come across.

T: Tropical notes (grapefruit, citrus and pine) and as the name suggests, a very bitter bite.

M: A nice bitter burn that that I can't get enough of.

O: This beer holds up to my ideal as an IPA. A nice balance with the 7.5% ABV The beer is brewed with Simcoe, Centennial, Citra and Mosaic hops, and the tropical notes and aroma were intense and delicious.

Since this beer showed up at Fat Heads, I have refilled my growler twice. Next time I visit, I will be taking home some more IBUsive.

Serving type: on-tap

02-21-2013 22:09:06 | More by HopCraverDave

MNishCT77

District of Columbia

4.74/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

On-tap at the Fat Head's Pittsburgh location, served in a typical British-style pint glass, drank 4/9/13 over one hour.

A: 4.5 - golden appearing, fair clarity with slight hop haze, white one finger head lingers for a while eventually dissipating into glass lacing, moderate alcohol legs

S: 4.75 - wow, great tropical fruit aroma from the Mosaic HBC369...mango, papaya, pineapple, melon...reminds me a LOT of the aroma of Lagunitas Sucks

T: 4.75 - very subtle bitterness on the anterior tongue, which really allows the hops and malt complexity to shine through --> pine, resiny, spicy even without dank flavors admixed with subtle biscuity and fruit sweetness; again, this tastes very similar to Sucks

M: 4.75 - moderate body, creamy, moderate carbonation

O: 4.75 - as you can see from my accompanying review of Head Hunter IPA, this drinking session and reviewing process taught me much about what I like and don't like in IPAs; in short, bitter, dry IPAs just don't appeal to my taste buds and olfactory cortex; I am very thankfully that many breweries are now making these more tropical flavored/low IBUs IPAs/DIPAs, and this is an excellent example; it also sparks an interest in using Mosaic ASAP in a homebrew!

Serving type: on-tap

04-10-2013 03:09:49 | More by MNishCT77

merc7186

New York

4.49/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Driving in from cleveland an hour before...uber fresh.

On tap at McCarthys in Buffalo NY, poured into a mug.

A: Golden Straw/Amber Hue, Passes Most Light, White Head, Decent Lacing

S: Citrus, Piney, Biscuits

T: Grapefruit Grapefruit Rind, Piney, Mild Biscuits

M: Decent Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Semi Bitter, Semi Drying

Overall, Boom! Another great IPA from Fat Heads, an upgraded version of Headhunter.

Serving type: on-tap

02-16-2013 02:54:05 | More by merc7186